FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE Serampore Girls’ College (Affiliated to ) 13, T.C. Goswami Street, Serampore, Hooghly-712201, , India

Dr. Asraful Alam, PhD, Post Doc., PGD (GIS & Remote Sensing)

Personal Nationality : Indian Information Date of birth : 02/05/1990 Language proficiency: English, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese. Language known: English, Bengali, Hindi, Assamese.

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Present Status Assistant professor, Department of Geography, Serampore Girls’ College, 13, T.C. Goswami Street, Serampore, Hooghly - 712201, West Bengal, India (Affiliated to University of Calcutta) Post Doctoral Fellow Post Doctoral Fellow (PDF), Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (PDF) Post Doctoral Fellow 2019: Sustainable Resource Management and Self Reliance of the Scheduled Caste (PDF) Topic Population in Koch Bihar, West Bengal Ph.D. Topic 2017: “Regional Pattern of Food Security in Koch Bihar District: A Block Wise Study” Academic 1. Qualified UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) in 2011 (Geography) achievements 2. University Fellowship, , Kolkata 3. Doctoral Fellowship, ICSSR, New Delhi, MHRD Education Courses Subjects Year Class Qualification Post Doctoral Fellow Geography 2020 - (PDF) Postgraduate Diploma GIS & Remote Sensing 2017 1st in GIS & remote sensing Ph. D. Geography 2017 Awarded

M.A. Geography 2012 1st B.A. (Honours/ Geography (H), 2010 1st Major) History, English, Bengali Teaching 1. Assistant professor, Department of Geography, Serampore Girls’ College, 13, T.C. Experiences Goswami Street, Serampore, Hooghly - 712201, West Bengal, India (Affiliated to University of Calcutta) from 06/07/2020 to present. 2. One year experience as an Asst. Coordinator, Post Graduate Department, Department of Geography, Women's College, Calcutta, West Bengal, India. 3. Four Years Teaching Experiences as a teaching assistant at Aliah University, Kolkata, India 4. Six months Teaching Experiences as a guest lecturer, Department of Geography, Falakata College, Falakata, West Bengal, India.

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Research 1. One and half years experience as a Post Doctoral Fellow (PDF), Department of Experiences Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. 2. One and half years experience as a Project Assistant (ICSSR, Major Project) 3. Three and Half Years in Ph. D. Foreign Visit Bangladesh (December, 2016 for International Seminar) Field of interests Agricultural Geography, Climatology, Population Geography, GIS and Remote Sensing. Membership in 1) Geographical Society of India, Kolkata (Life Member) Learning Societies: 2) Institute of Landscape, Ecology & Ekistics, Kolkata (4) 3) Geographical Society of the North-Eastern Hill Region-GSNEHR (INDIA), Shillong 4) ‘Himalaya Prasanga’, Himalaya Samiksha Parishad, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (Life Member) 1. Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics: Case Studies of Human-Environment Interactions in Book Publication (3) India, Rukhsana, Haldar, Alam & Satpati, 2020, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham (ISBN- 978-3-030-49114-7), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49115-4 2. Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security: Case Study of Availability and Sustainability in India, 2021, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham (ISBN -978-3-030-69333-6). 3. Life and Living through Newer Spectrum of Geography, 2015, Mohit Publication, New Delhi. (ISBN- 978-81-7445-690-8). 1. Land suitability appraisal for the growth of potato cultivation: A Study of Sagar Published Paper (23) Island, India, edited by Shruti Kanga, Varun Narayan Mishra, and Suraj Kumar Singh (eds.) Sustainable Development Practices Using Geoinformatics, pp. 111–126, 2020 Scrivener Publishing, WILEY (ISBN 978-1-119-68711-5), https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119687160.ch7. 2. Investigation of Urban Environment Using Tasseled Cap Transformation edited by Singh et al, Spatial Information Science for Natural Resource Management (Book), 2020, IGI Global, (ISBN- 9781799850274), https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5027-4.ch005. 3. Environmental Pollution and Municipal Solid Waste Management in India, Rukhsana, Haldar, Alam & Satpati (Edited) 2020, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham (ISBN- 978-3-030-49114-7), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030- 49115-4_5. 4. Habitat, Ecology and Ekistics: An Overview, Rukhsana, Haldar, Alam & Satpati (Edited) 2020, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham (ISBN- 978-3-030- 49114-7), https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49115-4_1. 5. Area based Geographical analysis of Crops Production and Yield Capacity in Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, Modern Perspective in Geography (Ed. Sk. Mafizul Haque), Paschimbanga Anchalik Itihas O Loksanskriti Charcha Kendra, Kolkata, pp. 35-50, (ISBN- 978-93-88207-06-5), 2018. 6. Spatio-Temporal analysis of Rice Productivity Regions in Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, Life and Living through Newer Spectrum of Geography, (Ed. MD. Ismail and Asraful Alam), Mohit Publication, New Delhi, pp. 203-213, (ISBN- 978-81- 7445-696-0), 2015. 7. Rural Women’s Status and Fertility Behaviour in Developing Countries: A Picturesque of West Bengal, India, International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, Vol. 28 No.1 (2019) pp. 25-41, ISSN: 2005-4238, [Scopus Indexing] 8. Gender-Based Discrimination and Status of Women Empowerment – A Case Study in Rajharhat Area, Restaurant Business, Vol-118-Issue-9-September-2019, ISSN:0097-8043 [Scopus Indexing] 9. Marital Disharmony among Working Couples in Metropolitan Life: an In-depth Study in Kolkata City, Thematics Journal of Geography, Vol-8-Issue-8-August- 2019, 72-85pp, (ISSN: 2277-2995), [UGC-CARE List Group: Group D] 10. Variability of Land Surface Temperate with special reference to Landuse Landcover in Kotulpur CD Block of Bankura District, West Bengal, Indian Journal of Landscape System and Ecological Studies, Institute of Landscape, Ecology & Ekistics (ILEE), Vol. 41, No. 2, December, 2018, 30-40pp, (ISSN- 0971-4170). [UGC Page 2 of 8

