NETAJI NAGAR DAY COLLEGE

(Under Graduate & Post Graduate Institution)

Affiliated to University of Calcutta
Accredited by NAAC (B++)
170/436, N.S.C. BOSE ROAD
REGENT ESTATE – KOLKATA - 700092
Ref. No................... Date: 22.01.2019
Invitation Letter

To,
Sri Umashankar Mondal
Assistant Teacher
Jangipur High School
Jangipur, Murshidabad

Dear Sir,

It is our great pleasure to inform you that Departments of Geography, Botany, Zoology and
Mathematics of our college are jointly organizing a seminar on “Island Ecology &
Environmental Management: Sundarban Chapter” in the college premises on 31st January,
2019, Thursday, at 12 noon.

We are pleased to invite you as an honorable speaker in this seminar. Your expertise and
experience in this field will enrich our program.

With regards,

Yours truly,

Dr. Sonali Banerjee Jash

Principal
Netaji Nagar Day College
Prof. Malay Mukhopadhyay
Professor
Department of Geography
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan

Present address: ‘Chhauni’, West Gurupalli,

Santiniketan, Pin: 731235
West Bengal, India,

Mobile: 9434348167
Email ID: [email protected]
Language Skills: Bengali (Native), English (Speaking, Reading and Writing), Hindi (Speaking and
Reading)

Area of Interest: Environmental Planning, River Management, Tribal Development, Geomorphosite

Geo-Tourism

Trekked along Five Rivers, Tarafeni (1979), Kopai (1991), Ajay (1995), Mayurakshi
# 2000, Thames (2012), Kopai (2017, in celebration of Silver Jubilee)
Installation of Marker stone at the source point of River Ajay, 2015 (Saraun Village,
Bihar), Kopai River, 2017(Khajuri Village, Jharkhand), Kunur 2018 (Jhanjra
Village, West Bengal)
Experience in working with Onge, Kani, Apatani and Santhal Tribe of India

Qualification:

Years Degree College/ University

1975 B.A Vidyasagar college, University of Calcutta
1977 M.A University of Calcutta
1985 Ph.D University of Calcutta

Teaching Experience: 32years

 2 years (1986-1988) in West Bengal Education Service ( Darjeeling Govt. College )

 30 years (1988-2018) in Visva-Bharati, Department of Geography

Member, Professional Development Activities of Academic & Institutional bodies:

1. External Member, Departmental Research Committee, Department of Environmental Science,

Kalyani University.
2. External Research Board Member, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal.
3. Member of Board of Studies, Department of Geography, West Bengal State University,
Barasat, West Bengal.
4. External member, Department of Geography, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, South
24 Parganas, West Bengal.
5. Member of the Board of Studies, Department of Geography, Rabindra Bharati University,
Kolkata.
 6. Member of Board of Studies, Department of Geography, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore,
West Bengal.
7. Member of Board of Studies and Ph.D. committee, Department of Geography, Cooch Behar
Panchanan Barma University, Cooch Behar, West Bengal.
8. Member of Board of Studies U.G Council, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal.
9. Member of Board of Studies, Department of Geography (PG Section), Vidyasagar College
(University of Calcutta), Salt Lake, Kolkata.
10. Member of Research Steering Committee of Panskura Banomali College (Autonomous
Research Centre), Midnapore, West Bengal.

Research Experiences:

Sl No. Year Topic of Research Sponsoring Gist of Research

Agency
1 1980-1985 Resource planning and its U.G.C for Ph.D. Resource planning and
Awarded impact on rural development work its impact on rural
1986 (JRF & SRF) development with
special reference to
Purulia district, West
Bengal (Deptt of
Geography, Univ. of
Calcutta)
2 1985-1986 Integrated Eco development Dept. of Pollution status of river
Project on River Ganga Basin Environment, Ganga from Tribeni to
Govt. of India Budge Budge has
analysed (Life Sc.
Deptt., Univ. of
Calcutta)
3 2007-2010 A Perception study on Department of Changing form of
Kalbaisakhi in neighbourhood Science and Kalbaisakhi has
of Santiniketan Technology, analysed on the basis of
Govt. of India the perception study of
the area. Investigations
have done on the
indigenous practices of
the villagers used for
forecasting and
mitigation of the storm
(Deptt. of Geography
and Physics, Visva-
Bharati)

