University Department of Geography

About the Department

In the era of Globalization Geography has emerged as most significant and relevant field of study. Accordingly the University Department of Geography was established in year 1972 with the vision to produce the best geographers and analyst for the academic and corporate world. Quality teaching is the most important objective of the department. The department is actively engaged in research development and invites eminent geographers to deliver lecture series and interact with the faculty members.

Faculty Members

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Mobile	E-mail id	Photo
1.	Dr. Santosh Kumar	Associste Professor & Head	9931840291	anita.santoshsinha@gmail.com hodgeography@lnmu.ac.in
2.	Dr. Anuranjan	Associate Professor	9430676675	anuranjanjha1969@gmail.com
3.	Dr. Gaurav Sikka	Assistant Professor	9210021110	gauravsikkageo@gmail.com
4.	Dr. Manu Raj Sharma	Assistant Professor	9569085481	fakeersharma@gmail.com

 

Name of Ex-Head

• B. N. Jha – Nov. 1976 to 1978
• Sri P. N. Roy – Feb. 1978 to 1979
• N. Sharma – Feb. 1979 to Jan. 2005
• K. K. L. Das – Feb. 2005 to June 2014
• M.M. Panday – Sept 2008 to March 2010
• T. Jha ‘Achal’ – April 2010 to June 2013
• V.Pd. Singh – July 2014 to March 2016
• D.Pd. Singh – March 2016 to August 2018
• J.N. Mishra – Sept. 2018 to Jan 2020

Achievement of Faculty

Prof. Santosh Kumar Achievements

1. Delivered key note Lecture organized by Dept. of Geography AND College. Shahpurpatori


2. Valedictory Address at National Seminar organized by Dept. of Geography.G.D. College Begusarai.


3. Supervised two research Scholars for Ph.D degree.


4. Three research scholar present by under Ph.D Supervision.

Teachers Activity:-Dr. Anuranjan

1. Course co-ordinator of Geography, Directorate of Distance Education , L.N.M.U Darbhanga.


2. Co-ordinator, IQAC,K.S College (2015-17) lead the college to have NAAC accreditation in 2017.


3. Member for preparation of Curriculum committee, B.A (CBCS) at Patna University Patna ( meeting held on 15th feb 2018).


4. Member for preparation of Curriculum committee, M.A (CBSC) at Patna University Patna ( meeting held on 07th May 2018) and(meeting held on 27th Mat 2019) .


5. Research Guidance :- 1. Supervised eight research scholars, awarded with Ph.D degree. 2. Five research scholars pursuing their research work presently.


6. Seminar / Conferences:-

. Organising secretary of UGC Sponsored National Seminar and 11th Conference of MAG, organized on 17-18 March 2018, by Univ. Dept. of Geography L.N.M.U

. Chaired a technical session of 6th International Conference of NAGI at Nalanda open University Patna, 18-20 Nov 2016.

. Chaired a technical session of National Seminar at A.N. College Patna, 28-29 May, 2017.

. Presented a paper at 39th IGU of NAGI at Osmania Universuty Hyderabad on 05-07 Dec. 2017

. Presented paper at 21st Annual Conference of AGBJ at Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, 12-13 Oct.2019.

. Presented paper at 41st IGU of NAGI at Dr. Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar, M.P 28-30 Dec. 2019.

. Presented paper at International Seminar at L.N.M.U Darbhanga on 22-23 Feb 2020.

. NATIONAL CONFERENCE (VIRTUAL) L.N.M.U. DARBHANGA 13.02.2021.
Teachers’ Activities: Dr. Manu Raj Sharma

1. Nominated as Life time member of India Meteorological Society for contribution in research in climate sciencs.

2. Appointed as Course Coordinator Outreach Program , Indian Spoace Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space, Government of India.

3. Appointed as member of committee for the preparation of curriculum and course material of “Computer & Skill” for the student of PG under C.B.C.S. Skill Enhancement Course.