Journal list: Serial No: 20798] 11. Remote sensing image-based analysis of the relationship between land surface temperature and vegetation index: a statistical correlation in Indpur and Hirbandh block of Bankura district, West Bengal, India, Hill Geographer, NEHU, Shilling, Vol. XXXIV Issue 2 2018, 63-72pp, ISSN 0970-5023 [UGC-CARE List Group: Group D]. 12. Impact of inland water aquaculture on livelihood in West Bengal: Special Reference to South 24 Parganas, Indian Journal of Regional Science, Vol. L, No. 2, 2018, 68- 78pp, ISSN:0046-9017 [UGC Journal list: Serial No: 20873] 13. Role of Non- Urban Factors in Changing Land Use Pattern of Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, India, Research Review International Journal of Multidisciplinary, Vol. 3, Issue 5, 2018, ISSN: 2455-3085, 89-92pp, [UGC Journal list: Category: Science, Serial No: 44945]. 14. Linking Food Security and Agricultural Development in Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, Research Guru E-Journal Multidisciplinary, Vol. 12, Issue 1, 2018, 2018, 268-281pp, (ISBN – 2349266X). [UGC Journal list: Serial No: 63726] 15. Geographical Analysis of Agricultural Productivity in Koch Bihar, West Bengal, India, International Research Journal of Humanities, Engineering & Pharmaceutical Sciences (IRJHEPS), Volume: 2, Issue: 16, 2018, 21-26pp, (ISBN – 978-81-909047- 9-7, P- ISSN- 2249-2569, E-ISSN- 2320-2955). [UGC Journal list: Serial No: 48587] 16. Present Status and Regional Disparities of Food Security in West Bengal, India: A District Wise Analysis, Asian Profile an International Journal, Burnaby, Canada, Vol. 45, No. 2, (ISSN- 03048675), 2017. 17. Regional Pattern of Agricultural Development and Food Security in Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, India, Geographical Review of India, Geographical Society of India, Vol. 76 (4), 2014, December (ISSN- 0375-6386), [UGC-CARE List Group: Group D]. 18. Land Use, Cropping Pattern, Productivity and Sustainability in Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, Indian Journal of Landscape System and Ecological Studies, Institute of Landscape, Ecology & Ekistics (ILEE), Vol. 37, No. 2, December, 2014 (ISSN- 0971-4170). [UGC Journal list: Serial No: 20798]. 19. Food and Nutritional Security in the Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, India, Indian Journal of Spatial Science, Vol. 6, No. 1, March, 2015, (ISSN- 2249 - 3921), [UGC Journal list: Serial No: 49077]. 20. Regional Pattern of Agricultural Development in Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, India, Research Journal of Contemporary Concerns, Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam, Vol. 9 (A), 2014, (ISSN- 0972-7922). 21. Socio-Economic Condition of Displaced and Landless population: A Case Study, International Research Journal of Humanities, Engineering & Pharmaceutical Sciences (IRJHEPS), Volume: 2, Issue: II, pp-12-16, (ISBN – 978-81-909047-9-7, P- ISSN- 2249-2569, E-ISSN- 2320-2955). [UGC Journal list: Serial No: 48587] 22. Literacy Differentials among Scheduled and Non-Schedule Castes in West Bengal, India, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJIRSET), Volume: 3 Issue: 3, 2014, pp. 10705-10712, (ISSN 2319- 8753). 23. Micro Level Analysis of Food Security and Agricultural Development: A Case Study, International Journal of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Science, Iranian South East of Advanced Research Centre (ISEARC), Vol. 1, Issue 3, 2013, pp. 164- 175, (ISSN 2345-2749). 24. An assessment of cyclone-induced vulnerability and change in land use and land cover (LULC) of G-Plot in Patharpratima C. D. Block of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, Indian Journal of Geography and Environment Management, (Accepted) [UGC-CARE List Group: Group D]. 25. Application of Remotely Sensed Data for Estimation of Indices to Assess

