MSc (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)
Cartography, Population and Social Geography, Remote Sensing and GIS
Department of Geography
Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781014
Email: bimalkar[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in
M.Sc. in Geography with Specialisation in Cartography (Gauhati University), Ph.D. in Population Geography (Gauhati University)
Training in Geospatial Technologies at IIRS, Dehradun, 1991 and 2000.
Professor of Geography (Gauhati University)
Former Head, Department of Geography, Gauhati University
Teaching Areas
Research Areas
M.Phil. Research Guided
(i) Pattern of socio-economic change among different communities in Chakchaka development block of Barpeta district, Assam, Saurabh Barman, 2005.
(ii) Changing pattern of education, occupation and demographic characteristics in the fringe areas of GauhatiUniversity, Guwahati, Dipika Lahkar, 2006.
(iii) Status of school education in Rampur development block of Kamrup district, Assam, Daisy Das, 2007.
(iv) Education, occupation and quality of life among the Nepalese in Guwahati city, Chandra Kala Magar, 2007.
(v) Educational attainment and demographic behaviour among the major tribal groups in Guwahati city and its adjoining areas, Priyanka Brahma, 2008.
(vi) Female work participation and associated demographic character in Guwahati city, Rashmi Konwar, 2012.
(vii) The Misings in the rural and urban contexts of Assam: The case of Jonai sub-division of Dhemaji district and Guwahati city, Pahari Doley, 2013.
(viii) Flood and river-bank erosion induced population displacement in Morigaon district of Assam: A study of its nature, dimension and consequences, Dharitri Bordoloi, 2013.
(ix) Rainfall pattern and its influence on urban environment: A case study of Guwahati city, Sutapa Bhattacharjee, 2015.
(x) Ageing, Changing Family Structure and Associated Implications in Rural and Urban Contexts: A Case Study of Kamrup Metro District, Assam, Rima Devi, 2016.
(xi) Growth and Development of Nagaon Town and Its Impact on the Fringe Areas, Assam, Bharati Hazarika, 2018.
(xii) Education, Occupation and Associated Food Security and Health Status Among the Informal Workers in Guwahati City, Assam, Chandana Sarkar, 2018.
Currently Guided M.Phil. Research
(i) Ms. Preceileena Koch (On Slums of Guwahati City)
(ii) Ms. Wangkheimayum Dhanapati (On Land and Livelihood of Manipur)
(iii) Ms. Lakhya Bania (On Small Tea Growers of Biswanath District, Assam)
Ph.D. Research Guided
(i) Population dynamics and socio-economic well-being in Nalbari district, Assam, Dipak Goswami, January, 2010.
(ii) Mosquito-borne diseases and problems of health management in Dibrugarh district, Assam: A study in Medical Geography, Moutusi Bagchi, 2011.
(iii) Pattern of socio-economic change and development in the fringe areas of Guwahati city, Assam, Semim Wara Begum, 2011.
(iv) Geo-environmental problems, human response and sustainability: A study in Aie-Manas-Beki interfluvial region of Assam, Jyotishmoy Bora, May, 2015.
(v) Prevalence of Social Justice in Guwahati City: A Social Geographic Analysis From Dwellers’ Perspective, Bibeka Nanda Gogoi, June, 2016.
(vi) Place of Tea in the Culture, Economy and Polity of Assam: A Geographical Analysis, Chandra Kala Magar, August, 2016.
(vii) Forest-Land Encroachment in Goalpara District, Assam: A Study of Its Dimensions, Causes and Consequences, Dhananjoy Medhi, 2017.
(viii) Education, Occupation and Health Status in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD), Assam: A Socio-Spatial Analysis, Sibani Basumatari, 2018.
(ix) Sonai-Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary of Sonitpur District, Assam: Causes and Consequences of Its Changing Status, Bhaskarjyoti Bhuyan, 2018.
(x) Urbanization to Urbanism: Understanding the Pattern of Urban Development in Assam, Rakesh Chetry, 2019.
