NEWSLETTER

SPECIAL LECTURE SERIES

1. National Webinar entitled ‘Future Trends of Research in Geographical Studies’ organised by the Department of Geography in association with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Heramba Chandra College on 31.8.2020

• talk on “Trends in Geomorphological Research and Technologies: Past, Present and Future” by Dr. Sunil Kumar De, Professor and Head, Department of Geography, North Eastern Hill University

• talk on “Lensing Society through Spatial Ontology: Research in Social Geography” by Dr. Sanat Kumar Guchhait, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Burdwan

2. National Webinar entitled ‘Modalities of Publication: Ethics,Repository and Advanced Search’ organised by the Department of Geography in association with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Heramba Chandra College on 21.9.2020

• talk on “Publication Ethics: An Editor’s Perspective” by Dr. Vibhash Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce and Management Studies, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi

• talk on “Utilising Academic Resources Online: Searching Writing and Publishing” by Dr. Priyank Pravin Patel, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata

“Field” Research Amid a Pandemic

This pandemic has changed life across the globe. Conducting fieldwork has become difficult as research disruptions have come up with travel restrictions and frozen travel budgets.

Practically speaking, the uncertainties of the pandemic have at once created new challenges and made planning for those challenges far more difficult. Researchers must anticipate the unforeseeable and find ways to plan for contingencies. Contingency planning—multiple reservations to deal with the collapsing transportation networks, changing document requirements, and so forth—is critical to get everyone out of the field and to their preferred places of shelter.

This year a nearby locality has been selected keeping in mind the covid protocols. A survey was conducted by a few students at ward number 21 of Rjpur-Sonarpur Municipality on 10th November, 2020.