Research Projects:

 Principal investigator in DST sponsored Major Research Project on ‘A Perception Study on

Kalbaisakhi in neighbourhood of Santiniketan’, 10.01.2007 to 09.01.2010.
 Water Quality Monitoring on Jalangi, Ajoy & Mayurakshi River of Bengal & Jharkhand.
Sponsored Agency: Department of Environment (DOE), Govt. of West Bengal, 1998-99 &
1999-2000.
Supervised in the following research works:

Sl no. Year Name of Scholars Topic of Research

1 1994 Asitendu Roychowdhury The Changing Industrial Profile of Haora
District, West Bengal: A Spatio-Temporal
Analysis
1997 Susmita Guha Roy Some Predominant Diseases of Bolpur
Sub-division: A Spatio-temporal analysis,
1971-1991
2 1999 Samit Kar The Social impact of Panchayat on the
Beneficiaries in 2 Panchayat Samity zones
in West Bengal: A Spatio-temporal study
3 2001 Supratik Mandal Changing Agicultural Scenario and Rural
Development of Birbhum District – A
Spatio-Temporal Analysis
4 2003 Nilmani Mitra Fluvio Environment in lower Ajoy Basin
area & its impact on land use pattern
7 2004 Mallanath Mukherjee Floods of Lower Ajoy River Basin: A
station Temporal Analysis since
Independence
2007 Arindam Dasgupta Impact of Small Irrigation Projects on
Geonomic aspects: A case study in
Puruliya District, West Bengal
8 2007 Ananda Mohan Kar Role of Joint Forest Management and Eco-
Tourism in Socio-Economic Development
of Tribal People: Case Studies in Rarh
Bengal
9 2008 Sumit Roy Geo-Environmental appraisal of the
Chhagalkuta Watershed in the Bankura
District, West Bengal
10 2012 Arpita Ghosh Impact of Mayurakshi Irrigation Canal
system on the Socio-economic Aspects of
its Command Area
11 2013 Tapas Pal Geo-environmental appraisal of
SacresGroves and its related traditional
practices in West Bengal
12 2013 Sayani Mukhopadhyay People’s perception on flood and its
management in the Mayurakshi Basin
13 2017 Saswati Roy Developmental strategies and its impact on
the environmental of Little Andaman
Island, India: A Geographical appraisal
14 2017 Somenath Halder Occupational shift of snake charmer
community in West Bengal: A Spatio-
Temporal analysis
15 2017 Rupak Kumar Paul Impact of human interference on
Hydrological system in Dakshin Dinajpur
District of West Bengal: A Geographical
appraisal
16 2018 Bhairu Lal Yadav Status of health care services of the elderly
population in Bolpur-Sriniketan C.D.
Block, Birbhum, West Bengal
17 Submitted Jagannath Mondal Phases of Development of Santiniketan
and Its Surroundings since 1863: A
Geographical Overview
 18 Submitted Kaustuv Mukherjee Hydromorphological appraisal of
Wetlands: Diara region of Malda District,
West Bengal
19 Research in Prakash Ray Spatio-temporal changes in forest
Progress dependency among Santals of Birbhum
District, West Bengal
20 Research in Sanjukta Banik A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Man-
Progress Environment Interface in Ayodha Hill and
its surroundings of Purulia District, West
Bengal
21 Research in Tanmoy Das Implications of changing environment on
Progress the inhabitants of Kopai river basin: A
Geographical analysis
22 Research in Sanat Kumar Purkait Facets of Development and its impact on
Progress Environments: A Comparative Study of
Satjelia and Kumirmari Islands, South
Sundarban, West Bengal
23 Research in Soma Sarkhel A Spatio-Temporal Assessment of Man-
Progress Animal Conflict of Forest-Fringe Villages
of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve
24 Research in Irani Chatterjee Role of Geography in Cinema: A
Progress Temporal Study of Bengali Films since
Talkies Era
25 Research in Mithun Ray Role of Homestay Tourism in
Progress Environmental Restoration and
Community Development in Eastern
Himalaya, India: a
Geographical Study

