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Name : Dr. Amartya Pani

Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification : M.Sc., PhD
Subject : Geography
Department Name : Pure and Applied Science
Email ID : amartya.geo@gmail.com
Address : Parihati, Jamboni, Jhargram - 721505
 

Educational qualification

Degree Name Institute name Year of passing/awarded
B.A (HONS) IN GEOGRAPHY SUBARNAREKHA MAHAVIDYALAYA, GOPIBALLAVPUR 2010
M.A IN GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY 2012
B.Ed SEVAYATAN SISKHAN MAHAVIDYALAYA, JHARGRAM, VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY 2014
P.hD. DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR, INDIA 2022

CAREER PROFILE / TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • GUEST FACULTY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, RAJA N.L.KHAN WOMENS COLLEGE, MIDNAPORE FROM 21.07.2014 TO 02.01.2015
  • TEACHING ASSISTANT (UG AND PG LEVEL) IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, IIT KHARAGPUR FROM 2017 TO 2021
  • Research Assistant In the study Impact Evaluation Study on Social Sector Projects (Anganwadis) Assisted under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) in West Bengal" funded by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Mumba

SPECIALIZATION / RESEARCH AREA

Field of Specialization Research Area/ Areas of Interest
AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHY CROP WATER RELATION, CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE, INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS IN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM, FOOD, ENERGY, WATER NEXUS, RAINFED AGRICULTURAL PLANNING
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMNT INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMNT MODELLING, FUZZY COGNITIVE MODELLING, SURFACE AND GROUND WATER SYNERGY STUDY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
URBAN GEOGRAPHY AND REGIONAL PLANNING URBAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND ISSUES, SOCIAL AREA ANALYSIS, QUALITATIVE METHODS OF RESERCH

COURSE/ SUBJECT TAUGHT

  • LANDSCAPE STUDY, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATOLOGY, GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT, BASICS OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS, SOIL GEOGRAPHY, HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, URBAN GEOGRAPHY, RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY

CONFERENCE/ SYMPOSIUM /JOURNAL PAPER / BOOKS PUBLISHED

International Publication

Sl no. Title Author Journal Name ISBN/ISSN Page No/Internet DOI Impact Factor Year
1 Assessment of household water consumption during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional web-based study in India Amit Bera, Shubhamita Das, Amartya Pani, Biswajit Bera & Pravat Kumar Shit Sustainable Water Resources Management volume 2363-5037 10.1007/s40899-022-00672-7 2022
2 Traditional Knowledge of Ethno-Medicinal Practices and Its Management: A Case Study of Khoyrasole Block in Birbhum District of West Bengal, Atreya Paul Amartya Pani Arup Bhandary International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management,Inderscience Publishing House 1753-0814 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJICBM.2022.127722 2022
3 Irrigation-based agricultural intensification and future groundwater potentiality: experience of Indian states BIDUR PARIA, AMARTYA PANI, PULAK MISHRA, BHAGIRATH BEHERA SN APPLIED SCIENCES, SPRINGER NATURE ISSN: 2523-3971 10.1007/s42452-021-04417-7 2021
4 Understanding the Water Conservation and Management in India: An Integrated Study AMARTYA PANI, ISHANI GHATAK, PULAK MISHRA Sustainable Water Resources Management. Springer Nature ISSN: 2363-5045 2021. /10.1007/s40899-021-00556-2 2021
5 Role of Policies and Community Participation for Integrated Natural Resource Management: A Trans-Boundary Study AMARTYA PANI, PULAK MISHRA Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer ISSN: 2199-6873 DOI: 0.1007/s40847-021-00169-7 2021
6 Linking Agro-Ecological Infrastructure to Cropping Practices for Sustainable Agricultural Growth: Do Policies and Local Level Institutional Participation Matter? AMARTYA PANI Journal of Global Resources ISSN: 2455-2445 Page 72-80 10.46587/JGR. 2020.v06i02.011 2020
7 Analysis the Pattern and Role of Crop Concentration and Diversification in Different Blocks of South 24 Pargana District, West Bengal, India, ATREYA PAL, AMARTYA PANI, ARUP BHANDARY SSRG International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science ISSN: 2394 - 2568 2020
8 Hapa Irrigation for Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Intensification: Experience from Bankura District of India AMARTYA PANI, PULAK MISHRA GEO JOURNAL, SPRINGER NATURE ISSN 1572-9893 DOI: 0.1007/s10708-019-10056-8 2019
9 Changing Cropping Patterns and Irrigation Practices: Implications for Promoting Sustainable Growth of Agriculture in West Bengal, India AMARTYA PANI, PULAK MISHRA CEST, 2019. SPRINGER NATURE ASTI BOOK SERIES ISSN 2522-8722 2019
10 Village Society – A Review AMARTYA PANI, ISHANI GHATAK International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR) ISSN 2349-5138 2018

