Programme schedule of A two-day International Webinar Organized by Department of Geography University of Gour Banga On 24-25th September, 2020 Day-1 (24.09.2020) Inaugural Session (10:00 am – 10:45 am) Date Time Inaugural Session Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/fdg-svkv-bbg 24.09.2020 10:00 am – 10:45 am Welcome Address by Convener Inaugural Address by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, UGB Special speech by Respected Registrar, UGB Vote of thanks Day-1 (24.09.2020) Plenary Session-1 (11:00 am -12:10 pm) Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/fdg-svkv-bbg Date Time Resource Person Topic 24.09.2020 11:00 am - Distinguished Professor Biswajeet Spatial Intelligence for 11:35am Pradhan Natural Hazard Director, Centre for Advanced Modelling Assessment and Geospatial Information Systems (CAMGIS), School of Information, Systems & Modelling Faculty of Engineering and IT University of Technology Sydney, Australia 11:35 am - Professor Pawan Kumar Joshi Geoinformatics for 12:10pm Chairperson – Special Centre for Disaster Contemporary Research Environmental Issues Professor – School of Environmental Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110 067 Plenary Session-2 (12:15 pm-1:30 pm) Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/fdg-svkv-bbg Date Time Resource Person Topic 24.09.2020 12:15 pm Prof. Malay Mukhopadhyay Landscape Sustainability: -12:45 Professor, Department of Geography A New Dimension in pm Visva Bharati, Santiniketan Environmental Research India, PIN-7321235 12:45 – Professor Atiqur Rahman Water Resource 1:15 pm Professor, Urban Environmental & Remote Challenges in the Sensing Division Urbanized World Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-25 (India) Launch break (1:15pm-2:00pm) Plenary Session-3 (2:00pm-2:35pm) Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/fdg-svkv-bbg 2:00pm- Prof. Narayan Chandra Jana Ecological, Economic and 2:35pm Professor & Former Head, Department of Cultural Perspectives of Geography, The University of Burdwan, Wetland: The Case of an West Bengal, India Alluvial Tract in West Coordinator, M.Sc. in Geo-spatial Science, Bengal The University of Burdwan Day-1 (24.09.2020) Details of Technical Sessions Date-24.09.2020 Technical Session-1 (2:40 pm to 4:30 pm) Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/jqn-swtb-ici Chairperson Prof. Narayan Chandra Jana Professor, Department of Geography, University of Burdwan, Burdwan, WB Co-chair Dr. Kaustuv Mukherjee Person Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Chandidas Mahavidyalay, Khujitipara, Birbhum, WB Rapporteur: Sasanka Ghosh Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal, India Sl. No. Title of the Paper Name of the presenter 1 Quantification the impact of urban greenspace Ipsita Dutta and Dr. Arijit Das pattern to land surface temperature: Evidence from an urban agglomeration of eastern India 2 Hazards and Socio-economic Development of the Sanat Kumar Purkait Canning Sub-Division, Sundarban, West Bengal, India 3 Effect of lockdown air quality in urban areas in Madhurima Dutta and Swadesh Some Major Cities in West Bengal. Pal 4 Prioritizing Peri-Urban Wetland’s Ecosystem Tirthankar Basu and Dr. Arijit Services for Sustainable Development: A Study on Das Chatra Wetland, English Bazar City, India 5 Prediction of Spatial Gully Erosion Susceptibility TusarKanti Hembram and using Machine Learning Classifiers: A study on Sunil Saha Jainti River basin of Jharkhand, India 6 Impact of Urbanization on Environment in North Dr. Chandan Sarkar 24 Parganas District, West Bengal 7 Flood Hazard and Mitigation Measurement: A Dr.Beauty Das Case Study of Atreyee River Basin, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India 8 Modelling the landslide susceptibility using hybrid Anik Saha and Dr. Sunil Saha ensemble machine learning algorithms Parallel: Technical Session-2 (2:40 pm to 4:30 pm) Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/ohy-cvnv-kan Chairperson Prof. Gopal Chandra Debnath Rtd. Professor, Department of Geography, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, WB Co-chair Dr. Prolay Mondal Person Department of Geography, Raiganj University, Raiganj, WB Rapporteur: Susanta Mahato Research scholar, Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga, Malda, WB Sl. No. Title of the Paper Name of the presenter 1 Acceptance of BANCS model for predicting Samrat Majumdar and Sujit stream bank erosion potential and rate in the left Mandal bank of Ganga river of Diara region in Malda district, North East India 2 Evaluation of Prophet model for predicting Jayanta Das meteorological drought events in a Semi-arid region of India 3 Agricultural Workers’ Cardiac Performance: Ayan Chatterjee, Sandipan Possible Implications of Climate Change Chatterjee, Neepa Banerjee, Shankarashis Mukherjee 4 One Step Closer to