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Piyal Basu Roy M.A. (), Ph.D.

AFFILIATION Professor in Geography Panchanan Barma University, West Professor & Head Department of Geography (Sept 02, 2019 onwards) Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University Vivekananda Street, Cooch Behar - 736101 Editor , Geo-Analyst Journal of the Geographical Society of West EDUCATION Bengal (July, 2011 onwards) Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan M.A. in Geography, 2003 ● Administrative Ph.D. in Geography, 2012 Member, Governing Body (Throughout First Class) College, West Bengal, India (2012 to 2016) EXPERIENCE University Nominee and President ● Professional Governing Body Assistant Professor in Geography College, West Bengal, India , West Bengal, India (2015 to till date) (Nov 01, 2006 to Sept 01, 2016) Associate Professor in Geography Former Registrar (Actg.) Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, West West Bengal Bengal (Sept 02, 2016 to Sept 01, 2019) Vivekananda Street, Cooch Behar - 736101, West Bengal

MEMBER OF LEARNED SOCIETIES

● President, Geographical Society of West Bengal, Alipurduar, West Bengal, India ● Editor, Geo-Analyst, ISSN-2249-2909 ● Life Member: The Wesleyan Journal of Research, , West Bengal, India ● Life Member: Indian Academy of Social Sciences, Allahabad, India ● Life Member: Indian Geographical Foundation, ● Life Member: Hill Geographer, NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya ● Life Member: Institute of Landscape, Ecology and Ekistics, Kolkata ● Life Member: Indian Institute of Geographers, University of Pune, Pune ● Life Member: Eastern Geographical Society, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar ● Life Member: Geographical Society of India, , Kolkata

Postal Address: College Para, Netaji Road, Alipurduar, West Bengal-736121, India Telephone: +91-9474848817 Email: [email protected] Curriculum Vitae

