DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
DEPARTMENTAL PROFILE
- Name of the Department DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
- Year of Establishment
Date of UG Subject- June 1960
General Level : June 1960
Special Level : June 1972
Date of Introduction PG Course-June 2010
- Mission, Aims and Objectives of the Department
Mission of the Department:
Provide relevant, up-to-date, and career-oriented education in Geography.
Aims and Objectives of the Department
- To avail the qualitative education in Geography at UG and PG level in rural and semi-urban area.
- To ensure the overall personality development of students through extracurricular and co-curricular activities.
- To organize various extension activities for cultivation of human values and environmental awareness.
- To transfer the knowledge and skills for fulfillment of the changing needs of society in the process of modernization.
- To invoke the geographical interest among the students.
- Detail of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M. Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., Short term courses, Career oriented courses, etc. (Current academic year)
| Sr. No. | Programme level | Name of the programme/ Course | Duration | Entry qualification | Medium of Instruction | Sanctioned/ Approved student strength |
| 1 | UG | BA | 3 Year | 12th Pass | Marathi | 48 |
| 2 | PG | MA/MSc | 2 Year | BA in Geography | English | 24 |
| 3 | COC | Rainwater Harvesting | 3 Year | 12th Pass | Marathi | 50 |
| 4 | Short Term Course | Certificate Course in Geographical Information System | 2 Months | 12th Pass | Marathi | 50 |
| 5 | COC | Disaster Management | 40 Periods | 12th Pass | Marathi | 30 |
| 6 | Add on Course | Application of QGIS Software | 30 Hours
(2 Credits) |
12th Pass | English | 50 |
- Annual/ semester/choice based credit system/elective course pattern (programme-wise)
| Programme | Pattern | Year of Implementation |
| UG | Annual | 2013 |
| UG | Credit System | 2019 |
| PG | Credit System | 2013 |
| COC | Credit System | 2014 |
| Short Term Course | Credit System | 2012 |
- Number of teaching positions in the department
| Designation | Sanctioned | Filled |
| Professors | 3 | 1 |
| Associate Professors | Nil | |
| Asst. Professors | 2 |