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Dr. Nandini Chatterjee, Lecturer
B.A. (from Loreto College, Kolkata), MA from the Calcutta
University, Ph.D research as a UGC (NET) JRF. on ‘Irrigated
Agriculture of West Bengal`.
Awarded the ISCA Young Scientist Award by the Indian
Science Congress Association
nc.geog@presidencycollegekolkata.ac.in
Area of Specialisation: Environment,
Geomorphology
Areas of Interest
• Environment
• Geomorphology
Recent Publications
The Khoai Region of Birbhum : an enigma,
The Observer, 2005-06, SGA, University of Calcutta,
pp : 32-33.
Area of Research
Irrigated Agriculture; Water Resource Evaluation;
Environmental Perception and Watershed Management
Ongoing Research Projects
UGC Minor Research Project (2004-2006): ‘Land
Resource Management in the Plateau Fringe Tract of
the Mayurakshi Basin – a micro level analysis’.
List of Publications
Impact of Irrigation on Agriculture in Southern
West Bengal, Geographical Review of India, March 1986,
Vol. 48, No.1, 1986, pp.75-81.
Methods for Crop Combination Regions of West Bengal,
Indian Journal of Landscape Systems and Ecological
Studies, 1986, Vol.9, No.1, 1986, pp.83-95.
Terrain Evaluation as a base for Resource Utilization
in the Tikra River Basin, Indian Journal of Landscape
Systems and Ecological Studies, 1987, Vol.10, No.1,
pp.80-87.
Necessity of Irrigation in West Bengal : An Agro-climatic
Approach, Geographical Review of India, 1987, Vol.
49, No.3, pp. 60-66.
Groundwater resources of West Bengal : An Appraisal,
Indian Jour. of Landscape system and Ecological Studies,
1988, Vol. 11, No.2, pp.119-126.
Impact of Irrigation on Cropping Intensity in West
Bengal, Transactions Institute of Indian Geographers,
1990, Vol. 12, No.8, pp. 111-120.
Dominant Crop Regions of Selected Ecological Settings
of West Bengal, Indian Journal of Landscape Systems
and Ecological Studies, Calcutta, 1990, Vol.13, No.2,
pp.73-78.
Agro-climatic Perspective on Irrigation in West Bengal,
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, University
of Singapore, 1991, Vol.12, No.1, pp. 12-30.
Marshes to a Township: A Case Study of Salt Lake
City, East Calcutta, in ‘Calcutta : Land and
People”, Geographical Society of India, 1993,
Calcutta, pp. 150-160.
Environmental Degradation in the Mayurakshi Catchment,
Bihar, India, Indian Journal of Landscape Systems
& Ecological Studies, Calcutta, 1993, Vol.16,
No.1, pp. 29-35.
Environmental Problems Facing the Development of
Irrigation in West Bengal, in ‘Environment :
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow’ by Department
of Geography, Garhwal University, Garhwal, 1994.
Social Forestry in Environmentally Degraded Regions
of India : Case Study of the Mayurakshi Basin, International
Journal on Environmental Conservation, Foundation
for Environ. Conserv., Geneva, 1995, Vol.22, No. I,
pp. 20-30.
Environmental Issues Related to Quarrying in the
Mayurakshi River Basin, West Bengal, India, Indian
Journal of Landscape Systems & Ecological Studies,
Kolkata, 2000, Vol. 23, No. II, pp. 5-14.
The Rajmahal Trap Terrain : Geomorphology & Related
Aspects, Indian Journal of Landscape Systems &
Ecological Studies, Kolkata, 2005, Vol. 28, No.II,
pp. 66-76.
Book
‘Irrigated Agriculture : A Case Study
of West Bengal published with financial grant of Indian
Council of Social Science Research, (ICSSR), by Rawat
Pub. Jaipur, 1995, 324 pgs. ISBN 81-7033-283-9.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Class: Hydrology, Map Projections,
Social Geography, Weather Map
Undergraduate Class: Hydrology, Biogeography
and Environmental Issues, India and West Bengal, Geomorphology
of Humid Tropics
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