The Department of Geography started its journey in 2012 under the affiliation of Burdwan University. The Department offered B.A. (General) degree in Geography at the undergraduate level at that time.

The Department presently offers B.A. Pass (programme) course (under CBCS) at the undergraduate level. Choice – Based Credit System (CBCS) and Semester-based curriculum has been introduced from the session 2017 – 2018. The department has been following the curriculum and syllabus as prescribed by the affiliating university (Bankura University) since 2017.

In each semester the stipulated syllabus is completed, and the topics are taught as per the credits allocated to each topic. Currently there are three visiting faculty members in the department.

MISSION

• To provide students with knowledge about the earth’s natural environment and its relationship to society.
• To provide students with knowledge about the world’s peoples, nations, cultural environments and spatial organization.
• To provide students with a good grounding in the modern technical skills of the discipline, including computer cartography, spatial analysis, spatially oriented quantitative methods and techniques and geographic information systems.
• To provide interested students with training that emphasizes a comprehensive grasp of the planning profession and issues related to that field.

VISION

Our mission is to offer high quality education dedicated to building minds with social and moral responsibility. We are committed to educating the students beyond the confines of a class room to make them better individuals and develop their personalities, enabling them to face the challenges of the modern world.