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Spatiotemporal Aspects of Droughts in Bankura District of West Bengal, India, Springer International Publishing AG (Accepted). 26. Identification of Spatio-temporal Extent of Agricultural Drought Using Geospatial Techniques: A case Study of Chhatna Block, Bankura District, West Bengal, India, Transactions, The Institute Indian Geographers (ISSN 0970-9851), (Accepted) [UGC-CARE List Group: Group D]. 27. Smart City Urbanization and Risk Reduction: A Case Study Siliguri Municipal Corporation, West Bengal, Disaster Risk Reduction for Resilience, edited by Saeid, Elsevier, (Accepted). 28. Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) for Assessing the Changes in Earth’s System Dynamics: A Review, Geospatial Modeling for Environmental Management: Case Studies from South Asia, edited by Kangra et al. Taylor & Francis, (Accepted) 29. A Review of Rural Housing Schemes in India for Sustainable Habitats, Elsevier (Accepted). 30. Nature and Dimensions of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security, Springer International Publishing AG (Accepted). 31. Impact of Microclimate on Agriculture in India: Transformation and Adaptation, Springer International Publishing AG (Accepted). 32. Household analysis of Crops Diversification and Socio-Economic Classifications of Agriculture Practitioner, Springer International Publishing AG (Accepted). 33. Assessment of Food Security Using Geospatial Techniques in Rural India: A study from Koch Bihar, West Bengal, Springer International Publishing AG (Accepted). 34. Problem and Prospect of Food Security in India, Springer International Publishing AG (Accepted). 35. Dietary Diversity is associated with Child Nutrition and Food Security Status: Empirical Evidence from Small Farm Households, Springer International Publishing AG (Accepted). 36. Resource Management and Food Security of the Small Farm Households in Koch Bihar, West Bengal, Springer International Publishing AG (Under Process). 37. Vulnerability Assessment of Soil Erosion Using Geospatial Techniques: A Geographical Study of the Upper Catchment Area of the Tista River, India, Springer International Publishing AG (Under Process). • International Seminar and Conferences (13): Paper Presentation (22) 1) Does food security come from availability? A critical analysis in Koch Bihar, West Bengal, International Seminar on Man and Environment: Issues and Challenges, Subarnarekha Mahavidyalaya, Gopiballavpur, Jhargram, 13th-14th March, 2019. 2) Population, Migration and Resource, International Conference on Society and Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach Organised by The Department of Geography, Vivekananda College, Kolkata & The Eastern Geographical Society, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 12th January & 13th January, 2019. 3) Social Security of Farming Community in India: Special Reference to Koch Bihar District, West Bengal International Conference on Society and Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach Organized by The Department of Geography, Vivekananda College, Kolkata & The Eastern Geographical Society, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 12th January & 13th January, 2019. 4) Cross Border Trade, Geo-Econimics Associated Geo- Politics: Geographics War, Gender & Ethnic Cleansing (Repporteur in a Plenary Season) International Conference on Society and Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Approach Organised by The Department of Geography, Vivekananda College, Kolkata & The Eastern Geographical Society, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 12th January & 13th January, 2019. 5) Rural Women’s Fertility Behaviour in India: A Geographical Study, XI International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission Seminar on Environment and Sustainable Livelihood, February 08th to 10th, 2018, Department of Geography, B. Borooah

