Department of Geography

Department of Geography

The Geography Department was instituted in 1979 with the appointment of Ms. Sutapa Sengupta (now Dr. (Ms.) Sutapa Sengupta) with only Pre university classes. In 1981 the Department was upgraded to teach Degree Pass course and in the year 1986 the Department introduced the Degree Honours Course. At present the Department has 6 full time teachers against UGC sanctioned posts. One of its teachers, Dr. Karobi Baruah, who taught from 1985 to 1997, was the recipient of the prestigious DAAD Fellowship and another teacher; Dr.Subrata Purkayastha, who taught from 1990 to 2005, joined NEHU, Shillong afterwards as Associate Professor. The teachers of the Department are hard working and it is their effort that has brought a number of laurels to the Department from the time that the Honours Course was introduced.