Selected Publications:

1. ‘‘A Strategic Plan for Environment Stewardship of Khoai landscape of Santiniketan and
its surroundings, West Bengal’’ Geographical Review of India, Kolkata: vol.89, No.1,
March, 2018, pp. 1-6.
2. Despondency in Response to Induced Development- An Anthropo-geographic appraisal
of Onge community, Little Andaman Island, India, Nrtattv the Anthropology, Department
of Anthropology, Visva-Bharati, vol.5 no.7, vol.6 no. 8, July-Dec 2014, Jan- June 2015, ISBN
2249-9830, pp 27-45.
3. “Newer Dimension in Reservation policies as a Measures for the social and economic
development’’, in Reservation An Engine of Development ed. Subrata Das, SOPAN
Publication, Kolkata 2014, ISBN 978-93-82433-42-2, pp. 173-180.
4. Minor community: In response to development Strategies: A case study on Onge of Little
Andaman Island’’ in Rural development and minority Group in India, ed. Somnath Halder
and Sanjoy Saha, SOPAN publication, Kolkata 2013, ISBN 978-93-82433-10-1, Pp. 43-53.
5. Understanding the Fluvio Geomorphic Environment of Sunderbans: A Neglected
Chapter in planning process’’ in Community awareness in Sundarban edited by S.
Chatterjee, acb publications, Kolkata: 2013, ISBN 81-87500-59-X, pp. 86-92.
6. Poet Rabindranath Tagore Perception on Land and Water Resource: An Overview in
Sustainable Agriculture and Environment ed. Kazi M B Rahin, Debashis Sarkar et.al., New
Delhi Publishers, New Delhi: 2012, ISBN 978-93-81274-12-5, pp. 363-369.
 7. Tagore’s perceptions on primordial components of physical environment: A
Geographical overview, Special issue on Philosophy and Research Methodology of
Geography, Journal of the Institute of Indian Geographers, Transactions/special issue-
December 2012, ISSN 0970-9851, pp. 113-118.
8. An analysis of People’s perception study of occurrence of flood in Mayurakshi River
Basin in Social Dimension of Hazard Management ed. Moumita Moitra Maiti, acb
publication, 2012, ISBN 81-87500-71-9, pp. 173-188.
9. Preparation of Relational Database for Holistic Study of popular perception on
Kalbaisakhi’’, Eastern Geographer, vol. XVII, No. 1, June, 2011, ISSN 0973-7642, pp. 61-68.
10. Nurturing Traditional Wisdoms to cope with climate Change: A perception study on
Kalbaisakhi in the Neighbourhood of Santiniketan, West Bengal in Global Warming and
Climate Change, Issues and Challenges ed. Amiya Kr. Ghosh and Lakshmi N. Mandal,
Ashadeep publication: 2011, ISBN 978-93-81245-08-8, pp. 193-204.
11. Change in Socio-cultural Dimensions and its impact on Existing Sacred Grove,
International Journal of Humanities and social science, vol.1, no. 10, August 2011, ISSN
2220-8488 (Print) /2221-0989 (Online), pp. 242
12. Globalization – In search of Monotony, International Journal of Business and social science,
vol.2, no. 12, July 2011, ISSN 2219-1933(Print)/2219-6021(Online), pp. 300-302.
13. Impact of Mayurakshi canal irrigation on changing Geo- Economic Environment of its
Comand area’’ in Environmental Concerns edited by D. Das Gupta, Agrobios(India): 2010,
ISBN 978-81-7754-428-2, PP. 265-273.
14. A Successful Rehabilitation Programme of India, Geo-political Implications of Partition in
West Bengal, (2009), ISBN 978-81-7074-321-7, pp 217-227.
15. Abandoned Channels: Product of River Bank Erosion, River Bank Erosion and Land Loss
(2008), Visva-Bharati Publishing Department, ISBN978-81-7522-430-8, pp. 93-103.
16. Flood Plain of Lower Ajoy Basin: an Ecological threat, River floods: A socio-technical
approach, acb publications, Kolkata, 2005.
17. Women in Environmental Management (2003) in Conditioning and Empowerment of
Women - A multidimensional approach (Women Studies), Edited by Asha Mukherjee and
Kumkum Bhattacharya, Gyan publishing house, New Delhi, ISBN:81-212-0827-0, PP 209-
215.
18. River has its own life style, Theme paper of the Abstract volume of International Seminar on
‘‘River floods: A Socio-Technical Approach’’ at Natural Disaster Management Cell, Visva-
Bharati, February 2003.
19. Financing Rural Development: A Case Study, Yojana, vol 45, publications Division, Patiala
House, New Delhi, vol. 45, May 2001, pp. 29-36.
20. Management of Geo-Economic environment of Car-Nicobar Island in the wake of rapid
population growth and Non-Indigenous Economy, Indian Journal of Landscape systems &
Ecological Studies, vol. 14, no 1, June, 1991, pp. 143-146.