BOOKS PUBLISHED ● Basu Roy, P., Sarkar, D., & Pal. T. (2010). Management of Geo-hazards in India, In ● Basu Roy, P. (2015). A Handbook of Sarkar, S. (ed.) Geo-hazards in Sub- Transport Geography. ISBN 978-93-82623 Himalayan , : North 56-4. Reader Service. Kolkata. Bengal University Press, pp.181-188. ISBN: ● Basu Roy, P. (2016). Tourism: An Analytical 978-81-921692-0-0 Approach. ISBN 978-93-84652-1, Book ● Basu Roy, P. (2011). Environmental Study of Bazar. Kolkata Religion based Tourism in Tarapith A Pilgrimage in of West SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bengal, Wesleyan Journal of Research. 4(1). pp.29-36. ISSN 0975-1386. ● Basu Roy, P. & Malik, U.S (2004). ● Basu Roy, P. & Das, S. (2011). Population Identification of Eco-tourism Potential of Growth, Socio-economy and Quality of life in Bird Sanctuary, Uttar Dinajpur Birbhum District, West Bengal, India, Current District, West Bengal. Indian Journal of Research Journal on Social Science, 3(5). Landscape System and Ecological Studies. pp.412-418. ISSN 2041-3246 Kolkata. 27(2). pp. 121-130. ISSN 0971-4170, ● Basu Roy, P. (2011). Self help Group and ● Basu Roy, P. & Das, S. (2008) Structural Poverty Eradication in India: A Case Study, Analysis of Rail network in Birbhum District Journal of Social and Development Sciences, through Graph Theory, Hill Geographer. 2(3). pp.131-13. ISSN 2221-1152. XXIV(1&2), pp.79-84, ISSN 0137-477X ● Basu Roy, P. &Sah, R. (2012). Economic Loss ● Basu Roy, P. & Mondal, A. (2009). Some Analysis of Crop Yield due to Elephant Basic Observation on the Santals of Kanksa Raiding: A Case study of in West Bengal, Man in India. 89(4). pp.603- (West), West Bengal, India, Journal of 613. ISSN 0025-1569. and Sustainable Development, ● Basu Roy, P. Saha, S. & Dutta, B. (2009). 3(10). pp.83-88. ISSN 2222-1700. Poverty Eradication through Tourism ● Basu Roy, P. & Das, S. (2012). Kamtapur Development in , West Bengal: Movement in West Bengal: An Emerging A Pro-Poor Tourism Concept, Millennium Socio-political Tension. Regional Economic Development Goals (Ed.), pp.61-67. ISBN Disparities in India (Ed.), pp.74-82. ISBN 978-818424-419-9, 978-81-93-5074-027-9. ● Basu Roy, P. (2010). Regional Disparity in ● Basu Roy, P. & Mandal, K. (2013). Difficulties Educational Sector: A comparative study in identifying in Today's Geography, between and of Practising Geographer. 17(01). pp.191-201. West Bengal, The Journal of International ISSN 0975-3850. Social Research.3(14). pp.462-466. ISSN ● Basu Roy, P. & Sah, R. (2013). Bird Watching 1307-9581 as an Eco-Health Indicator: A case study of ● Basu Roy, P., Basu Roy, T. & Das, S. (2010). Kulik Wild life Sanctuary, Uttar Dinajpur Pro Poor tourism as an approach towards District, West Bengal, India. IOSR Journal of Community Development: A case study, Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food South Asian Journal of Tourism and Heritage, Technology. pp-18-23. ISSN: 2319-2399. 3(2). pp.90-98. ISSN 0974-5432. 4(2). ● Basu Roy, P. (2010). Spatio temporal variation ● Basu Roy, P. & Sah, R. (2013). Causes of of Crime Committed against Women in Temporal Variation in the Arrival of Asian North East India, Women and Human Rights Open Bill Stork Population: A Case Study of (Ed.), pp.242-245. ISBN 978-81-910812- 0-6. Kulik Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India. ● Bag, K.K. & Basu Roy, P. (2010). Some Basic International Research Journal of Observations on the Contradictory Environmental Sciences. 2(4), pp. 39-43. representation of Women in Advertisement, ISSN 2319-1414 Canadian Social Science, 6(6). pp.140-145. ISSN 1712-8056. ● Basu Roy, P. & Mondal, K. (2014). ● Basu Roy P. & Barman U.K. (2014). Crop Industrialisation and Quality of Air: A Case Concentration and Diversification in Study of City West Bengal, In of West Bengal: A Case Singh, R.S (ed.) Quotidian Urban Challenges- Study. International Journal of Food,

