About The Department

The Department of Geography is one of the eminent and prestigious departments of the college. The Department is also one of the oldest in the college, the practical based department started its journey with pass graduate programme in 1961 and Honours course was introduced in March, 1985.

It is one of the departments with a high student enrolment, admirable success rate in University examinations, a significant progression to higher education and professional placements. Many of them have qualified UGC-NET, School Service Commission, and Public Service Commission, and are well placed in educational field.

The Department of Geography, Rammohan College is well-equipped with modern classrooms with ICT facilities, a Laboratory with tracing facilities and a GIS Laboratory quipped with sufficient number of computers along with internet facility. The departmental assets include a prestigious collection of topographical sheets, satellite images, air photo, specimens of rocks and minerals. The Department has modern and advanced surveying instruments, soil testing kits and weather instruments. Department has a two Seminar Libraries in each building, old and new. It is well stocked with text books in both Bengali and English and reference books in English.

The Department organizes annual excursions and day-long trips for Honours and General students, departmental seminars, workshops, poster competition, news paper cutting contest and special invited lectures.  Students of the department enthusiastically take part in inter college poster competitions and seminars. The Department hosts Fresher’s welcome for new comers and Farewell programme for the outgoing students. Parent-Teacher meetings are held regularly for better communication and feedback.

 The Community Club of the department is named “Community Crew”. The aim is to make students aware of their social responsibilities. The Crew is active in environmental awareness programmes and social work. The students of the Department are associated with the publication of the departmental annual wall magazine named “GEOGRAPHIA.”  There is also an ex students alumnae association of the Department called “Anandadhara”

Future Prospect and career options of Studying Geography: The students of Geography are capable to take up any of the following

• Masters in Geography
• Masters in Rural development
• Master in Museology
• Master in social work
• PG diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS
• Masters in Geoinformatics
• PG DIPLOMA in Tourism Management

 Weather Data

Department of Geography of Rammohan College set up a weather station at New Science Bulding campus in association with Indian Meteorological Department, Kolkata. It is very unique and only weather station in North Kolkata area. At present the station is capable to measure maximum, minimum temperature, Relative humidity, Air pressure, wind direction and rainfall data. In near future we will be able to share the wind velocity data also.