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College, Guwahati. 6) Food Security Status of the Rural People in Koch Bihar: An Empirical Study, International Conference on Environmentalism, Globalization, and Mortality, January 10-12, 2018, College, Alipurduar in collaboration with & Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University. 7) Nutritional Status and Food Security of the Rural People in India: Special Reference to Koch Bihar, West Bengal, International Seminar on Rural Habitat, Institutions and Development: Changing Nature & Challenges, Department of Geography and Disaster Management, Tripura University, Tripura, India, 5th January to 7th January, 2017. 8) Food Security and Regional Disparity in West Bengal: A District Wise Analysis, International Conference on Population, Health, Environment and Sustainable Development: Issues and Challenges, Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 17th December to 18th December, 2016. 9) Impact of Fresh Water Aquaculture on Livelihood in West Bengal: Special References to South 24 Parganas, International Conference, NAGI, Nalanda Open University, Patna, 18th November to 20th November, 2016. 10)Present status and Regional Disparities of Food Security in West Bengal, India: A District Wise Analysis, Ontario International Development Agency, December 01 - 03, 2015, Hotel Ciputra Jakarta, Jalan Letnan Jenderal S. Parman, Jakarta 11470, Indonesia (Accepted). 11)Role of Non- Urban Factors in Changing Land Use Pattern of Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, India, International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission Conference, June 4th – 5th, 2014, Dept. of Geography and Regional Development, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. 12)Micro Level Analysis of Food Security and Agricultural Development: A Case Study, Institute of Indian Geographer (IIG) 35th Indian Geographers’ Meet & International Conference, November 11th – 13th, 2013, Dept. of Geography, The , West Bengal, India. 13)Pattern of Urban Energy Utilization: A Case Study of Ward No. 33, KMC, West Bengal, International Conference on Urbanization and Regional Sustainability, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 28th to 30th January, 2016. • National Seminar and Conferences (8):

14)Self Reliance and Food Security of the Small farm households in Koch Bihar, West Bengal, National Seminar on Negotiating Nature, Culture and the Future, Department of Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata, 28th February to 1st March, 2019. 15)Food Security Status among the Schedule Castes (SC) in Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, 39th Annual Meet and Conference of Institute of Indian Geographers (IIG), December 26-28, 2017, Department of Applied Geography, School of Regional Studies and Earth Science, Revenshaw University, Cattack. 16)Food and Nutrition Security and Gender Disparity in West Bengal, National Seminar, February 24th to 25th, 2017, Foundation of Practicing Geographers (Silver Jubilee Year) in academic collaboration with Anthropological Survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 17)Spatio-temporal Analysis of Agricultural Productivity in Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, U.G.C. Sponsored National Seminar, February, 17th to 18th , 2017, Saheed Kshudiram College, Kamakhyaguri, Alipurduar, West Bengal, India. 18)Socio-economic Condition of Displaced and Landless Population: A Case Study of Nawabpur Village, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, West Bengal Govt. Sponsored National Seminar, March 24th to 25th, 2017, Department of Geography, University, Raiganj, West Bengal, India.

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19)Food, Nutrition and Health Security in Indo-Bangladesh Frontiers: A Case Study of Selected Village of Kuchlibari Gran Panchayat, Koch Bihar, West Bengal, West Bengal Govt. Sponsored National Seminar, March 24th to 25th, 2017, Department of Geography, Raiganj University, Raiganj, West Bengal, India. 20)Regional Disparities of Food Security in West Bengal, UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Population Growth, Urbanization and Land Utilization, Department of Geography and Applied Geography, North Bengal University, Siliguri, India, 13th February to 14th February, 2017. 21)Literacy Index of Scheduled Tribe Population in Koch Bihar District, West Bengal, U.G.C. Sponsored National Seminar, September 19- 20, 2014, Turku Hansda Lapsa Hemram Mahavidyalay, Birbhum, West Bengal, India. 22)Socio- economic analysis of van- rickshaw puller (manual) in rural areas- a case study, UGC Sponsored National Seminar, March 19- 20, 2013, Haldia Government College, Purba Madnipur, West Bengal, India. Participated National 1) Men and Moment as interactive forces in Indian History, 11th February, 2015, and International Department of History, Aliah University, Kolkata. Seminar/ 2) Current Trends in Infrastructure Development, 21st June 2014, Department of Civil Conferences (2) Engineering, Aliah University, Kolkata.

