MIDNAPORE CITY COLLEGE
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Name : Dr. Sandip Chand

Designation : Assistant Professor
Qualification : M.Sc., PhD.
Subject : Geography
Department Name : Pure and Applied Science
Email ID : chandsandip12@gmail.com
Address : Patrasayer, Bankura - 722206
 

Educational qualification

Degree Name Institute name Year of passing/awarded
B.A. (Hons) in Geography The University of Burdwan 2015
M.A. in Geography The University of Burdwan 2017
PhD IIT Kharagpur 2024

CAREER PROFILE / TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Teaching Assistant (UG and PG Level): IIT Kharagpur from 2020 to 2023
  • Contributor for the Project: Promoting Digitalization for Green and Inclusive Growth in Developing Asia and the Pacific, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan from August to October 2023

SPECIALIZATION / RESEARCH AREA

Field of Specialization Research Area/ Areas of Interest
Natural Resource Management Forest Policy and Governance, Land tenure, Food security, Sustainable agriculture, Agroforestry, Integrated watershed management

COURSE/ SUBJECT TAUGHT

  • Statistics, Research Methodology, Landscape Ecology and Planning, Ecological Census Techniques, Energy, Water, and Food Nexus, Urban Geography and Regional Planning

CONFERENCE/ SYMPOSIUM /JOURNAL PAPER / BOOKS PUBLISHED

International Publication

Sl no. Title Author Journal Name ISBN/ISSN Page No/Internet DOI Impact Factor Year
1 Does Assignment of Individual Property Rights Improve Forest Conservation Outcomes? Empirical Evidence from West Bengal, India Sandip Chand and Bhagirath Behera Ecology, Economy and Society–the INSEE Journal ISSN: 2581–6152 (print); 2581–6101 (web) 6(2): 7-31 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37773/ees.v6i2.709 2023

CONFERENCE / SEMINAR / WORKSHOP - ATTENDED/ORGANISED

Sl no Title Year Role Held at and Organiser Funding agency
1 Socio-economic and Ecological Implications of Forest Governance: The Case of Forest Rights Act (FRA) in India 2020 Paper Presenter FLARE Network Conference
2 Does Assignment of Private Property Rights Improve Forest Conservation Outcome? Empirical Evidence from West Bengal 2022 Paper Presenter University of Hyderabad
3 British Council Going Global Workshop On “Responsible Research and Innovation” 2023 Participant IIT Kharagpur IIT Kharagpur and The University of Edinburgh
4 Dissemination Workshop On “Qualitative Methods for Research in socially Inclusive and Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in West Bengal and Bangladesh” 2019 Participant IIT Kharagpur Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Government of Australia
5 “Advanced Quantitative Methods for Social Sciences using R and Python” 2023 Participant Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK)

AWARDS

Sl no Award name Awarded by Year
1 NET (JRF) UGC, GoI 2017