the End: Global Climate Sushant Kumar Lal Change 5 Flood Water Harvesting Tushar Das A Model Presentation to Utilize Flood Water of Brahmaputra River 6 Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using Certainty Gopal Changdra Paul and Dr. Factor and Random Forest Machine Learning Sunil Saha Techniques: A Study on Bansloi River Basin, Eastern India 7 Direct And Spill-Over Effects Of Urbanization On Deblina Choudhury and Dr. Air Quality In Asansol-Durgapur Development Arijit Das Region, India 8 Analysis of air pollution in industrial areas Neha Parveen,Lubna Siddiqui, and its impact on the respiratory health of Md Nawaj Sarif, Md Safikul workers: a case study of NCT Delhi Islam, Nazreen Khanam, S K Muhibbul, Shanshah Khan Day-2 (25.09.2020) Plenary Session-4 Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/wfy-emya-ohv Date Time Resource Person Topic 25.09.2020 10:00 am - Prof. Yuei-An-Liou Recent Geoinformatics 10:35 am Distinguished Professor, Advancements for Center for Space and Remote Sensing Environmental Studies Research (CSRSR), and Management National Central University, Strategies Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan. 10:35 am- Dr. Rajiv Pandey Climate Change 11:10am Head and Scientist Vulnerability Assessment Division of Forestry Statistics in Indian Himalaya Indian Council of Forest Research and Education (ICFRE), Derhadun, India Plenary Session-5 Google Meet link:https://meet.google.com/wfy-emya-ohv 11:10 am - Prof. Raju Sarkar Lime Mud-A Partial 11:45am Professor and Coordinator Replacement of Geotechnical Engineering Conventional Material for Department of Civil Engineering Brick Making Delhi Technological University Delhi, India 11:45 am - Dr.Javed Mallick Earth observation of 12:20pm Associate Professor of Geoinformation Water Resources in Semi- and Environment Arid Regions Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering King Khalid University, P.O. Box: 394 Abha 61411, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Day-2 (25.09.2020) Details of Technical Sessions Technical Session-3(12:20 pm to 1:30 pm) Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/skx-jqto-zce Chairperson Prof. Sujit Mandal Professor, Department of Geography, Diamond Harbour Women’s University, Diamond Harbour, WB Co-chair Mr. Sasanka Ghosh Person Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, West Bengal, India Rapporteur: Tirthankar Basu Research scholar, Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga, Malda, WB Sl. No. Title of the Paper Name of the presenter 1 Spatio-temporal precipitation trends analysis during Trishna Sarkar and 1901-2019 over West Bengal state, India Prolay Mondal 2 How far Left-Behind Children remain left behind in Prabir Das& Prof. Pradip Educational Performance? An Empirical Investigation Chouhan from labour sending communities of rural India 3 Modelling flood susceptibility and sensitivity Pankaj Singha and assessment of Tangon river basin of India and Swades Pal Bangladesh 4 Effects of seasonality and salinity on atmospheric Sandipta Debanshi and methane emission from the wetlands of deltaic Swades Pal environment 5 The Situation Of Informal Sector In Assam Amidst Deepa Pradhan Covid-19 Pandemic 6 Groundwater Prioritization of Kulik River Basin Debabrata Sarkar and considering Basin Properties using Bearing Azimuth Prolay Mondal and Drainage (bAd) Calculator 7 Future Urban Growth and Urban Bio-Physical Sasanka Ghosh& Arijit Environmental Quality Degradation Assessment Using Das Cellular-Automata and Random Forest-Fuzzy-AHP Ensemble Method 8 Application of Machine Learning Models for Raju Das & sunil Saha Groundwater Potentiality Mapping in Malda district, India Parallel: Technical Session-4 (12:20 pm to 1:30 pm) Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/omv-dvdb-rkv Chairperson Prof. Pradip Chouhan Professor, Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga, Malda, WB Co-chair Dr. Abhijit Sarkar Person Assistant Professor and Assistant registrar (Addl. Charge), Department of Botany, University of Gour Banga, Malda, WB Rapporteur: Ipsita Dutta Research scholar, Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga, Malda, WB Sl. No. Title of the Paper Name of the presenter 1 The role of social media in promoting environmental Puja Banerjee awareness and sustainability: An engagement rate analysis 2 Impact of urbanization on land surface temperature in Sourav Chetia Guwahati city, India 3 Migration of Population in Present Scenario with Partha Pratim Sarkar Special Reference to India 4 Covid-19 and its impact on mental health: Scenario Sutapa Mukherjee from India 5 Exploring the spatio-temporal pattern of particle matter Manob Das and Arijit (PM2.5 and PM10) concentrations and its relationship Das with meteorological parameters and COVID-19: A study on Delhi Megacity, India 6 A Survey on Disaster: Understanding