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Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, 4(3), pp. International Journal of Applied Social 5-9. ISSN: 2277-209X 2014. Science, 5(10). Pp. 1595-1605. ● Basu Roy, P. & Das, B. (2015). Educational ● Debnath, A. & Basu Roy, P. (2019). Social Institutions, Literacy Rate and Gender Gap in Isolation and Loneliness among Urban Older of West Bengal: A People: A Study of Cooch Behar Municipal Correlative Study. Eastern Geographer, XXI Town, West Bengal. India. Working with (1). pp. 467-474. ISSN 0973-7642. Older People, EMERELD. ● Das, B., Basu Roy, P., Ryngnga, P.K. (2016). ● Barnali B, Basu Roy, P. A Study on the Spatio-temporal Changes in Urban Land Use Experience of Patients regarding the Quality Pattern of Alipurduar , WB, of Healthcare services provided in the India, In Mukhopadhyay, S.C. et al (ed.) Land of India. J Healthc Qual Use Planning and Management (Vol 2). Res. 2020; 35(4): 237-244. ELSEVIER. Institute of Landscape, Ecology and Ekistics (ILEE) & Sandhya Prakashani, Kolkata, PROJECTS ISBN-978-81-928047-6-7. ● Basu Roy, P. & Sen, A. (2017). Level of ● UGC funded Research Project Completed Human Development in Cooch Behar (2011) on Identification of Tourism Potential District of West Bengal, India. Research J. Areas in Duars area of Jalpaiguri District, Humanities and Social Sciences. 8(3). pp., West Bengal and Developmental Strategies 323-331. ISSN: 2321-5828 to reduce Backwardness. ● Basu Roy, P., Sen, A. & Ahir, A. (2017). Seasonal Fluctuation in the Migration of ● UGC funded Research Project on Night Heron Bird Population vis-a-vis Identification of Spatial Character of Environmental Quality: A Case Study of Transport Efficiency in Northern Parts of Kulik Wildlife Sanctuary, India. International West Bengal. Journal of Research in Geography (IJRG). ● ICSSR funded Research Project on Status of 3(4), pp-27-31, ISSN 2454-8685. Rural Women, Left Behind for Male Labour ● Basu Roy, P. & Sarkar, A. (2017). An analysis Circulation in Cooch Behar District, West of urban primacy: The case of Cooch Behar Bengal. town in West Bengal, India. Asian Journal of ● National Child Labour Society (NCLP), Research in Social Sciences and Humanities. Office of the District Magistrate, Alipurduar 7(9), pp-17-24, ISSN : 2249-7315. funded project on ‘Baseline Survey for the ● Biswas, B. & Basu Roy, P. (2018). An identification of Child Labour at Alipurduar Assessment of Rural Health Care Facilities and Infrastructural Gaps of Alipurduar District’ District, West Bengal, India. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development. SEMINAR/ CONFERENCE 9(6). Pp. 233-238. ISSN-0976-0245. ATTENDED ABROAD (SCOPUS Indexed) ● Mondal, P. & Basu Roy. P. (2018). ● Paper Presented on “Indo-Bangladesh Improvement of Self Reliance among the Enclave Exchange: A Study on Dynamics of adolescent girls with the help of economic Emotion” in the International Conference empowerment: A Study of on “Multidisciplinary Approaches on UN Subdivision, Cooch Behar. -Internationa Sustainable Developmental Goals Journal of Social Science and Economic (UNSDGs)” Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat Research. 3(7). Pp. 3469-3477 ISSN-2455- University, Thailand, 2016 8834. ● Paper Presented on “Poverty Alleviation ● Sen, A., Ahir, S. & Basu Roy, P. (2018). The through Pro-Poor Tourism Development in Study of the Developmental Gap in the Duars Region of Alipurduar-Jalpaiguri Education System of Cooch Behar District, District, West Bengal, India” in the West Bengal, India, 9(4). Pp-26253-26256. International Conference on “Sustainable ISSN-0976-3031. Development” organised by Global ● Debnath, A. & Basu Roy, P. (2018). How Academic Research Institute (GARI), Happy Elderly are? A Case Study of Dinhata Colombo, Sri Lanka,2017 Municipal Town, West Bengal, India.

