INITIATION AND BRIEF OVERVIEW

The Department of Geography started its journey in 2012 with only general stream, and has been operating as an Honours Department since July, 2018 under CBCS system. At present, the department has a four-member faculty (1 assistant professor and 3 SACTs). Since its inception, the Department has a good academic record.

VISION AND OUTLOOK

We focus on inculcating an interest for Geography among our students, with particular effort towards building their analytical skills. We focus on overall development of the students so that they can be self-reliant and self-sufficient, keeping in view the CBCS syllabus under WBSU.

In future, our students move on to academic as well as non-academic fields in both private and public sectors for study and service. Many of our students go on to choose and work in fields of geoinformatics, Govt. Sectors etc.

METHODS OF TEACHING

• Lectures and Audio-visual modes

Extensive board work is very essential in Geography. Apart from the classroom lectures or the chalk and talk method, the Department uses ICT based classes in smart classrooms and audio-visual aids, like Power-point presentations to enhance learning interests.

The Department also organises several educational tours and other extension activities each year to enhance the learning capability and to increase a lust for knowledge. It also improves the mental health of the students.

• Tutorials

Tutorial classes are taken for students of each Semester. In these classes the students are divided into small groups so that more individual attention can be devoted to their academic supervision and guidance.

• Classwork, tests and presentations

Regular assessments through class tests, several internal exams are done and at the end of the semester mock tests of each core course ensure that the students are well prepared for their final end-semester examinations. Constructive feedback and suggestions on their written assignments/tests are shared with the students regularly.

In their project work they learn data handling and paper writing. The entire syllabus is completed before the semester exams take place.

• Online Teaching-Learning Platform

Since May 2020, we use Google Workspace (G Suite for Education) for our regular online teaching-learning activities as well as for various departmental programmes like extension lectures and webinars. During the pandemic, online teaching, sharing study materials with students, setting assignments and tests as well as evaluation and feedback are being carried on as per scheduled routine.

• Parent-Teacher Meetings

The Department arranges at least one Parent-Teacher Meeting for each semester in a year to discuss the progress of the students with their guardians. In addition, any parent or guardian is welcome to get in touch with the Department regarding any issue/s concerning the student.

• Departmental Feedback

The Department has its own feedback system, which is collected from each passing out batch via a printed or a virtual form. A detailed feedback is taken on teaching learning, evaluation, extension activities, skills learnt and future plans.

INFRASTRUCTURE

• The Department had no seminar library till December, 2021. But an effort was taken to organise a seminar library and from January, 2022, the Department maintains a Seminar Library consisting of sixty relevant books and materials of reference related to the Core Course and DSE syllabus.

• Students have access to the computer lab room consisting of ten computers which are used for RS/GIS Practical and keeping records of academic events.
• The department has a laboratory well-equipped with different geographical instruments like Theodolite, Dumpy Level, Prismatic Compass, a rock gallery consisting of different types of rocks and minerals, necessary maps (topo sheets & weather maps) and satellite images are part of departmental assets.
• The Department has four smart TVs in four class rooms and a laptop. These Departmental assets are used for teaching-learning purposes and for documenting and recording special Departmental events.

DEPARTMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS

Geography Dept. Academic Purpose Add-on Course

The department of Geography initiates the certificate course on ‘GEOINFORMATICS’ from January, 2021. The course is available for students of this college as well as for female students affiliated to other institutions and young professionals. The students learn different aspects of QGIS, ARCGIS, PYTHON COURSE etc. After completing this certificate course they got the chance to study M.Sc in Geoinformatics in Symbiosis International University, Pune, one student in 2021 and four students in 2022 got this chance from our college. Another two students are pursuing M.Sc. in Geoinformatics in JIS University, Kolkata.

Email of the Dept: geography@rksmvv.ac.in

STUDENTS’ SECTION

Co-curricular Awards at college 

Co-curricular Awards

Won by Departmental Students at Prestigious Events 

OUR ACHIEVERS
University Rank Holders
Susmita Jana, Batch of 2018
University First rank holder in Geography Honours.
Careers chosen by our Alumni
Private Sector :
● Ayantika Sarkar, 2016 (Field Officer, Union Bank Group Loan)
● Sanchita Das, 2018 (GIS Analyst, Monarch Surveyors and Engineering Consultants
Pvt Ltd.; Pune)
● Ritu Shee,2018 (Junior GIS Analyst, Geomatics Scientific Technology Services
Private Limited)
● Rama Biswas, 2018 (ITES Executive, IMERIT Technology Services PVT. LIMITED)
● Susmita Jana, 2018 (TATA Employee, TCSL Family)
● Susmita Singh, 2018 (Customer Service Associate, Teleperformance company)
● Sanchaita Saha, 2019 (Senior Telecalling Officer, HDBFS)
● Ankita Pal, 2019 (TCS Employee, TCSL Family)
● Arpita Mondal, 2019 (TCS Employee, TCSL Family)
● Mou Garai, 2019 (Technical Supporter, ESRI, India)
● Megha Sen Gupta, 2020 (TCS Employee, TCSL Family)