Book Publications:

1. ‘Tales within a River’, a novel on river (2016). SOPAN Publication, Kolkata-6, ISBN: 978-
93-82441-78-1.
2. Geography behind Myth, the Tale of Noah’s Deluge (2014), ACB publications, Kolkata,
ISBN 81-87500-78-6. (Joint Author)
3. Changing Livelihood of Snake Charmer in Eastern India (2013), LAP LAMBERT Academic
Publishing, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-659-41904-1. (Joint Author)
 4. Sacred Groves an issue of identity crisis (2012), LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing,
Germany, ISBN: 978-3-659-19379-8. (Joint Author)
5. Nor’wester: A cognition study for Environmental Appraisal (2012), Lap Lambert Academic
Publishing, Germany ISBN-13: 978-3844332650. (Joint Author)
6. Advanced River Geography (2010), acb Publications Kolkata, ISBN 81-87500-33-6. (Joint
Author)
7. Study of River pollution, same examples from Eastern India (2006), acb Publications Kolkata,
ISBN 81-87500-39-5. (Joint Author)
8. Resource planning and its impact on rural development (1989), VOHRA Publishers &
Distributors, Allahabad, ISBN. 81-85076-55-8.

Bengali Books:

1. ‘জীফন কথার নদী’, নদী ককন্দ্রীক ফাাংলা উ঩নযাস (২০১৬) কসা঩ান ঩াফললশাসস,
কলকাতা, ISBN: 978-93-82441-09-0
2. বুল ঩থথর ফাাঁথক (২০১৫), অনু ষ্টু঩ ঩াফললশাসস, কলকাতা। ISBN: 978-93-82425-43-4
3. বূ থগাথলর অলবধান (২০১৩), আরব ঩াফললথকশন্, কলকাতা। ISBN: 978-81-932768-7-7
4. ইলত ফযস্ততা ( ২০০৯ ), দী঩ ঩াফললথকশন, কলকাতা ৭০০ ০০৬।
5. কথা ছলফ (২০০৯), সু ফর্সথরখা, ৭৩ ভহাত্মা গান্ধী করাড, কলকাতা।
6. প্রকৃলত ও ঩ৃ লথফী (২০০৯) নথফাদয় ঩াফললথকশনস্, কলকাতা।
7. ঩লরথফশ বাফনা অনয ক াথখ (২০০৭), দী঩ প্রকাশন, কলকাতা৭০০ ০০৬।
8. তথয লফল ত্রা (২০০০), সু থ তনা ঩াফললশাসস, কলকাতা।
9. গল্প বূ থগাল লনথয় (১৯৯৭), আনন্দ ঩াফললশাসস, কলকাতা, ISBN 81-7215-643-X.
10. এবাথরস্ট কথথক নায়াগ্রা (১৯৯৫), ইলিয়ান ঩াফলললশাং হাউস, কলকাতা, ISBN 81-86207-05-X
11. জানা অজানার আন্দাভান (১৯৯৪), ইলিয়ান প্রথগ্রলসব ঩াফলললশাং ককা-অ঩াথরলতব প্রাইথবট লললভথটড,
কলকাতা।

Edited Books:

