Department of Geography
Introduction
The Year of Establishment : 1998
Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.): UG (B.A. and B.Com.)
Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : 6 Semesters
Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments
Geography being interdisciplinary subject, the students and faculties participate in the various activities conducted by other department.
Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) : 330:1
Vision
Mission
Future plans
- To impart new and innovative methods of teaching.
- Career counseling
- Organization of Workshops/Seminars for the students.
Awards / Recognitions
Publications
03 Minor Research Projects Funded by Board of College and University Development (BCUD), University of Mumbai during 2009-2010, 2012-2013 & 2015-16.
Publication per faculty: 5
Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) by faculty and students : 05
Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database – International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : Nil
- Monographs : Nil
- Chapter in Books : 1
- Books Edited : Nil
- Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers: Nil
- Citation Index : 155
- SNIP : Nil
- SJR: Nil
- Impact factor: Nil
- h-index: 3
Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme : 20%
Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies : Nil
Activities
Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities: The students and faculty members are associated with social activities in tribal areas through NSS in the College.
Seminars/Conferences/Workshops
Special and guest lectures, presentations, study tours and field survey are arranged for the students apart from class room teaching. Moreover, students are also introduced to the open source mapping software such as ILWIS academics and Google Earth pro for better understanding about mapping and digitization.
Teaching Methods
The students are given classroom teaching in normal course of academic activity. The slow learners are given extra coaching. The computer laboratory of the College provides information about accounting software to the students.
Scientists / Visitors
| Sr. No. | Name | Designation | Programme |
| 01 | Dr. Hemant Pednekar | Principal | Geography teaching techniques |
SWOC
Strengths
- The College has full-fledge computer laboratory which can provide hands-on-training of accounting software to the students of the College.
- The College has considerable number of reference books, textbooks, journals in the library along with internet facility for the students and teachers.
- The students of the department actively participate in social and cultural activity of the College.
- Academic and career counseling to the students.
Weakness
- Students being employed find it difficult to devote sufficient time.
- Most of the students are first generation learners.
- Paucity of time due to Choice based credit system introduced by the UOM
Opportunities
- There is ample scope for entering into new areas of specialization like Geoinformatics, geospatial studies and advanced technologies in applied geography and environmental studies.
- More knowledge can be imparted through ICT.
Challenges
- Adverse student-teacher ratio.
- Insufficient employment opportunities.
- Course contents not according to industry requirements.
