Department of Geography - DAV College, Kanpur

The Department of Geography was established in 1944 to carryout undergraduate courses in Geography. Gradually postgraduate courses were introduced and the first batch passed out in 1948. Since then the research activities was incepted that enabled to the Department to produce Doctoral research. Main Areas of Academic Thrust are Geomorphology, Climatology and Oceanography, Agricultural Geography, Population Geography, Environmental Geography, Regional Development and Planning, Social & Cultural Geography, Urban Geography, Settlement Geography, Resource Development and Management, Marketing Geography, Health Geography, Industrial Geography.
The department has progressed in the aspects pertaining to students and teachers, both qualitative and quantitative. The department has organised and coordinated international Geographical conferences. The department has organised many International & national Conferences/ seminar/ workshops/ lecture series in year 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2018 and 2021 on different themes.
The department right from it’s start and at present is quite competent in every aspect like teaching, guiding of the students coming from different socio-economic classes. The 10 members of the department are well efficient and competent in the teaching by both Hindi and English languages. Faculty members have been updated themselves with modern teaching and learning methods.
Many faculty members of the department have completed UGC Minor Research Project and Major Research Projects. The Department also has a Geographical Research Group to intensify research, to inculcate interest and to develop observational skills in Geography. The meetings are held regularly every fortnight. Teachers and students participate in these meetings. It is a forum for research students to present their doctoral works, the research papers and their findings and to defend it. Thorough discussions also take place.
The Departmental library contains one of the richest collections of Books and Journals of Geography. At present it has nearly 1028 Books (reference and Texts Books) and 25 Journals (15 International and 10 national journals).
The Department is well equipped with 3 Desktop Computers, 1 Laptop with 2 printers and surveying instruments such as Theodolite, Dumpy Level, Sextant, Prismatic Compass, Telescopic Alidade, Plain Table, Abney Level, Indian Clinometer etc. in different numbers. Meteorological instruments, Cartographic instruments, Cameras, Calculator, Overhead and Slide Projectors are also available in the department.

Department Contact:

9450345725 geographydav1944@gmail.com

Faculty of Geography Department

Dr Anupama Singh
Assistant Professor

Dr. Hani Misra
Assistant Professor

Dr. Kumar Amit
Assistant Professor Stage (II)

Dr. Nupur Budholia
Assistant Professor

Dr. Prabha Shanker Srivastava
Associate Professor

Dr. Romal Saxena
Associate Professor

Shri Praveen Kumar
Assistant Professor

Shri Sudhir Kumar
Assistant Professor