1. ফাাংলা ও ফাঙালল (২০১৫), ফুক কসন্টাসস ঩াফললশাসস এি লডলিলফউটরস্, শালিলনথকতন, ISBN: 978-81-
921612-4-2.
2. রফীন্দ্রনাথথর শালিলনথকতন ও শ্রীলনথকতন (২০১০), দী঩ প্রকাশন, কলকাতা ৭০০ ০০৬।
3. River bank erosion and land loss (2008), Visva Bharati publishing Department, ISBN 978-
81-7522-430-8.
4. এক কপাাঁটা দললল (২০০৬), সম্পকস, কলকাতা।
5. River Floods- A socio-technical approach (2005), acb publications, Kolkata, ISBN 81-87500-
23.
6. ফনযা ও আভরা (২০০১), অলখল বারত বূ লফদযা ও ঩লরথফশ সলভলত, শালিলনথকতন।
7. ঩লরথফশ ও উন্নয়ন (১৯৯৮),অলখল বারত বূ লফদযা ও ঩লরথফশ সলভলত, শালিলনথকতন।
Selected Invited Lecture/ Keynote Address:

Sl No. Date Topic Institution

1 29.08.2018 Geomorphosite Geotourism Sidho Kanho Birsa University,
Development through Installation of Purulia
Marker Stone : A New Dimension
in Applied Geomorphology
2 08.03.2018 A Strategic Plan for Environment Prof Kanan Gopal Bhagchi
Stewardship of Khoai landscape of Memorial Lecture,
Santiniketan and its surroundings, Geographical Society of India
West Bengal
3 23.03.2018- Employment Generation by Public Relations Office, Visva-
25.03.2018 Creation Halt Points along the trek Bharati, Santiniketan (As
route of river Kopai: An Avenue for Resource person in International
the development of Eco-Tourism Seminar)
through Adventure Tourism
4 05.01.2017 Development of Geomorphosite Department of Geography and
Geo-tourism for the promotion of Disaster Management, Tripura
Rural Socio-Cultural Environment University, Agartala, Tripura
(As Resource person in
International Seminar)
5 18.02.2017 Neo-Deterministic Approach in Advance Research Centre in
Environment Management Human Geography, Lady
Brabourne College, Kolkata-17
6 28.022017 A Strategic plan for Environment 15th Professor Kanangopal
Stewardship of Khowai, Bagchi Memorial Lecture,
Santiniketan Geographical Society of India,
Kolkata-19
7 10.12.2017 Development Induced changes, UGC Sponsored National
Environmental concerns and Seminar, Key Note Address,
Sustainable Management Department of Geography,
Rabindra Bharati University,
Kolkata-50
8 28.032017 Rabindranath Tagore’s perception Special Lecture in the 2nd
on Physical Environment- a International Seminar,
Geographical overview Department of Geography,
University of Burdwan,
Burdwan, W.B.
9 21.11.2016 Geo- Environmental Crisis and Department of Geography,
Policy Reforms Vidyasagar college, Kolkata-6
(As an invited guest in Seminar
and Alumini meet, 2016)
10 07.06.2016 Installation of Marker Stone at the The Institution of Landscape,
source of Ajoy River: An approach Ecology & Ekistics(ILEE),
for Geomorphosite tourism Kolkata-19
11 23.10. 2016 Climate change: Issues and Haringhata Mahavidyalaya,
challenges to society Nadia, W.B.( As Resource
person in UGC sponsored
National Seminar)

12 06.12.2016 Perspectives on Hazards and their North-Eastern Hill University,

management Shillong-22 (As Resource
person in the Refresher course)
 13 11.03.2006 The Story of Noah’s Flood: an Department of History,
understanding of age old Jadavpur University, Organised
environment by Institute of Historiacal
Studies, Kolkata
14 11.01.2006 In search of Environment Gitanjali Auditorium, Bolpur,
Restoration Policy organised by Tagore Society for
Rural Development

15 07.03.2005 Impact of urbanization on River Bolpur College, Bolpur

Environment

16 02.07.2018 Dams and the changing Fluvial Policy Dialogue on Dams and
geomorphic Environment Development Workshop, IIM,
Joka, Kolkata
17 22.08.2000 Impact of Developmental Department of Geography,
programmes on Tribal Communities Silpakom University, Thailand