4. Appointed as member of “Research Promotion and Innovation Cell” to formulation plans of action to promote research and innovation activities In L.N.M.University Darbhanga.

5. Member of the Internal Quality and Assurance Cell (IQAC) for period 2019-2020.

6. Participated in Online conference on “Geographical Perspective of water resources: Issues and Challenges” organized by Russian Geographical Society (RGS) and National Association of Geographers, India on 16 July 2020.

7. Participated in Three days National program on “Resilient Settlement 2030: Exploring the role of Spatial Planning” organized by National Institute Of Disaster Management and School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal from 8-10 September 2020.

8. Successfully completed online skill development program on “Thermally forced circulation II. Mountain/Valley Breezes” and “Flow interaction With Topography’ in October 2020 organized by COMET Met Ed Programs.

9. Published a paper titled Characterzing warming through Observed Changes in Temperature Extremes over Himachal Pradesh and Panjab. Indian Journal of Spatial Sciencs. 11 (1) 7-16. (ISSN-95542).

ACHIEVEMENTS OF Dr. GAURAV SIKKA

1. Elected as Secretary and Treasurer of International Geographical Union (IGU) Task Force Young & Early Career Geographers (June 2017-August 2020) 2nd term – https://igu.younggeograogrphers.org/steeringcommittee/

2. Elected (competitive) as executive committee member of gender and feminist geographies research group of Royal Geographical Society (united Kingdom) (September 2016- September 2019, re-elected till September 2022)

3. Received Full cover Grant (comptitive) from university of Manchesters as in excellent shchollar from the global south to present paper in development studies association annual conference , Manchesters , UNITED KINGDOM(27-29JUNE 2018)./

4. Research collaborator on cross –country international project: The impact of COVID19 on Mobility and travel behaviour in the world ; led by Norwegin University of science and technology ,Trondheim, Norway (May 2020 onwads).

5. Paper published in scopus index indexed international journal : “ Moving beyond economic analaysis: Assessing the socio-culture impacts of Displacement and Ressettlement by sardar sarovar project , INDIA” in geography, environment , sustainability, vol.13,N0.3 pp.90-101,2020 Russian Geographical Society, Online ISSN:2542-1565 https://doi.org./10.24057/2071-9388-2019-165.

6. Textbook: (C0-authored) Perspectives in human geography, concept publication, New Delhi 2021 ISBN:9789388937832

7. Appointed as subject expert by Governor of Bihar Secreteriat, RajBhawan Patna for finalizing model syllabus (Post Graduated in Geography) under choice based credits sstem implemented on the state universities of Bihar regarding letter no.BSU(Regulation) -20/2018-1510/GS(I) Dated 5/6/2018.

8. Subject Expert, Development of self learning material of MA Geography, Uttarakhand Open University Haldwani August 2019 onwards.

9. Resource person, Development of self learning material of PG Diploma in Disasters management, NDMA & Odisha State Open University 2020 onwards.

10. Committee Member for the preparation of curriculum and course material of CBCS skill Enhancement course (PG 2nd semester) on Environmental law.

11. External experts to formulated Ordinance Regulation and syllabus of One year P.G. Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS at Dept. of Geography Patna University.

12 Co-ordinator for a consultative workshop on, Nail Talim, Experimential Learning and work education in school and teacher education curriculum, funded by Mahatma Gandhi National Coucil of Rural Education (MGNCRE) and organized by L.N. MITHILA UNIVERSITY DARBHANGA 8feb 2019 .

13. Active member, organizing team of the NAAC awareness and Training workshop organized under the ageis of Raj Bhawan Patna by L.N.MITHILA UNIVERSITY DARBHANGA on 4-5 april 2019.

14. Joint organizing secretry at UGC sponsored national seminar on “Disasters management for sustainable Development” organized by L.N.M UNIVERSITY DARBHANGA BIHAR from 17-18 Mar 2018.