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● Paper Presented on “Interdisciplinary and West Bengal” in the National Seminar on Contemporary Approaches in Geography “Changing Perspectives on Development Education: A Diagnostic Study” in 2018 And Regional Imbalances” Malda Women’s IGU Thematic Conference on “Practical College. West Bengal, 2007 Geography Challenges” Institute of ● Paper Presented on “Need and prospect of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Eco-tourism as Vocational Education” in Moscow, Russia, 2018 (partially funded by the State Level seminar on “The Need and ICSSR New Delhi) Prospect of Vocational Courses in Under ● Paper Presented on “Analyzing Tourism Graduate Colleges” Alipurduar College, Potential of Alipurduar District, Wrest West Bengal, 2007 Bengal, India: A Quantitative Study” in ● Paper Presented on “Urbanization vis-à-vis ATRAC 2019, Organized by ASEAN Environmental Problems: a case study of Tourism Research Association, Hoa Sen town, Birbhum District, West University. Vietnam, 2019. Bengal” in the National Congress on ● Paper Presented on “Pro Poor Tourism as a “Development and Resource Management” Tool for Poverty Alleviation in National Association of Geographers, India District, West Bengal, India” in (NAGI), Udaipur, Rajasthan, 2007 International Conference on Prospects and ● Paper Presented on “Industrialization and Challenges of Sustainable Development in its environmental Impact: A case study of Developing Countries organized by Faculty Durgapur town, west Bengal, India” in the of Social Science, University of Rajshahi, International Seminar on “Globalization, Bangladesh. 2019 (Partially Funded by Technology and Economic UNDP). Transformation” Deccan Geographical ● Paper Presented on ‘Geotourism Potential Society Bhopal, M.P. 2008 of Gangani, West Bengal, India: A SWOT- ● Paper Presented on “Urbanization, AHP Approach’ in Third Hospitality and Environmental Problems and Human Tourism Conference, 2019 at Universiti Perception: a case study of Bolpur town, Tcchnologi Mara, Melaka, Malaysia, 2019. Birbhum, West Bengal” in the National Seminar on “Industrialisation, Urbanisation and Political Socialisation in West Bengal” SEMINAR/CONFERENCE , West Bengal, 2008 ATTENDED IN INDIA ● Paper Presented on “Indecent ● Paper Presented on “Solid Waste Representation of Women and its impact on Management with special reference to Social Environment” in the National Alipurduar town, Jalpaiguri” in the National Seminar on “Modern Trends of Seminar on “Solid Waste Management”, at Environmental Education: Social Care and Chanchal College, West Bengal. 2007 Well Being in 21st Century” Union Christian ● Paper Presented on “Existing pattern of Training College, West Bengal, 2008 International immigrants studying at ● Paper Presented on “Land use Change and Santiniketan, Birbhum, west Bengal, India” its resultant impact on Biodiversity loss: A in the National Seminar on “The Nature Case study Buxa Tiger Reserve, West And Trends of Internal and International Bengal, India” in the international Seminar Migration in West Bengal” Dept. of on “Land Use Change , Biodiversity and Geography, , West Climate Change” Nesamony Memorial Bengal, 2007 Christian College, Tamil Nadu, 2008 ● Paper Presented on “Intra District ● Paper Presented on “Poverty Eradication Unbalanced Development in Educational through tourism Development” in the Sector: A case study of Jalpaiguri District, National Seminar on “Millennium West Bengal” in the National Seminar Development Goals: A Social Science “Issues in Unbalanced Regional Perspective” Bishop Heber College, Tirchy, Development” A.B.N. Seal College, West Tamil Nadu, 2009 Bengal, 2007 ● Paper Presented on “Women Exploitation : ● Paper Presented on “Regional Disparity in Am Expression of Socio-economic Educational sector: a comparative study disability” in the National Seminar on between Jalpaiguri and Malda District of “Women Empowerment in India: Issues