18 25.03.2000 The Future of Environment Pashimbanga Bangla Academy,

Organised by Directive
Initiative, Kolkata

19 16.05.1999 Erosion of Embankment of the river The Round Table Conference,

Ganges and the river Bhagirathi in jointly organised by
the districts of Malda and Paschimbanga Vigyan Mancha
Murshidabad & Zilla Parishad of Malda
20 23.01.1999 Flood Hazards of Rivers School of Oceanographic
studies, Jadavpur University,
Kolkata
21 17.04.1993 Facets of Development and its Department of Geography,
impact on Onge tribal Community Maryland University, USA

Participated/Presented papers at Seminar/Symposium/Conference/Workshop

Sl. No. Seminar/Conference/Workshop Place & Duration

1 National Seminar on Development of Maghnad Saha Auditorium, Raja Bazar
Geographical Research: Role of Science College organised by Bangiyo
Geographers in India Bhugol Mancha
24.02.2018-25.02.2018
2 International Interdisciplinary Conference on Lipika Auditorium, Organised by
Road map for the development of Eco- Public Relations Office, Visva-Bharati
Tourism in and around Santiniketan & 23.03.2018-25.03.2018
Birbhum
3 3rd International Seminar on Earth System University of Gour Banga, Malda
Processes and Interruptions: Issues and 19.04.2017-20.04.2017
Challenges
4 UGC Sponsored Seminar on Hazard Sivnath Sastri College, Kolkata, 18th
perception and Disaster Management with March, 2006
special reference to India
5 National Seminar on Urbanization in Bengal Bolpur College, Bolpur
from ancient to modern times 7th March, 2005
 6 National Workshop on Towards History of Visva-Bharati, 16th -17th March, 2005
Environmental activities
7 National Workshop on Village Information New Delhi, 18th October,2004
system Development of a road map, Ministry
of Sc. & Technology, Govt. of India
8 7th International Symposium on Water, Kolkata, 18th -21st December, 2004
Arsenic & Environmental Crisis in Bengal
Basin
9 National Seminar on Role of NGOs in Indira Gandhi Centre, Visva-Bharati,
National Integration 27th -28th March, 2004
10 Disaster Management in Environmental Engineering College, Raurkella,
Engineering 1st -3rd February, 2002
11 Workshop on Adult and Non Formal Social Work Department, Visva-
Education Bharati, 23rd March, 2001
12 National Seminar on Industry Environmental Haldia Govt. College, 22nd -23rd
Interface February, 2001
13 International Symposia on New Strategies in Grand Hotel, Kolkata, 10th -12th
Waste Management & impact on Toxic February, 2001
Chemical on Bengal Basin Economics,
National Env. Science Academy & Central
pollution Board
14 XXIInd Conference of I.I.G. on Land Visva-Bharati, 9th -11th January, 2001
degradation and Desertification
15 29th International Geographical Congress Seoul National University, Seoul, 14th –
19th August, 2000
16 State Level Seminar on Administrative Kolkata, 23rd- 24th December, 2000
Reform, Dept. of Culture, Govt. of West
Bengal
17 BGRG/GERTEC International Symposium University of Hull, 17th -19th
September, 1999
18 National Seminar on Environmental & North Bengal University, 19th -21st
Sustainable Development November, 1998

Community Work:

1. Organized environment awareness camp with school children villages of Illambazar forest
area on the use of domestic and drinking water as a part of NEAC programmed of Central
Govt. (2003).
2. Organized workshop & training on the ‘Indeginous Pest Management’ at village Dhalla at
Illambazar as a part of Participatory Environment Management Project of Deptt. of
Environment West Bengal (2003).
3. Establishment of a night supplementary study centre for the tribal children of Murgaboni of
Chowpahari forest area of Illambazar (2004).
4. Flood Relief Programme in some villages namely Rajatpur, Gitgram, Mohul etc. along river
Ajoy in the year 2005.
5. Created a cultural platform for performing Santhali Dance at Sayer Para village of Illambazar
Chowpahari forest area in the name of ALAP (Appreciation of Local Aesthetic Perception)