Geography Department at Women's Christian College

Women's Christian College

Empowering women since 1945

Department of Geography

Department at a glance

It is one of the oldest departments of Women's Christian College that has been consistently producing good students. The college is decorated with all kind of facilities like

well furnished classroom.
one laboratory.
one seminar library.
one computer laboratory.

Academics Details

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Welcome to the Department of Geography

The Geography department is one of the oldest department of the college. The Honours Course started only from 1981. It is the only subject of the college which is practical based. It is a large department having maximum number of students in the honours course.

The Department of Geography

Faculty

Dr. Jahnabi Mookherjee	Reader, Head, M.A., Ph.D
Dr. Manisha Deb Sarkar	Reader, M.A., Ph.D.
Sm Senjuti Saha	Sr. Lecturer, M.Sc., M.Phil., SLET '98
Sm Sanchita Gupta	Sr. Lecturer, M.A., B.Ed., SLET '98
Sri Biswajit Banerjee	Graduate Lab. Instructor., M.A.
Sri Shambhunath Roy	Lab. Attendent. ( Non Teaching Staff)

Departmental Activities

The department organizes seminars, special lectures, excursions and fields trips which help in the academic upgradation of the students as well as the members of the department.

For field study students went to places like Bhubaneswar, Santiniketan and Haridwar in different years. The department has also organized daylong trips to nearby significant places like Science City, Energy Education Park, Paribesh Mela, Birla Planetorium and the East Calcutta wetlands.

Publication from Department

'PARTITION AND ITS GEO- POLITICAL IMPLICATION IN WEST BENGAL'- 2005. By Dept of Geography Women's Christian College. Kolkata- 700026(UGC SPONSORED REGIONAL LEVEL SEMINAR) convences- Dr JAHNABI MOOKHERJEE, Dr MANISHA DEBSARKAR.

Departmental Magazine

An annual magazine 'Bhugolio' is also published.

Departmental Library

The department is having a seminar library. More than 280 books and a few journals are there. The books cover the syllabus of both Honours & General course. There is a huge range of reference books in both Bengali & English versions.

Departmental Laboratory

The laboratory is well equiped with -

Satellite imageries with corresponding topographical sheet.
Aerial photograph
Survey instruments with accessaries.
Topographical sheets of various region such as plateau, plain, etc.
and the weather map
There is a well furnished rock gallery where rocks & minerals are displayed

The Computer Laboratory has 5 computers in the lab loaded with 21st century Solution G.I.S. Software.

Academic Result

Year

Name Of the Examination

Success Rate

2006

Part II Hons (2+1 System).( Ist class-1)

100%

Part I Hons (2+1 System)

96%

Part II Gen (2+1 System)

100%

Part I Gen (2+1 System)

100%

Part I Hons (1+1+1 System)

97.373%

Part I Gen (1+1+1 System)

70%

2007

Part II Hons (2+1 System)

93.8%

Part II Gen (2+1 System)

100%

Part II Hons (1+1+1 System)

100%

Part II Gen (1+1+1 System)
94.74%

Part I Hons (1+1+1 System)
100%

Part I Gen (1+1+1 System)

87.5%

2008

Part III Hons (1+1+1 System

93.3%

Part III Gen (1+1+1 System)

95.70%

Part II Hons (1+1+1 System)

97.44%

Part II Gen (1+1+1 System)

100%

Part I Hons (1+1+1 System)

94.54%

2009

Part I Gen (1+1+1 System)

94.47%

Part III Hons (1+1+1 System)

95.34%

Part III Gen (1+1+1 System

Prizes Awarded to the Students of Department of geography

General Proficiency

2nd ys B.A./B.Sc Part II Test Exam - 2009

Highest Marks in Honours.

Highest Marks in General.

3rd ys B.A/B.Sc Part III Test Exam - 2009.

Highest Marks in Honours.

Highest Marks in General.

Memorial Prizes

B.Mitra & A Mitra Memorial Prize.

Highest Marks in B.Sc Part II (C.U.) exam,2008.

Mrinalini Divi Memorial Prize.

Highest Marks in Honours in B.A/B.Sc Part III (C.U. Final) Exam 2008.

Nikhil & Rani Dey Trust Prize.

Highest Marks in Honours in B.Sc Part III (C.U Final) Exam,2008.

Mridula Pathak Memorial Prize.

Highest Marks in Honours in B.A/ B.Sc Part II (C.U.exam) 2008.

Highest Marks in Honours in B.Sc Final 200

N.B. Shome Memorial Prize

Highest Marks in General in Ist ys B.A/B.Sc Part I Test Exam.

Parul Banerjee Memorial Prize

Highest Marks in Honours in Ist ys B.A.Part I Test Esam 2009.

Kanongopal Bagchi Memorial Prize.

Highest Marks in Honours in B.A/B.Sc Part I (C.U Final) Exam , 2008.

Kamala Basu Memorial Prize

Highest Marks in Honours in 2nd ys B.A/B.SC Part II Test Exam,2009.

Stella Bose Memorial Prize

Highest Marks in B.Sc Honours in B.A/B.Sc Part III C.U Exam 2008.

Achievements of Teachers

Dr. Jahmabi Mukherjee

1973 - Samudra,Sundarban,Surat,Bharatkosh,Pancham Khanda,Bangiyo Sahitya Parishad.
1974- Interdestrict movement ofpeople in West Bengal - Regional Development and Planning ,Edited by K.G Bagchi and C.R.Pathak Proceeding og English Regional Science Seminar Sponored and organized by Department of Geography,Calcutta University, Geographical Society of India and Regional Science Association.
1975 - Occupational pattern of Displaced Migrants Geographical Review of India , published by the Geographical Society of India,Calcutta Vol.37 no 3.
1977 - Population and Migration in West Bengal , Vol. 39 Geographical Review of India.
1981 - Population pressure and agriculural change - pp -45 . Perspectives in Agricaltural Geography . Ed : Noor Mohammad concept publishing Company, New Delhi - 1981.
1985 - The patten of Internal Migaration in West Bengal (1961 - 71) pp - 400 - Geographical Mosaic Ed By S.C. Mukhopadhyay, Modern Book Agegncy Pvt.Ltd.Calcutta.
1998 - Female population in West Bengal paper presented in International symposium on changing environmental scenario in South Asia during the past five decades Dec - 20,21,1998 published in 1999.
1999 Paschimbanger Nari (Anayna prakashan)
2000 - 2001 - Flood and Environment - International Seminar on changin Environmental Scenario of India and Adjacent ountries Since Independence and 12th Annual Conference of India Institute of Geomorphologists ( IGI) Abstract published organized by Department of Geography , University of Calcutta (29th December - 1st January,2001)
Beleghata Te Bangladeshi -U.G.C spousored 2005 - Regional level Seminar on " Partition and its Geo - Political implication in West Bengali " - 29th jan,2005. organiged by Dept of geography ,Women's Christian College. Kolkata - 700026.

convences - Dr Jahnabi Mukherjee - Dr Manisha Deb Sarkar.

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