Department Of Geography

  Department of Geography

          The department of Geography was established with the B.Sc., Degree Course in the year 2015. Three of our faculty members are experts in different fields of teaching and research. Our department students have won gold medals and a number of positions in university examinations conducted by Periyar University Salem-11, Tamilnadu, India.

Our laboratory in the department has been equipped with innovative tracing equipments and Arieal photographs and several toposheets. Till now our department has achieved 6 Gold medals and 42 University ranks in UG, Degree Programmes. Though the Department is operating within the limited infrastructure, the students of the department have been showing fantastic performances in various fields and aspects of the society. We have produced successful students from this department are working in various fields like teaching, civil services, young geographic representative.

OBJECTIVE

• Our department focuses on developing an understanding of physical geographic process and the global distribution of landforms, and the role of the physical environment on human population.
• It provides the students the ability to explain territorial diversity, complexity and the correlations of natural environment with economical, social and cultural phenomena’s.
• Our aim is the student practical knowledge is put to test with our laboratory and also with techniques like surveying and interpretation of toposheets.
• The five themes of geography are location, place, region, movement and human environment interaction which are taught for intricate study on the earth’s ever changing surface to able to explain and use it for the future job prospects.
• Our goal is the students learn professionalism, including the ability to work in teams and apply basic ethical principles through the subject.

VISION

• Our department vision is to promote employment opportunities for the students.
• We give student an opportunity to hold technology related field opportunities like geo-informatics, cartography and meteorology.
• We create a platform for students to get the detailed knowledge about the earth demographic structure and its unknown job, subject diversity prospects.
• Our vision is to make students ready for competitive Exam.

MISSION

• Our mission is to provide a general idea about the Topographic and Surface characteristics of the earth to the students.
• To make the students aware about the dynamic geomorphic processes responsible for the development of landforms of varied types and nature.
• To improve the available scientific knowledge on landform development based on geomorphic concepts, principles and theories that to be applied to various job positions.
• Our department another mission is the explanation of the geographic topics will help the students understand the fundamental concepts and apply them to fields like survey, project management and solve problems related to them.

ELIGIBILITY

           Candidates who have passed the Higher Secondary Examination of Tamilnadu Higher Secondary   Board      or an    examination    of     some       other    board accepted by the Syndicate as equivalent there to with Geography and Geology and any subject eligible for admission into B.Sc., Course in Geography and no mathematical knowledge is required.

PASS PERCENTAGE (2018-2023):

UNIVERSITY RANKS AND GOLD MEDALS (2015 To 2023)

UNIVERSITY GOLD MEDALISTS: 06

UNIVERSITY RANK HOLDERS: 42

LIST OF FACULTY MEMBERS IN INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL COMMITTEES/

BOARD OF STUDIES/VARIOUS UNIVERSITY BODIES

List of essential equipments in the Department

• Chain survey
• Toposheets
• Tracing Table
• Satellite Image
• Indian Clinometer
• Abney level
• Prismatic compass
• Dumpy level
• Opisometer

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