1) Certificate of Workshop on “Statistics For National Development & Indian Statistical System” Indian Association for Productivity, Quality & Reliability, Salt Lake, Kolkata, 9th to 10th October, 2015. 2) Certificate of Workshop on “National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT)” Organized by National Institute of Technology, Aliah University, Kolkata, 15th June, 2015. Workshop Attended 3) Certificate of Workshop on “Basic Data Handling for Empirical Research in (5) Humanities and Social Science: Use of SPSS and STATA Software” Hooghly Women’s College, Hooghly, 13th to 14th January 2015. 4) Certificate of Workshop on “Remote Sensing and Aerial Photography” Loreto College, Kolkata, 2013. 5) Certificate of Workshop on ‘Searching Scholarly Material on Web’ Bajali College, Guwahati University, 2009.

1) Webinar on Application of GIS-RS Based Technology and Research Horizon in Geographical Studies, Department of Geography, , 20th June, 2020. 2) Webinar on COVID 19: Challenges, organized by Department of Chemistry and Department of Zoology in collaboration with IQAC, East Calcutta Girls’ College, 27th June, 2020. 3) One day webinar on Science and Technology for Sustainable Economic in this Pandemic Scenario, department of Computer Science, Economics, Electronics and Physics, Netaji Nagar Day College, 27th June, 2020. 4) State Level Webinar on Impact of COVID- 19 Pandemic on Indian Rural Economy, Webinar (22) organized by Department of Economics in Association with IQAC, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Mahavidyalaya, 29th June, 2020. 5) International Webinar on “Challenges of climate change and sustainable development goals” organized by the department of geography, Adamas University, 29th June, 2020. 6) National webinar on “Global to Local Level Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic” in Suresh Gyan Vihar University on 26th may, 2020. 7) International Webinar on “Data Science: Big Data Analytics” organized by the department of Computer Science and Applications and IQAC, Asansol Girls’ College, Asansol, West Bengal, on 2nd July, 2020. 8) International Webinar on Recent Advance of Sensors: Bio-Sensing for COVID-19

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Kits and Spectroscopic Tools for Detection of Toxic Metals” organized by the department of Chemistry and IQAC, Asansol Girls’ College, Asansol, West Bengal, on 30th June, 2020. 9) One day National Level webinar on COVID-19 and its effect on Environment organized by Department of Geography, Vidyasagar College for Women on 12th June, 2020. 10) Participated in the State Level Webinar on ‘Pandemic, Cyclone, Economic Decline: Present Multidimensional Problem of Bengal’ Organized by Kidderpore College, Kolkata on 3rd July, 2020. 11) One day National Level webinar on Career Advancement of College Teachers: Challenges and Opportunities, organised by, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Asannagar Madan Mohan Tarkalankar College, 14th July, 2020. 12) Three Day National Webinar on "Coping with COVID 19: Different Dimensions and Perspectives" organized by IQAC, Behala College (3-5 July, 2020). 13) Webinar (Online National Event) on “Socio-Cultural Uniqueness in India” Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, Government Degree College, Pachmohani, Siddharthnagar, UP, India. 14) Participated in the State Level Webinar on ‘Pandemic, Cyclone, Economic Decline: Present Multidimensional Problem of Bengal’, Kidderpore college on 3rd July, 2020. 15) Participating in the International Webinar on ‘Covidity and Mobility: Reinvigorating Future Urban Transport’, Kidderpore college on 18th July, 2020. 16) Participated in the International Webinar entitled “Living Amidst COVID-19: Issues and Concerns” on 18th July, 2020 (5:30 pm - 7:30 pm). 17) National Webinar (of one hour) on ‘Tropical Cyclones- Lessons Learnt from Amphan’ organized by the Internal QualityAssurance Cell, Narasinha Dutt College, dated 17th July, 2020. 18) Participated in the National Webinar on Q-GIS held from July 10 – 14 in 2020, organized by department of geography, in association of IQAC of Onda Thana Mahavidyalaya. 19) Participated in the National Webinar entitled on revised NAAC Assessment and Accreditation Process for Affiliated College, organized by Serampore Girls’ College and Bidhan Chandra College, Rishra on 22nd July, 2020. 20) Participating in national webinar on “Career Advancement of College Teachers: Challenges and Opportunities” organized by IQAC, Asannagar MMT College, Asannagar, Nadia on June 14th July, 2020 (Time: 9.00 am to 11 am). 21) Participated in the State Level Webinar on ‘Learning Ecosystem Under COVID –19 New normal – The Indian Context’ Department of Geography, Serampore Girls’ College on 20th July, 2020. 22) Participated in the Webinar on “Innovation in Disaster Risk Reduction: Aiming towards a Resilient Society”, organized by the Department of Geography, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, West Bengal, India during 10-11 September 2020. 1) Invited as a Resource Person in the workshop on Practical Lessons on “Climatology, Hydrology and Oceanography” organized by the Department of Geography, Vivekananda College, Kolkata on 21st November, 2019. Resource Person (2) 2) Invited as a Co-Chair Person in the 7th annual international virtual convention on Climate Change & Water (C3W-2020) entitled “Sustainability in Current Scenario: Challenges & Solutions" (SCSCS-2020), Centre for Climate Change &Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur (INDIA), 5th to 7th November, 2020. 1) Coordinator of Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) Outreach Programme at Serampore Girls’ College, 13, T.C. Goswami Street, Serampore, Hooghly - 712201, Others Academic West Bengal, India (Under University of Calcutta) achievements (2) 2) Jn. Convener in the State Level Webinar on ‘Learning Ecosystem Under COVID – 19 New normal – The Indian Context’ Department of Geography, Serampore Girls’ College on 20th July, 2020.

