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Brief History of Department :
1. The Department of Geography was started in University of Lucknow in the year 2002-2003.
2. Initially only Post - Graduate classes were started & 47 students were admitted in the first batch of M. A.- I in 2002-2003.
3. Geography subject was also introduced at the Under-graduate level in the session 2003-2004 and 50 students were enrolled in B. A.-I.
4. The JRF, NET & SLET qualified students were enrolled for Ph.D. to carry out their research work in the Department. 1st Ph. D. was awarded to Mrs. Ritu Jain in 24 Nov’ 2005.
 

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Total No. of Ph. D. enrolled is 14

5. At present the following courses are being run by the Department.
(i) Under –Graduate Course : 3 Years
(ii) Post –Graduate Course. : 2 Years
(iii) P. G. Diploma in Town & Country Planning : 1 Year (2 Semester)
(iv) Ph. D. Programme. : 2-5 Years

The following courses are being planned in future:
(i) Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management
(ii) Post-Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS.
(iii) Post-Graduate Diploma in Ecology & Environment Management.

(6) The Department has changed & implemented the new syllabus as recommended by the UGC.
(7) Remote Sensing & GIS the most advance branch of Geography has been included in the syllabus of M.A.-II.
(8) The faculty consists of guest teachers from various institutes and degree colleges of Lucknow. All the faculty members fulfill the basic eligibility of Lectureship as per UGC rules.
(9) Total 19 teachers are engaged in teaching in Graduate and Post – Graduate classes & average 24 Periods have to be managed everyday in various classes & specialization.
(10) The Department is in contact with various institutions and organisations of allied discipline.

 

ualify NET/SLET Examination during 2003-04, 05
NET- 6
SLET- 4
JRF - 3

Training/Workshop/ seminar etc organized/Participated by Faculty members & others during the session 2005-2006

External Seminar
(i) Participated in “Agricultural diversification and organic farming and rural Development”. Organized by deptt. of Geography L.M.K.P.G. Collage Balrampur.
(ii) Participated in “Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in natural resource management”. Organized by RSAC and Deptt. of Science and Technology U. P. government
(iii) Participated in “National Seminar on higher Education and job opportunities in U.P.” Organized by UGC and Deptt. of Planning, government of U. P.
(iv) Participated in “Computer application and research methodology in social sciences research.” Organized by ICSSR
(v) Participated in “Training Programmer on Remote sensing and GIS”. Organized by U. P. Remote Sensing Application centre Lucknow.

Internal Seminar
Every Year Departmental seminars are being held. In current sessions on the following seminar have organized.
(i) 24 -11-05, “Geography : The Science of Existence”.
(ii) 28 -12-05, Indian social Science congress- “Facing the challenges of the civilization to land use”.
(iii) 06 -01-06, “Needs & prospect of regional Planning /Development in India” Dean/faculty/coordinator /Students (M. A.II and Town & Country Planning).
(iv) 16 -1-06 “Use of Remote sensing and GIS as a Geographical tool” (B. A. I) Coordinator/Dean/Faculty Amit Pathak.
(iv) 19-01-06, “India : A Geographical View Point” (M. A. II) Coordinator/Dean/Faculty P. K. Singh Dissertation Topic.

Special Lectures
(i) 26-11-05, Dr. R. S. Sinha State ground Water Department “Rain Water Hoursting
(ii) 15 -01-06, Dr. A. N. Singh “ Data Analysis Techniques”
(ii) 11-02-06 Dr. R. B. Singh Delhi University “Remote Sensing & G. I. S”.
(iii) 17-02-06, Prof. Jagdish Singh, D. D. U., Gorakhpur University
Educational Tour
(i) Educational Tour Jaipur, Mount Abu, Ahemdabad, okha, Dwarika. (B. A. –III).
(ii) Educational Tour Mumbai, Goa, Jhansi. (2005, M. A. –I)
(iii) Local field survey Banthra, MohanlalGanj, Chandrikadevi, Indria Barrage (M.A. –II, 2005)