1.

Name of the Department

Geography

2.

Year of Establishment

June 1972

3.

Name of Program/Courses offered

B.A.

4.

Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved

Nil

5.

Annual/Semester/Choice based

Choice Based

6.

Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments

Yes

7.

Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc.

Nil

8.

Details of courses/program discontinued (if any) with reasons

Nil

9.

Number of Teaching posts

Sanctioned

Filled

Professors

01

01

Associate Professors

01

01

Asst. Professor

-

-

10.

Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization,

(D.Sc./ D.Litt./Ph.D./ M.Phil.etc)

Name

Qualification

Designation

Specialization

No. of years of experience

No.of Ph.D.Students guided

Dr. S. A. Thakur

M.A, M. Phil, Ph.D.

Professor.

Agricultural Geography

34

03

Dr.S. M. Buva

M.A, SET,M. Phil, Ph.D.

Assi. Prof.

Physical Geography

17

–

11.

List of Senior Visiting Faculty

Nil

12.

Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(program wise) by temporary faculty

Nil

13.

Student  – Teacher Ratio (program wise)

14.

Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled

15.

Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/D.Litt/ Ph.D/MPhil/PG

Ph.D    :   02

M.Phil  :  02

P.G.      :  00

16.

Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National  b) International funding agencies and grants received

00

a)      National

–

b)      International

–

17.

Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total grants received

00

18.

Research Centre/ facility recognized by the University

00

19.

Publications (Publication per faculty)

Sr.No

Faculty Name

Publications

1

Dr. S. A. Thakur

34

2

Dr.S. M. Buva

13

20.

Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/International) by faculty and students:

   Number of publications listed in International Database (For eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database

–

Scopus

–

Monographs

Chapter in Books

Nil

Books Edited

00

Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of Publishers

Nil

Citation Index

–

SNJP

–

SJR

–

Impact factor

Nil

H-index

–

21.

Areas of consultancy and income generated  

Nil

22.

Faculty as members in

a)      National Committees

–

b)      International Committees

–

c)      Editorial Boards

Yes

23.

 Student projects:

Nil

a)   Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/program

Yes

b)   Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e. in Research laboratories/Industry/other agencies

Yes

24.

Awards/Recognitions received by faculty and students

–

25.

List of eminent academicians and scientists/visitors to the department

–

26.

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding

Yes

a)      National

Yes

b)      International

Nil

27.

Student profile program/course wise :

Name of the Courses/Program

Application received

Selected

Enrolled

Pass Percentage

M

F

FYBA(Geography)

52

52

23

29

100%

SYBA(Geography)

32

31

11

20

99%

SYBA(Geography)

11

10

06

04

100%

28.

Diversity of students :

Name of The Course

% of students from the same state

% of students from other States

% of students from abroad

-

-

-

-

29.

How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET,SLET,GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ?

Nil

30.        

Student progression :

31.

Details of Infrastructural facilities

32.

Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, government or other agencies

05

33.

Details on student enrichment program (special lectures/workshops/ seminar) with external experts

Yes

34.

Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning

Lectures, Questions, Answers and use PPT

35.

Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility(ISR) and Extension activities

Geography Day Celebration ,Geographical Model Making Compitation

36

Strengths

High demand ratio

Dedicated and devoted Faculty 

Staff  representation in University/ State/National  Bodies

 Excellent results.

Cordial relation between Faculty –    Students

Weakness

Lack of laboratory facility

Opportunities

Development of Tourist Facilitation Centre

To develop carrier orientated

course in GIS, Land survey

Challenges

Pursue students  for post – graduation  in Geography

Developing geographical skills among students

Future Plans

Starting M.A. in Geography

To organize Career Oriented Course in G. I. S

To Organization of International Conference/Seminar

To Developing collaboration with North Arrow Technology Pvt. Ltd.

To Conduct Programme with Konkan  Geographers Association