About Department

• The Department of Geography was established under the Faculty of Earth, Environment, and Space Sciences in 2013 and is now running postgraduate (M.Sc. Geography) and Ph.D. courses in Geography.
• The department is located on the first floor of Swami Vivekanand Bhawan Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur, Rewari.

Our Vision

The Department of Geography enlightens students to develop their knowledge and skills to understand real world problems and contribute to global development in a meaningful way.

Our Mission

Our mission is to develop multidisciplinary thinking among future geographers and inspire them to provide sustainable solutions to physical and social problems.

Thrust Areas of Department

• The Department has diversified interest in the various latest field Geography and cover approximately all parts of physical and human geography.
• Therefore, the curriculum has components of interdisciplinary areas.

We follow-

• Being aware of the policies of the present government and adopting the new education policy, special emphasis has been laid on enriching skill development and self-employment courses in the department.

Our Strength

• The department offers 45 seats ( along with 5 Supernumerary seats ) in M.Sc.
• The Department provides good opportunities for research at doctoral level on a variety of topics. Here, seven research scholars completed their Ph.D. and presently one student is enrolled in Ph.D. program.
• The Department has a fully equipped Cartography Lab, GIS and Spatial Data Modeling Lab, Image Interpretation Lab, Instrumental lab.

We prepare

• These courses in geography prepare the students for pursuing career in academics, teaching, planning, geospatial data scientist, cartographer and various public & private sector services.

Research Areas

• Watershed Management
• Demographic Studies

	Name and CV	Designation	Research Area	Email
	Dr. Vipin Kumar CV	Chairperson		[email protected]

Programes

Program	Scheme	Syllabi
M.Sc.(Geography)	Full	Full

Research Areas

• Watershed Management
• Demographic Studies

Research Scholar

Sr. No.	Research Scholar	Topic	Year of Award
1	Mr. virender Singh	Socio- Economic and Health Conditions of Slum Dwellers : A Geographic Study of Gurgaon City	24.06.2016
2	Mr. Vikas	Municipal Solid Waste and its Impact on Health: A Case Study of Rewari City	24.06.2016
3	Ms. Neha	Child Marriage and it's Impact on Girls Health in Mewat Region:A Geographical perspective	24.11.2014
4	Mr. Sunil	Urbanisation and Basic Amenities in Class-I Cities of Haryana with Special Reference to Rohtak City”	03.05.2016
5	Ms. Kranti Poonia	Socio-Economic and Environmental Conditions of Bikaner City	03.05.2016
6	Mr. Naveen Kumar Kadyan	Dynamics of Urban Expansion in Karnal City	24.11.2014
7	Ms. Geeta Kumari	Child Sex Ratio and Its Determinants in Haryana: A Comparative Study of Mahendragarh and Mewat Districts	24.11.2014
8	Ms. pooja	_	Pursuing

Research Profile of the Department

NAAC Manuals/Benchmark/Template/SOP

S. No.	Name of Departmental IQAC Coordinator	Criteria	Email ID
1	Dr. Sunita Nagpal	Curricular Aspects Teaching, Learning, and Evaluation Research, Innovation, and Extensions Infrastructure and Learning Resources Student Support and Progression Governance, Leadership, and Management Institutional Values & Best Practices	[email protected]