Govt./Public Sector :
● Suchetana Chakraborty, 2019 (Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises and Textile
Department, Shilpa Sadan)

TESTIMONIALS

GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT, RKSMVV
REPORT OF SLOW LEARNERS
A Slow Learner is a child of below average intelligence whose thinking skills and scholastic performance have developed more slowly than the pace of her age. Students who are slow learners find it hard to express themselves verbally and cannot articulate easily. They cannot fully make us understand what they intend to tell us.

The causes of slow learning are low intellectual characteristics and personal factors like physical illness and absence from institutions etc. The environmental factors also contribute to this slow learning.

The students who are identified as slow learners in the academic session from July,
2021 to June, 2022 are the following:
From Sem-1 & 2 – Pallabi Datta and Krisha Ghosh
From Sem-3 & 4 – Riya Saha, Mouboni Samanta & Isha Chakraborty
From Sem-5 & 6 – Pritha Bose & Jayita Datta

The students who are identified as slow learners in the academic session from July,
2022 to June, 2023 are the following :
From Sem-1 & 2 – Safika Khatun, Prakriti Mondal & Manisha Show
From Sem-3 & 4 – Pallabi Datta and Krisha Ghosh
From Sem-5 & 6 – Riya Saha, Mouboni Samanta & Isha Chakraborty

They all have problems in practical maths, and poor memory. They face attention problems and their work is not organised. Both Pallabi & Krisha have energy deficits. They are very much unwilling to learn and need motivation every time. Riya, Mouboni
and Jayita are not interested in conventional study, rather they are interested in co-curricular activities.
Pritha is lagging in concentration, she is always suffering from mental stress and anxiety due to some family problems and can’t concentrate on her studies. Isha lost her father in covid-19 and from that time can’t concentrate on anything. All of them need repeated explanations of the topics. They can’t do practical work properly due to absence of proper patience, face problems with slow hand writing,
Some of them overthink and are reluctant to participate in any extension activities. All of them have a low attention span. They are also not organised in all situations.

WAY OF MOTIVATION :
What we did for the slow learners are :
➢ Rewards and recognition are a great way to motivate anyone. We offer genuine appreciation to every bit of effort that these students take to improve their learning pace. Recognizing their efforts before their classmates becomes a big confidence booster for these students.
➢ We, the teachers, ensure these types of students with slow learning abilities so that they get enough help to succeed. We motivate these students to get on par with their peers.
➢ Patience : Slow learners have weak comprehension skills and require more time to learn and understand. We understand this inability and become patient with the student. We repeat every instruction and reiterate the concepts.
➢ Creative teaching : The method of teaching plays a significant role in attracting the attention of the students. We adopt different ways of teaching for the slow learners which make the session interactive and exciting for the students and can help sustain their attention.
➢ Being taught by friends of the same age can yield fruitful results. We allow them to set up a study group with a few friends and assign such groups the task of revising the day’s lessons and assisting with home assignments.
➢ Rewards and recognition are a great way to motivate anyone. We offer genuine appreciation to every bit of effort that these children take to improve their learning pace. Recognizing their efforts before their classmates becomes a big
confidence booster for these kids.
➢ We praise them in front of everyone and never overstress written education.
➢ We allow them the delayed submission of their assignments and practical work.
➢ We, all the faculties of our department, frequently contact their parents and sometimes they also communicate with us in order to discuss the progress and regress of those students and set new methods to attract and motivate them in studies.

RESULT
All our efforts provided us a fruitful result. Most of the students did well in the
internal exam as well as the final university exam. They are also motivated and eager
to learn. But, in the case of Isha, the problem still persists. She is not successful in her
5th semester result and getting more depressed and unwilling to study. We must
provide her more and more care to boost her confidence level and to motivate at study.
Hope, our joint effort will provide us with a better result.