Currently Guided Ph.D. Research
(i) Pahari Doley (Identity, Inter-Relationship and Well-Being: A Case from Assam-Arunachal Border) (Thesis Submitted)
(ii) Dharitri Bordoloi (Population Diversity, Demographic Character and Livelihood Practices in Morigaon District, Assam)
(iii) Sriparna Das (Urbanization, Occupational Diversity and Quality of Life: A Comparative Study of Jalpaiguri Town in West Bengal and Nagaon Town in Assam)
(iv) Suli Yohana Ayemi (What Ails Healthcare System of Nagaland? : Examining Healthcare Resources in relation to their Accrssibility and Utilization)
(v) Chanadana Sarkar (Urban Growth and Consequent Environmental Changes and Human Health: A Comparative Study of Guwahati City and Siliguri City)
(vi) Bharati Hazarika (Urban Development and Water Security: A Case of Guwahati City)
(vii) Joyanta Ghosh (Livelihood Practices, Food Security and Health Status Among the Marginal Farmers of Murshidabad District, West Bengal: A Study of Selected Villages)
(viii) Makakmayum Abdul Hakim (Demography and Development Conflicts in Manipur: A Comparative Study of Hills and Plains)
(ix) Jeshmi Machahary (Growth of Small Tea Plantations and Associated Socio-Economic Impacts in Udalguri District, BTAD, Assam), Under Collaborative Research Project with Centre for Development Studies, Institute of Geographic Sciences, Friei University Berlin, Germany.
Book Publications
Research Paper Publications in Journals and Edited Books
1. “Women Literacy in
2. “Population Growth Trend in
3. “Socio-Economic Transformation in the Tribal Society of
4. “Pattern of Population Growth in North East India”, in Ahmad, A. et al (eds)
5. “Sex Disparity in Non-Agricultural Activities in North
6. “Socio-Economic Status of Women in North
7. “Human response to a riverine environment: A study of the mode of living on the
8. “Regional disparity of development in
9. “Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Population of SAARC Nations”, in P. Deka (ed.) The Great Indian Corridor in the East, Mittal Publications,
10. “Population Growth and Changing Demographic Structure in
11. “The Economic Potential of
12. "Population Growth and Socio-Economic Well-Being in Chakchaka Block of
13. “Pattern of Malaria Incidence and Problems of its Management in
14. “Socio-spatial pattern of mosquito-borne diseases in Dibrugarh district,
15. “Population growth and changes in demographic structure in North East India”, in B. J.
16. “Changing pattern of population growth and socio-economic characteristics in the fringe
17. “Population growth and changing demography in North East India”, in S. Deka (ed.)
18. “Relative Risk of Mosquito-borne Diseases Due to Flood in Assam: A Case Study
19. “Empowerment begins with Recognition: Female Workforce and its Under-recognised
20. Class limit determination techniques for choropleth mapping, in P.R. Sharma, R.S.
21. Social change and development: Some perspectives on concept and method, in P.R.
22. Channel Shifting and Consequent Socio-Economic Problems: The Case of Aie River,
23. Brunt of climate change on fluvial character of Manas river, Assam (India) and the
24. The prevalence of social justice among homeless dwellers in Guwahati city, India, The Clarion, Vol. 4(1), 2015, Guwahati, pp. 113-119, ISSN: 2277-1697.
25. Tea Plantations and Socio-Cultural Transformation: The Case of Assam, India, Space and
26. Depletion of Forest Cover and Encroachment in Gonbina Reserved Forest in the Goalpara
27. Role of Judiciary to Social Justice in Guwahati City: A Social Geographic Analysis, The
28. Changing Patterns of Rainfall and Agriculture in Assam, India, The Geographer, Vol. 63
29. Status of Heath Infrastructure and Awareness in Bodoland Territorial Areas District
30. Rainfall Behaviour and Urban Environment of Guwahati City, Assam, North Eastern
31. Changing dimensions of tea production in Assam and its contemporary challenges, in B. K. Kar and A.K. Bhagabati (eds) Society and Development: Human Geographic
32. Deforestation of Protected Areas: A Case Study of Sonai-Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary in
33. Educational Inequalities and Changing Demographic Characteristics: A Case Study of
Seminar/Conference/Workshop Attended
(1)International Symposium on 'Population Growth in Developing Countries' organized by the IGU Commision on Population Geography at JNU,
(2) International Seminar on 'Commercial Activity, Women and Ecology' organized
(3) 17th Indian Geography Congress of NAGI held at Jammu University, December 29-
(4) 18th Indian Geography Congress of NAGI held at NEHU, Shillong, October 29-31,
(5) 29th IGU Congress held in Seoul, South Korea on August 14-18, 2000 and
(6) One-week Workshop on “Food Security and Geographical Information System”
(7) 30th International Geographical Congress of the IGU held in Glasgow, U.K.,
(8) UGC sponsored National Seminar on Geopolitics and Conflict Resolution held in
(9) International Conference on "Emerging Population Issues in the Asia
(10) National Seminar on 'Problems of Human Resource Management in the
(11) International Workshop on Agricultural Ecosystem and Sustainable Development
(12) National Seminar on Recent Advances in the Development of Geographical Knowledge and its Interdisciplinary Association with Sciences, BHU, Varanasi, November 3-4, 2011, and presented papers on (i) Social change and development: Some perspectives on concept and method and (ii) Class limit determination techniques for choropleth mapping, and co-chaired a technical session.