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Orientation, 1) Two weeks online Refresher Course in Social Sciences organized by the Human Refresher Courses, Resource Development Centre, University of Hyderabad from 5th to 17th October, Workshop 2020 Programme on 2) One Week online Faculty Development Programme on “OPEN SOURCE GIS Research SOFTWARE – QGIS” organized by department of Geography, HNB Garhwal Methodology and University, Uttarakhand in collaboration with Geography department, IASE, Faculty (Deemed to be University) Churu, Rajasthan. Development 3) Seven Day Faculty Development Programme on “Emerging Tools and Trends in Program (5) Contemporary Research” Department of Sociology, N.A.S. (P.G.) College, Meerut Research Foundation (International), New Delhi International Roma Cultural University (Serbia – India), ASDF International, London, United Kingdom. 4) Participated and successfully completed “One Week Online National Faculty Development Program on E-Contents and ICT Tools for Innovative and Effective Teaching & Learning Process” Organized by Roorkee College of Management & Computer Applications, Roorkee from 8 August to 14 August, 2020. 5) Attended a 5 Days (15 hours) Online FDP (Faculty Development Program) on An Insight into Research Methodology in Social Science, from 24th August to 28th August, 2020, Organized by IQAC of Barasat College, Barasat, West Bengal.

Computer Skill 1) Remote Sensing and GIS (Geographic Information System): QGIS, Map Info, ArcView, ERDAS and ArcGIS. 2) SPSS and STATA. 3) Microsoft Office. Extra Curriculum 1) Participated in Online Quiz for “COVID-19 Awareness and Education Programme” (9) by NSS Visva-Bharati office of the director, Physical Education, Sports, National Service & students Welfare, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan on on 07.06.2020. 2) Participated in Online Quiz for COVID-19 Awareness organized by Bhattar College, Dantan, Paschim Medinipur on 1st June, 2020. 3) World Environment Day Quiz 2020 organized by the Department of Geography, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Adamas University on 5th June 2020 and scored 46 / 50. 4) Participated in Online Quiz on “Research Methodology” Department of Computer Science and Engineering by Padmabhooshan Vasantraodada Patil Institute of Technology, Budhgaon on 06.02.2020. 5) Certificate of “National Service Scheme” State Level National Integration Programme, , Kolkata, February, 2016. 6) Certificate of ‘Quiz Competition’ Rajya Kustho Samiti, Kolkata, West Bengal, 2002. 7) Certificate of ‘Youth Parliament’ Competition. Department of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of West Bengal, 2003. 8) Certificate of ‘Quiz Competition’ Sub: Rajib Gandhi Akhay Urja, Mathabhanga Subdivision, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, 2004. 9) Certificate of ‘Quiz Competition’ Sub: Bishaw Bighagan Sachetanta Barshow, Mathabhanga Subdivision, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, 2004.

Interests and Writing, Acting, Travelling, Outdoor sports (Cricket, football, Khokho) activities I am very interested with social activities, also engaged with a village level club.

Permanent Address: Dr. Asraful Alam, C/O: Firdous Alam Khandakar, Vill+P.O: Kurshamari, P.S: Mathabhanga, Dist: Cooch Behar, St: West Bengal, India, Pin:736146 Address Present Address: Dr. Asraful Alam, Assistant professor, Department of Geography, Serampore Girls’ College, 13, T.C. Goswami Street, Serampore, Hooghly - 712201, West Bengal, India

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