About the Department

Initially, the teaching of Geography began in 1962 at the undergraduate level in the Arts Faculty in University Rajasthan College. Thereafter the undergraduate teaching in Science faculty in University Maharaja's College and in Science/Arts faculties in University Maharani's College commenced from 1974 and 1987, respectively. The Post Graduate Department was established in 1967. The faculty is also actively engaged in research programmes. The Post Graduate Department is located in the University Campus since 2002

Infrastructural Facilities

The Department of Geography has a well equipped Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Laboratory named as (Late) Shri Rajesh Pilot Memorial Laboratory. It has been established under the FIST-Programme of the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

Edusat program is being run in the Department relayed by IIRS, Dehradun. Automatic Weather Station (AWS) has also been installed in Department since 2012.

Ph.D. Programme

Thrust Areas

• Bio Diversity
• Disaster Management
• Geomorphology
• Environmental Geomorphology
• Land Use/Land Cover Mapping
• Desertification Monitoring
• Watershed Management
• Agricultural Geography
• Resource Geography
• Industrial Geography
• Crime Geography
• Urban Geography
• Transport Geography
• Medical Geography
• Remote Sensing & GIS Application.

Masters' Programmes

Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.)

• Duration : One Year

Master of Arts/ Master of Science (Geography)

• Seats : 40

Faculty

Head and Associate Professor

• Dharmender Singh Chauhan

Associate Professors

• C.V. Dhabariya
• Usha Jain
• Sarina Kalia
• Purnima Mishra
• R.N. Sharma
• M.S. Sihag

Assistant Professors

• Shweta Khandelwal
• Naresha Malik
• Mamta Meena
• C.P. Morya