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and Challenges” Osmania University Dept. of Geography, Gauhati University, College for Women Hyderabad, Andhra Assam, 2010 Pradesh, 2009 ● Paper Presented on “Globalization and ● Paper Presented on “Cultural Impact of Tribal Life-a symbiotic relationship: A case Globalization in West Bengal: An evolution study on Sonajhuri Village, West Bengal” in from pre independence to modern” in the the State level seminar ob “Nation and Its National Seminar on “Trends of Modernity Tribal Populace” Raj College, In Bengal” Kalipada Ghosh West Bengal, 2010 Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal, 2009 ● Paper Presented on “Globalization and ● Paper Presented on “Women trafficking-A cultural transformation in West Bengal” in brief hierarchical analysis with special the National Seminar & XXXIV Indian reference to selected districts of West Social Science Congress on “Information Bengal” in the National Seminar on “Social Technology, Mass Media and Culture” Attitude to Trafficking in and Violence Gauhati University, 2010 Against Women in India” Thakur ● Paper Presented on “Tradition, Continuity Panchanan Mahila Mahavidyalaya, West and Change : A study of Rabha , 2009 West Bengal” in the National Seminar on ● Paper Presented on “Threat to Biodiversity: “Geography: Space, Time And People” A case Study of Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Indian Geographical Foundation, Kolkata, Bengal, India” in the International 2011 conference on “Land Use Change, ● Paper Presented on “Identification of Biodiversity and Sustainable Resource Tourism potential areas and Micro Management” C.M. Dubey P.G. College, Developmental planning in Jalpaiguri Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 2009 District, West Bengal” in the National ● Paper Presented on “Globalization and Seminar on “Natural Resource Socio-cultural transformation in West Management” Dept. of Geography, Bengal” in the National Seminar on “Issues University of Calcutta, 2011 on Physical and Social Environmental ● Paper Presented on “APL-BPL livelihood Change” Dept. of Geography Alipurduar differences: A case study of rural India” in College, West Bengal, 2010 the National Seminar on “Applied ● Paper Presented on “Kamtapur Movement Geography: Issues and Techniques” Dept. in West Bengal: An emerging socio-political of Geography, University of Calcutta, 2011 tension” in the National Seminar on ● Paper Presented on “Changing face of “Inclusive Growth and Social Tension” Socio-cultural set up in contemporary Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, 2010 Bengal, India in the National Seminar on ● Paper Presented on “Spatio-temporal “Changing Society, Culture and its Impacts variation of crime committed against on People” , Birbhum, women in Northeast India” in the National 2012 Seminar on “Human Rights and Socio- ● Paper Presented on “Rural Women Economic and Political Status of Women in Participation in Development” in the Northeast India” Barbhag college, Assam, National Seminar on “Issues on Rural 2010 Livelihood in India” Gour Mahavidyalaya, ● Paper Presented on “Climate Change, Malda, 2012 Global Politics and India” in the National ● Presented Paper on “the Global Politics and Seminar on “Global Warming and Climate India’s standpoint” in the international Change: Issues and Challenges in 21st conference on “Dimensions of Century India” Suri Vidyasagar College, Development and Resource Conservations” West Bengal, 2010 Dept of Geography, Calcutta University, ● Paper Presented on “Management of Geo- 2012 hazards in India: many a slip between the ● Paper presented on “Women cup and the lip” in the 23rd Annual Empowerment in Tagorian Ideals: A Conference of IGI and National Seminar on reflection through Tagore’s Selected “Global Environmental Change: Poems” in the National Seminar on Geomorphological Issues and Challenges” “Human Dimensions of Environmental

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Change” Kazi Nazurul Islam Human Interference” Raiganj University, Mahavidyalaya, Churulia, 2013 2016 ● Paper Presented on “Status of Socially ● Paper Presented on “Spatio-temporal Vulnerable People” in the National Seminar Changes in Urban Land Use Pattern of on “Sustainable Livelihood, Environment Alipurduar Municipality, WB, India” in the and Development” Dept of Geography and national Seminar on “Land Use Planning Applied Geography, University of North and Management” Institute of Landscape, Bengal, 2013 Ecology and Ekistics (ILEE) & Dept. of ● Paper Presented on “Kantha Stitch and its Geography, University of Calcutta, 2016 impact on Rural Women Empowerment: ● Paper Presented on “Women An Indian Case Study” in international Empowerment through Microfinance: A Conference on “Women Empowerment” Case Study of Selected Self Help Groups of International Multidisciplinary Research Cooch Behar District, West Bengal” in the Foundation, 2014 Nation Seminar on “Rural Development ● Paper Presented on “Analysing the and Challenges in India: Avenues, Population Growth, Socio-Economic Awareness and Assessment” Cluny Development and Quality of Life in Cooch Women’s College, West Bengal, 2016 Behar District, West Bengal” in the National ● Paper Presented on “Spatio-temporal Seminar on “Land, People and Society” Changes in Urban Land Use Pattern of Dept. of Geography and Applied Alipurduar Municipality, West Bengal, Geography, University of North Bengal, India” in the National Seminar on Landuse 2014 Plan and Management Organised by ILLE ● Paper Presented on “Environmental Impact in Collaboration with Department of of Urbanisation: An Analysis” in the Geography Calcutta University in 2016 National Seminar on “Population, ● Paper Presented on “Rural Labour Urbanisation and Changing State of Migration and Women Empowerment: A Environment” Dept. of Geography, Birpara Case Study of Alipurduar District, West College, 2014 Bengal, India” in the International Seminar ● Paper Presented on “Gender Gap in in 48th Regional Science Conference on Literacy in West Bengal” in the international Rural Habitat, Institute and Development: Seminar on “Women Empowerment: Issues Changing Nature and Challenges in Tripura and Challanges” College, University in 2017 Assam, 2014 ● Paper Presented on “Empowered of ● Paper Presented on “Changing Urban Adolescence Girls with Special Reference to Landuse and Morphology of Alipurduar Good Governance: A Study of Cooch Behar Municipal Town of West Bengal, India” in District, West Bengal” in the XI the 36th Indian Geographers Meet and International Geographical Union (IGU) on international Seminar on “Environmental Environment and Sustainable Livelihood in Changes and Challenges: Local, Regional Department of Geography B. Borooah and Global Perspectives” Dept of College, Guwahati, Assam in 2018 Geography, Gauhati University, 2015 ● Paper Presented on “Measuring the ● Paper Presented on “Recent Trends in Connectivity Efficiency of Transport Route Geographical Studies” in international Network in Northern Districts of West Conference on “Modern Trends in Social Bengal” in the National Seminar on and Basic Sciences” Alipurduar College, “Contemporary Research Perspectives in 2015 Geography” International Benevolent ● Paper Presented on “Need and Prospect on Research Foundation, Kolkata, 2018. Environmental Education” in the International Conference on “Ecology, Globalisation and Human Rights” SEMINAR/CONFERENCE Maynaguri College, 2016 ORGANISED ● Paper Presented on “Climate Change and Global Politics with special reference to ● Convener of UGC Sponsored National India” in the International Conference on Seminar on “Issues on Physical and Social “Environmental Degradation due to Environmental Change” held on February 13-14, 2010 Organised by Dept. of