INVITED LECTURES

Sl no Title Organized by Venue Year
1 Agriculture in India: Retrospect and Prospect Subarnarekha Mahavidyalaya, Gopiballavpur,Jhargram Department of Geography 2019
2 Career Prospects in Geography Post Graduate Department of Geography, Chnadenagore College Department of Geography, Chnadenagore College 2020

MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETY

  • African Potato Association (APA) , Capital city, Lilongwe, Malawi
  • Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM)
  • International Water Resources Association (IWRA), France

ASSOCIATION WITH PROFESSIONAL BODIES

Sl no Type of Professional Activity Period
1 Guest Lecturer in the Department of Geography (Post Graduate Study), Raja N.L.Khan Women's College, Midnapore April,2022 to Continued
2 Paper setter in Geography (Post Graduate) March, 2022 to continued

CONFERENCE / SEMINAR / WORKSHOP - ATTENDED/ORGANISED

Sl no Title Year Role Held at and Organiser Funding agency
1 1st Regional Science Congress 2016 Paper presenter Bankura Christian College, Bankura, West Bengal DST, GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL
2 24th West Bengal State Science and technology Congress 2016 POSTER PRESENTER NITTTR, Kolkata, West Bengal DST, GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL
3 10th Doctoral Thesis Conference 2017 Synopsis Presentation Indian Business School (IBS), Hyderabad. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR),Mumbai
4 International Conference on Natural Resources Management for Sustainable Development and Rural Livelihoods 2017 Paper presentation Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram UGC SRF CONTINGENCY GRANT
5 Fourth IndiaLics International Conference on Innovation for Sustainable Development : Perspectives, Policies and Practices in South Asia 2017 Paper Presenter Centre for Studies in Science Policy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
6 29th North East India Geographical Society (NEIGS) biennial conference and XIth International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission seminar on Environment and Sustainable Livelihood 2018 Paper Presenter B. Boorah College, Guwahati, Assam UGC SRF CONTINGENCY GRANT
7 25 th International Conference organized by American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences 2018 Paper Presenter Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
8 Science Forum, 2018 on Win more, lose less: Capturing synergies between SDGs through agricultural research 2018 Poster Presenter Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa FAO (CGIAR) and ISPC, Tata Cornell Institute of Nutrition
9 16th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2019 Paper Presenter Rhodes, Greece University of the Aegean in Greece in collaboration with the Region of South Aegean (Greece), the University of Salerno (Italy) and the Imperial College London (UK)
10 ANUSANDHAN– 2019, Multi-Disciplinary Approach towards Sustainable Development Role of Government, Academicians, Corporate, Civil Societies and Citizens 2019 Paper Presenter Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India
11 International Seminar on Man and His Environment: Issues and Challenges 2019 Paper Presenter Subarnarekha Mahavidyalaya, Gopiballavpur, West Benga UGC SRF CONTINGENCY GRANT
12 Certificate Workshop on “Research Skills and Data Analyzing Using R” at School of Management Studies 2016 Trainee Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala UGC SRF CONTINGENCY GRANT
13 Workshop on “Promoting Socially Inclusive & Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in West Bengal & Bangladesh 2016 Participant Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, IIT Kharagpur
14 Training Programme on Research Methods of Labour Studies 2017 Trainee V V Giri National Labour Institute, Noida, UP Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India
15 Public Lecture Series on Contemporary discourses in Geography 2017 Participant Dept. of Geography, Presidency University UGC SRF CONTINGENCY GRANT
16 Interactive lecture Series chaired by Dr. Saamdu Chetri, Executive Director of Gross National Happiness Centre, Bhutan. 2017 Participant Department of HSS, IIT, Kharagpur Gross National Happiness Centre, Bhutan.
17 Qualitative methods of Labor studies 2017 Trainee V V Giri National Labour Institute, Noida, UP Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India
18 Latex Workshop on Technical Report Writing 2018 Participant Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , Kharagpur IIT Wings
19 Certificate course of MHRD TEQIP Workshop on Climate change Risk on Sustainable Development in Rural India (Fact, Fiction and Policy) 2018 Trainee Rural Development Centre, IIT, Kharagpu Ministry of Human Resource Development , GoI
20 Workshop on Managing and Governing Resource in the Anthropogenic, Practical Ecological Explorations from South Asia 2018 Participants Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur GIAN, Ministry of Human Resource Development (GOI)

AWARDS

Sl no Award name Awarded by Year
1 NATIONAL ELIGIBILITY TEST (JRF) UNIVERSITY GRANT COMMISSION, GOI 2014
2 STATE ELIGIBILITY TEST WEST BENGAL COLLEGE SERVICE COMMISSION 2014
3 Early Career Scientist (ECS) Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, USA and ISPC (FAO), Rome 2018
4 Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water University of the Aegean (Greece) , University of Salerno (Italy) and the Imperial College London (UK) 2019
5 Medal for getting highest number in Dept. of Geography Subarnarekha College (Vidyasagar University) 2010