(DST-FIST Sponsored and UGC-SAP Assisted Department)

VISION

“To be a world class University committed to create and disseminate

knowledge for human development and welfare”.

MISSION The Department strives to impart quality education to its students and conduct applied research

so as to be active partners in formulation of Policy Planning in achieving Social and Regional

Development.

Special Assistance Programme (UGC-SAP)

Establishment of Advanced Surveying Lab.

DST-FIST Programme

Establishment of Remote Sensing & GIS Lab.

Post-Graduate Programme in Geography

M.Phil Programme in Geography

Ph.D Programme in Geography

Thrust Areas of Research

Applied Geomorphology

Glacial Studies

Urbanization and Spatial Developmental Planning

Environment and Health

Tourism and Developmental Planning

Watershed Studies

Agriculture and Rural Development

Disaster Management

Human Resource Analysis

Remote Sensing and GIS Applications

Thrust Areas identified under UGC-SAP Natural Resources Appraisal (Western Himalayan

Region ).

Hill Area Development with special reference to

Kashmir Region.

COLLABORATIONS

Centre for the

study of Regional

Development

(CSRD), JNU

,New Delhi Jamia Millia

Islamia, New

Delhi

School of

Planning and

Architecture(SP

A), New Delhi

Indian Institute

of Public

Administration

IIPA, Delhi

HNB University ,

Garhwal ,

Srinagar Intergovernment

al Panel on

Climate Change ,

IPCC-UN

London School of

Hygiene and

Tropical

Medicine, U.K

Royal Academy

of Overseas

Sciences,

Brussels,

Belgium

University of

Paris, France

University of

Malaya,

Malaysia