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Geography , Alipurduar College in Geographical Society (NEIGS) cum XI Collaboration with Gour Mahavidyalaya at International Geographical Union (IGU) Alipurduar College, West Bengal Commission Seminar, at Department of ● Convener of NABARD Sponsored National Geography, B. Borooah College, Guwahati Seminar on “Rural Development Challenges in 2018 and Opportunities” held on March 23-24, ● Chaired a Session in the International 2013 Organised by Geographical Society of Conference on “Environmentalism, North Bengal at Alipurduar Municipal Hall, Globalism, and Mortality” at Alipurduar West Bengal College Organised by the Institute of Cross- ● Convener of UGC Sponsored National Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange, Seminar on “Need and Prospects of ELON, NC, USA, 2018 Environmental Education” held on 2016 OTHERS Organised by Dept. of Geography , Alipurduar College. ● Resource Person in 4th International CHAIR / CO-CHAIR IN SEMINAR/ Seminar on "Population, Urbanization and CONFERENCE SESSION Environment: Contemporary Issues and Challenges, University of Gour Banga, ● Chaired a Session in the International Malda, 2018 Seminar in 48th Regional Science ● Resource Person in 1st International Conference on “Rural Habitat, Institute and Conference on Prospects and Challenges of Development: Changing Nature and Sustainable Development in Developing Challenges” in Tripura University in 2017 Countries, University of Rajshahi, ● Chaired a Session “International Bangladesh, 2019. Conference on Sustainable Development” Organised by Global Academic Research ● Invited Member, International Society of Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2017 Development and Sustainability (ISDS), ● Co-chaired a Session in UGC Sponsored Japan National Seminar on “Regional Dimensions ● Member, Editorial Board, Practicing of Social Development in India: Policy Geographer, Journal of Foundation of Perspectives” at Department of Geography, Practicing Geographers, Kolkata Saheed Khudiram College, Alipurduar, West ● Editor, Rural Development: Challenges and Bengal in 2017 Opportunities (Vol: 1), Alipurduar: ● Co-chaired a Session in the 4th International Geographical Society of North Bengal. Seminar on “Population, Urbanisation and ISBN: 978-81-92-70-59-0-3 Environment: Contemporary Issues and ● Editor, Rural Development: Challenges and Challenges” at the Department of Opportunities (Vol: 2), Alipurduar: Geography, University of Gour Banga, West Geographical Society of North Bengal. Bengal, India in 2018 ● Co-chaired a Session in the XXIX Biennial ISBN: 978-81-92-70-59-1-0. Conference of North East Indian

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