AN INVITATION
The 41st
Indian Geographers Meet 2019 & the Annual Conference of the IIG will be hosted
by the School of Studies in Geography and will be held at Pt. Ravishankar
Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh from 21st to 23rd November 2019. The focal theme
of the conference is Building a
Disaster Resilient Society: Methods and Approaches which aims to focus
on the question of distribution and resultant inequalities across geographical
regions, sections of society and sectors of economy. The conference, however,
shall be inclusive and provide an open platform to all scholars of geography
and allied disciplines. Plenary lectures will have distinguished scholars
speaking on themes of utmost importance.
THE FOCALTHEME
“Building a Disaster Resilient
Society: Methods and Approaches” Disaster resilience is the ability of individuals,
communities, organizations and states to adapt and recover from hazards, shocks
and stresses without compromising long-term prospects for sustainable development.
Developing disaster-resilient communities and societies requires accurate
identification and analysis of the risks that the communities or societies are
faced with and having all stakeholders from government to communities fully
understands these risks. Controlling natural hazards is difficult, thus
enhancing social capacity to cope with disasters is one of the most effective
ways to manage, mitigate and reduce disaster risks. IIG poses this as
the focal theme for 2019 meet. The following sub-themes are proposed:
SUB-THEMES
- Investing in disaster risk
reduction for resilience
- Strengthening disaster risk
governance to manage disaster risk
- Innovating
resilience through new research and science
- Natural
Disaster Management and Application of Remote Sensing and GIS
- Global
warming & Climate Change
- Flood
& Drought
- Desertification
& Environmental Protection
- Climate
Change, Water and Sustainability
- Bio-diversity
& Conservation
- Tribal
Area Development & Ecological Resources
- Industrial
Development and Environment
- Mining
Environment & Planning
- Climate Change, Bio-diversity,
Environmental Challenges
- Urbanization & Sustainable
Development
- Urban-Industrial
Growth and Demographic Dynamism
- Urban
Sustainable Development & Geo-Informatics
- Geo-spatial
Technology in Natural Resource Management
- Industrial
Corridors, Ecology and Society
- Impacts
of Expanding Urban-Industrial Spaces
- Competing
and Conflicting Land and Waterscapes
- Regional
Development: Contemporary Challenges
- Progress
and Challenges in Geography in India
- Frontiers
of Physical Geography
- Frontiers
of Human Geography
- Application
of RS, GIS and GPS in environmental studies
- Sustainability: Special
reference to Chhattisgarh
Water, Forest, Wildlife, Soil, Minerals, Tourism,
Population
(Narva,Garva, Ghurwa and Baadi)
YOUNG GEOGRAPHER AWARD
IIG has instituted an award for the
best paper presented by a single author below the age of 32. The young scholars
who want to be considered for the award are advised to register for the event
and submit their full original paper along with an abstract. The award carries
a certificate and a modest cash prize.
PROF. A.B MUKHERJI
MEMORIAL LECTURE
Prof. A.B Mukherji Memorial Lecture
was introduced during 37th IIG Meet. Prof. Sunando Bandyopadhyay,
Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata will deliver the 5th
Prof. A.B. Mukherji Lecture at 41st IIG Meet.
ABOUT RAIPUR
Raipur (21°14'14" N and 81°38'5" E), the capital of
Chhattisgarh State, is an important administrative, commercial, Industrial and
educational center. Raipur is an important junction on the Mumbai-Kolkata trunk
line of the SEC Railways, and the premier node of the NH 53. It enjoys a
central location in Chhattisgarh. It is well connected by air (Swami Vivekanand
Terminal, Mana, Raipur) with major cities of India, viz. Delhi, Mumbai,
Chennai, Hyderabad, Nagpur and Indore. This nodal location has contributed to
its growing importance. Naya Raipur (New Raipur) which is located between NH 53
and NH 30 is about 17 km away is being developed as one of the most beautiful planned
cities of India. Naya Raipur is serving an administrative and commercial
capital of the state. During November temperature ranges between a maximum of
30°C and minimum of 20°C.
ABOUT PT. RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY, RAIPUR.
The Conference is to be held at Pt.
Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh (India), which is the
largest and the oldest University of Chhattisgarh was established on May 01,
1964. This is a teaching-cum-affiliating University. There are twenty seven
Departments located on the University campus for Post-Graduate studies and
research in various disciplines of Science, Social Science, Humanities,
Management, Computer Science, Library Science, Physical Education, Pharmacy and
Law, Some S.o.S. (Departments) are also running U.G. courses are like Pharmacy,
Law, Centre for Basic Science, Renewable Energy, Technology and Management
(B.Voc.), Physical Education, Library Science and Institute of Teachers
Education. There is a National Centre for Natural Resources (NCNR). There are
128 affiliated colleges spread over five districts of Chhattisgarh.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF STUDIES IN
GEOGRAPHY
The School of Studies in Geography, a
DST FIST aided Department, formerly known as the Department of Geography was
established on 1st Nov. 1965. The School of Studies in Geography has been
successful in maintaining the standard of teaching and research. The school is
pioneer in starting M.Phil. Course in 1976 in the Central India. A large number
of students from various parts of the country have been enrolled for various
courses M.A./M.Sc./M.Phil. and Ph.D. The focal areas of research are Regional
Development and Planning, Resource Development, Population Studies, Urban
Studies, Agricultural Geography and Social Geography. Initiatives for
development of facilities and courses in Remote Sensing and GIS are underway.
Presently the Department has faculty strength of 08 (05 Professors, 01
Assistant Professor & 02 Cont. Asstt. Prof.).