Department of Geography

Programme: M. Phil

The Course

Course type: Degree
Duration : 2 Years minimum

Detailed Information

Until 2005, the department admittted 20 students for M.Phil. programme every year. The programme was based on at least one semester of course work to orient the students into research aptitude, followed by dissertation writing. Since its inception, as many as 100 students have been awarded M.Phil. degree on theses pertaining to diverse fields in geography. Notable among these are Geomorphology, Agriculture, Political, and Urban Geography, studies on Land use, Social problems such as slums, land ownership and patterns of land holding etc. However, this program is discontinues from 2005.