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Department of Earth Science

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCE

Faculty Members:

 

Dr. Bijay Singh Mipun

Professor

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.A.., Ph.D.

SPECIALIZATION: Agricultural Geography, Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System, Cartographic Techniques

Dr. Jnanashree Borah

Professor

Webmail: jnanashreeborah@ustm.ac.in

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.A.., M.Phil, Ph.D.

SPECIALIZATION: Regional Planning

 

Dr. Mahfuza Rahman

Professor

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.A.;Ph.D

SPECIALIZATION: Medical Geography/ Social Geography

RESEARCH BACKGROUND:

Environment, Women, Micro Finance and Development Studies

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Dr Rituparna Bhattacharyya

Visiting Professor

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.A., Ph.D.

SPECIALIZATION: GeoHumanities, particularly in relation to Gender, Inequalities, Poverty, Violence, Sustainable Development Goals, and Development in the Global South.

RESEARCH BACKGROUND:

After completing my PhD from the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Newcastle University, UK, in 2009, my academic practice has integrated research and teaching (including classroom and online teaching) across various universities in South Asia. Currently, I am an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and a Visiting Professor at the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya. In addition, I am engaged in contract and invited teaching across various universities in South Asia and continue to work with publishers, including Springer Nature, Palgrave Macmillan, Sage, Routledge, Taylor & Francis, Elsevier, and Wiley.

  • On 15 April 2025, I became a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) (Fellowship number:99008849)
  • I am a Senior Fellow, Advance HE {Fellowship reference (PR204397)} (formerly Higher Education Academy), United Kingdom
  • In 2018, I accomplished Associate Fellow, Advance HE {Fellowship reference (PR136774)}, (formerly Higher Education Academy), United Kingdom
  • I have worked on transnational, interdisciplinary projects spanning the disciplinary boundariesof Human Geography, Social Work, Sociology, and Women’s Studies.
  • I apply a collage of literature linked to feminism, postcolonialism, development, Just Transition and intersectionality, deploying qualitative methods in triangulation with a questionnaire survey and quantitative techniques (including GIS).
  • I bear excellent teaching skills in the classroom, fostering critical thinking. Consistently received positive evaluations and feedback from
  • I have a strong track record of original, high-quality, internationally excellent research publications in Routledge, Taylor and Francis, Sage, Springer Nature (Palgrave Macmillan), Elsevier, and John Wiley & Based on the record of my research publications in January 2022 and again in November 2022, I have been selected to be a part of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, one of the prestigious Academic surveys in the world.
  • Regularly referenced by Google Scholar (citations: 1555, h-index: 18, i-10 index: 28)
  • Recognised expertise in Geohumanities linked to Politics of Gender, Sexuality, Poverty and Development. I serve as an anonymous Journal Reviewer of 28 high-quality peer-reviewed And an accredited Publon (Web of Science) reviewer.
  • The findings of the ongoing research on India’s Missing Children featured on the front page of the Danish Newspaper, Christian Daily/Kristeligt Dagblad on 02 October 2019 entitled Hvert år forsvinder hundredtusinder af børn. Mange findes aldrig igen(https://kristeligtdagblad.dk/udland/hvert-aar-forsvinder-hundredetusinder-boern- i-verden). On 16 October 2019, I was interviewed by BBC (South Asia) on the same project.
  • The article titled # Metoo Movement: An Awareness Campaign published in the International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 3 (4), Special Edition: Teaching and Training in Cross Cultural Competencies, 1-12 was written to enhance practice-related awareness aimed at tackling sexual assaults at the workplaces, thereby promote the practice of sustainability via collective professional practice in Higher Education On 24 October 2020, I was interviewed by a scholar of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA on this project #Me too movement.
  • As of 21 August 2024, this paper ranks 768 out of the top 10,000 papers in the Social Science Research Network (SSRN, Elsevier) and has been downloaded 8,131 Its citation in Google Scholar is 76. My current SSRN Author Rank is 5596 in paper downloads and 47,209 in paper citations out of 749,668 in 65 disciplines, and I have continuously retained the top 10% of Authors in SSRN by all-time downloads.
  • I received the New and Emergent Scholar award in 2011, Journal Gender, Place and Culture,

Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group for contributions to Gender and sexuality in South Asia.

