Year of the Establishment: 2020-21

The department of Geography started since the establishment of the college in 2020- 21. It has a devoted faculty, committed to the high standards of teaching. Both, theory and practical courses are being conducted in the department. The courses belong to either physical or human Geography. As a part of the practical course, the department organizes study tours or socio-economic survey of villages at different places of Geographical interest in the country. The department’s commitment to basic and applied teaching encourages students to go for higher education as well as for Research activities. Besides, Geography is one of the major subjects in various competitive examinations and hence, students find it useful to study for the preparation of the same. The department has tracing tables, wall maps, surveying instruments, Survey of India Toposheets, weather maps, charts, models, weather instruments models, and computer sets with internet facility and essential furniture is available in the department. The department offers general level course (B.A.) at undergraduate level. Along with the conventional methods of teaching, geographical models, internet, maps, charts are used for making the teaching more effective. Village survey and industrial visits are organized to provide the practical knowledge to the students. Open discussions and feedbacks from the students provide further scope for up gradation. In addition to class room learning, tours, excursions, library, internet, seminars, guest lectures are the other means of learning in the department. The effective methods like group discussions, seminars, and assessment of journals, tests, tutorials and tour reports are helpful to evaluate the students.

Vision

“Attachment of young collegians with nation and rural society”.

Mission

“To stimulate and promote excellence in young geographers with new techniques, innovations and skills for global competency”.

Goal

To ensure a general grounding of the fundamental knowledge of geography, its epistemological development and its research methods.

To ensure that students are able to put theoretical, methodological and instrumental knowledge into practice, make comprehensive analyses, interpret spatial problems and processes, and make territorial diagnoses.

To be able to explain territorial diversity and complexity, and the interrelations of natural environmental phenomena with economical, social and cultural phenomena.

To ensure that students are able to act and take part in the management of territory by drawing on their training in geography.

To develop the specific skills related to work techniques, particularly those related to the attention, analysis, process and representation of geographical information and fieldwork.

To ensure that the necessary knowledge to teach geography at secondary school level is given, in accordance with the current legislation.

To enable graduates to take postgraduate or specialization courses in which a territorial component is dealt with.

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