About the Department

Geography is a spatial science which integrate natural science and social sciences. Geography studies the connections between people, places, and environments. It explores Earth's physical features, human societies and culture, examining why things are where they are and how they evolve.
The department of Geography is one of the founding departments offered Undergraduate degree in Geography. The department has been established by the founder Principal Mrs Krishna Mallik, who was a reputed Geographer & attained her education in India & United Kingdom. Since then, it has maintained a tradition of high academic and co-curricular excellence. Dr Anita Srivastava in 1987, Dr Archana Paul in 1988 and Dr Darshan Kumar Jha in 2018 joined the department and contribute in academic and extra-curricular development of the department. The Department was recognised as advanced department under UGC- College for potential of Excellence scheme in two consequence phases in 2010-11 & 2014-15. The department is also recognised as nodal center of IIRS-ISRO outreach programs on remote sensing and GIS since July 2020 and regularly conducting online courses on Remote Sensing & GIS offered by IIRS.
The department has been elevated as Post Graduate department in 2018 and started M.A. Course in Geography. In 2022-23 session, the department has started PhD course in Geography after approval of University of Allahabad. The department is also running a certificate course on GIS & GNSS. The department is continuously engaging in academic excellence and overall development of students through various activities such as Eco-club, Geo-Fest, Add-on Courses, Workshops, Special Lectures, Field Excursions & project works.

Details of Existing Labs

Centralized Shared Facilities

1. A Network Resource Centre (10 Computers with SPSS software)
2. Computer Lab (with LAN) with 20 computers
3. Multimedia Lab with recording and editing facility
4. Seminar Room Seating Capacity of 60