(13) 32nd International Geographical Congress of the IGU held in Cologne, Germany, August 26-30, 2012 and presented a paper entitled “Changing Pattern of Rainall and Agriculture in Assam (India)”.
(14) Regional Conference of the International Geographical Union (IGU) held in Moscow, Russia on August 17-22, 2015 and presented papers on (i) Dichotomy of urbanization and urbanism: The case of Haflong and Kokrajhar towns of Assam, India and (ii) Rainfall behavior in relation to urban environment of Guwahati city, India.
(15) 37th IIG Meet and International Conference on Land Resource Policies, Agriculture,
(16) National Conference on ICSSR Research Survey and Explorations in Economic Geography, JNU, New Delhi, March 22-23, 2016 and Participated as an Invited Panelist in the Discussion Session on Agriculture.
(17) 33rd International Geographical Congress of the IGU held in Beijing, China, August 21-25, 2016 and presented papers entitled (i) “Tea plantations and
(18) 3rd International Congress on Green Urban Futures, Organised by Center for Urban
(19) 38th IIG Meet and National Conference on Sustainable Earth Resource Development, Banasthali University, March 18-20, 2017, and presented a paper (jointly) on “Socio-Economic and Environmental Impact of Industrial Development in Sonapur-Byrnihat Area of Kamrup Metro District, Assam”.
(20) 39th Annual Meet and Conference of Institute of Indian Geographers (IIG) on Population, Environment and Sustainable Development, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, December 26-28, 2017 and presented papers (jointly) on
(21) 29th Biennial Conference of North-East India Geographical Society (NEIGS) and 11th International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission Seminar on Environment and Sustainable Livelihood, B. Borooah College, February 8-10, 2018, and presented an invited paper on “Place of Small Scale Tea Cultivation in
Use and Environmental Change and (ii) Land Use Change and Environment.
Professional Courses Attended
Seminar/Conference/Workshop/Course Conducted
(ii) Course Coordinator, Refresher Course in Geography – VII, Academic
(iii) Course Coordinator, ‘Orientation Course in Environmental Studies for
(iv) Convenor, 3-Day Workshop on ‘Research Methodology in
(v) Course Coordinator,
(vi) Course Coordinator, DST-sponsored Summer School in Geography, Gauhati University, July 7-27, 2009.
(vii) Course Coordinator, Refresher Course in Research Methodology, Academic
(viii) Convener, Exhibition organized in connection with 34th Indian Social Science Congress at
(ix) Project Coordinator, Climate Change Sensitization Programme,
(x) Convener, 36th IIG Congress and International Seminar on Environmental Changes and Challenges, Gauhati University, February 25-28, 2015.
(xi) Course Coordinator, Short-Term Course on Population, Environment and Development, Academic Staff College, Gauhati University, September 7-13, 2015.
Teaching Positions
Lecturer in Geography, Darrang College, Tezpur (1989-1992)
Lecturer in Geography, Gauhati University (1993-2001)
Reader / Assoc. Professor in Geography, Gauhati University (2001-2009)
Professor of Geography, Gauhati University (2010- )
Other Positions/Responsibilities Held
1. North-East
2. National Association of Geographers,
3. Geographical Society of India, Kolkata
4. Indian
5. Indian National Cartographic Association,
6. Assam Science Society, Guwahati
8. Geographical Society of the North Eastern Hill Region (India), Shillong
9. Institute of
Dr. Bimal Kumar Kar
Professor
Department of Geography
GAUHATI UNIVERSITY
Guwahati - 781 014 (Assam, India)
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Email: bimalkar@gauhati.ac.in / bimalkar@yahoo.com /
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Delivered Invited Lecture as Visiting Fellow
Visited Centre for Development Studies, Institute of Geographic Sciences, Freie Berlin University, Germany during
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