The University of Calcutta is a public state university located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established on 24 January 1857. The University is approved by University Grants Commission UGC.

Department of Geography

The Department of Geography, University of Calcutta was established on 9th August, 1941

Courses –

M.A / M.Sc. in Geography
Duration - 2 years
Intake – 120

Ph.D.

Faculty members-

Professors-

Subhash Ranjan Basu
Jayati Hazra
Pannalal Das
Apurbarabi Ghosh
Kanan Chatterjee
Ranjan Basu
Sukla Bhaduri
Sunando Bandyopadhyay
Readers
Pratima Rohatgi
Sumana Bandyopadhyay

Lecturers-
Sudhir Malakar
(Selection Grade)
Nilanjana Das (Senior)
Lakshminarayan Satpati
Himanshu Ranjan Betal

Research Work

Major thrust areas in which Research activities are being actively pursued :

Geomorphology
Environmental Geography
Industrial Geography
Agricultural Geography
Regional Planning
Medical Geography

Contact details-

University Of Calcutta
Senate House, 87/1, College Street
Kolkata, West Bengal 700073