  • Awarded outstanding contribution in reviewing in 2017, Journal World Development (Elsevier)
  • Ability to attract research My PhD was funded jointly by Overseas Research Students Awards (ORSA), Department of Employment and Learning, UK and Newcastle University Overseas Research Scholarship (NUORS).
  • Developed Gender Geography Syllabus (drafts) for Gauhati University (2012) and Banaras Hindu University (2018).
  • Founding editor-in-chief of the open access, blind peer-reviewed SCOPUS-indexed journal Space and Culture, India (spaceandculture.in), which was launched in 2013.
  • Since 2011, I have been formally and informally mentoring PhD students/research scholars of different universities of India and abroad to help them obtain their respective PhDs and publish articles in outlets of high-quality peer-reviewed international standing.
  • As a Research Consultant, teacher, and editor-in-chief of the journal Space and Culture, India, I have developed networks across different universities, individual scholars, and other In so doing, I have built ‘soft power’.
  • Actively render voluntary service, especially in advancing gender studies and academic writing skills in different universities and colleges located in remote parts of India through Alliance for Community Capacity Building in North East India, a UK-based charity (Charity Number 1106666) and Prag Foundation for Capacity Building, the public charitable trust of India.
  • Over the years, through pro bono services, I have contributed over INR 12,00000 (approximately £12,000) to the Prag Foundation for Capacity
  • For the whole month of March 2021, I walked more than 10000 steps daily, covering 435,961 steps for Cancer Research UK and generating £375.50+ £69.38 (Gift aid).

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Dr. Eahya Al Huda

Assistant Professor

Webmail: eahyaalhuda@ustm.ac.in

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.A., Ph.D.

SPECIALIZATION: Basin Hydrology, Regional Planning and Applications of Remote Sensing & GIS

RESEARCH BACKGROUND:

Basin hydrology with emphasis on rainfall-runoff relationship and water resource management highlighting the role of remote sensing and GIS.

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Dr. Swarup Jyoti Baishya

Assistant Professor

Webmail: swarupjyotibaishya@ustm.ac.in

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.A., Ph.D. (NET, SLET qualified)

SPECIALIZATION: Fluvial Geomorphology, Geo-informatics, Geomorphology and Environmental studies

RESEARCH BACKGROUND:

  • Natural Hazard Vulnerability Assessment and Management in the River Basin.
  • Supervising 4 scholars in different areas relating to environment.

Dr. Lalit Saikia

Assistant Professor, Environmental Science
Joint Director, IQAC

Webmail: lalitsaikia@ustm.ac.in

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.Sc., Ph.D., (GATE, UGC NET, Joint CSIR UGC NET qualified)

SPECIALIZATION:  Environmental Chemistry, Water Resources Engineering, Hazards and Disaster Management

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Environmental Monitoring, Hazards and Disaster Management, Climate Change Impacts, Environmental Management

RESEARCH BACKGROUND: Based on primary as well as secondary data, PhD thesis (in Department of Civil Engineering from IIT Guwahati) focuses physico-chemical properties of sediments including contamination status (by laboratory analysis), sediment budget, role of geotechnical and geochemical properties of bank materials in erosion (by laboratory analysis followed by statistical analysis) , bank line shifting, river bank erosion, braiding and land use land cover of the Brahmaputra river in Assam (by remote sensing and GIS tools). One objective of the research was to understand geoenvironmental changes of Brahmaputra in Assam and seeking solution to the bank erosion problem. …..

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Dr. Kankana Borah

Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D.

SPECIALIZATION: Regional Planning, Arts And Culture

RESEARCH BACKGROUND:

Six years’ experience in tourism study, which was related to sonitpur district of Assam. The archaeological and historical sites are the highly forced part of my research. The research also give an idea about the progress of tourist flow in Assam

Mr. KASHMIRLAL DEBBARMA

Assistant Professor

Gmail: kashmirlaldebbarma87312gmail.com

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.A, Ph.D. Pursuing

Dr. Rekha Bora

Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:  B.Ed., M.Sc., Ph.D.

SPECIALIZATION: Environmental Biology, Natural Resource Management, Ethnobotany

RESEARCH BACKGROUND:

  • Plant Ecology
  • Folk Medicine

Dr. Shamikhu Changmai

Assistant Professor

Webmail: shamikhuchangmai@ustm.ac.in

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.Sc., Ph.D., PGD in GIS & RS

SPECIALIZATION: Remote Sensing & GIS; Wildlife Sciences; Environment & Sustainable Development

RESEARCH BACKGROUNDResearch experience and interest in the field of Wildlife Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem Function, Socio-Environmental Issues, Natural Resource Management, Environmental Monitoring, Climate Change, applications of Geospatial Technology

Rimlee Bora

Assistant Professor

Gmail: borarimlee@gmail.com

Webmail: shamikhuchangmai@ustm.ac.in

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.A,SLET,PGDDM

SPECIALIZATION: Geospatial Studies, Land space study, Geomorphology, Regional Geography

RESEARCH BACKGROUND: Resource utilisation using geospatial techniques.

Dr. Bharati Hazarika

Assistant Professor

Email: bharatihazarika99@gmail.com

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., (UGC NET-JRF Qualified)

SPECIALIZATION: Cartography, Population Geography, Social Geography, Economic Geography

RESEARCH BACKGROUND: Urban Geography, Urban Water Security, Water Resource Management, SDG-6

Dr.Cecilia Tortajada

Designation: Visiting Professor

Address:
Professor In Practice – Environmental Innovation School of Interdisciplinary Studies
University of Glasgow,UK

Prof Asit K Biswas

Designation: Visiting Professor

Address:

Academician and Distinguished Visiting Professor
University of Glasgow, UK

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