detailed academic programme schedule
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detailed academic programme schedule
Dear Participants, For your convenience please go through carefully the detailed academic programme schedule given below and proceed accordingly. Convenor 22/02/2015 36 TH CONGRESS OF THE INSTITUTE OF INDIAN GEOGRAPHERS (IIG) AND INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND CHALLENGES: LOCAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE Organised by DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY GAUHATI UNIVERSITY February 25-28, 2015 DETAILED ACADEMIC PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PLENARY LECTURE SESSIONS PLENARY I: February 25, 2015: 7:30-8:30 pm Venue: Pragjyoti ITA Centre, Machkhowa, Guwahati Chairperson: Prof. K. R. Dikshit, University of Pune, Pune Speaker: Prof. Milap Chand Sharma, JNU, New Delhi Topic of Discussion: The Climate Change Controversy: A Geographical Perspective PLENARY II: February 26, 2015: 9:00-10:15 am Venue: Phanidhar Datta Seminar Hall, Gauhati University Chairperson: Prof. A. C. Bhagabati, Former Vice Chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar Speakers: 1. Prof. H.N. Sharma (Retd.), Department of Geography, Gauhati University Topic of Discussion: North East India: A Geographical Perspective 2. Dr. S. Sudhakar, Director, North Eastern Space Application Centre, Umiam, Meghalaya Topic of Discussion: Space Technology for the Benefit of North-Eastern Region PLENARY III: February 27, 2015: 9:00-10:15 am Venue: Phanidhar Datta Seminar Hall, Gauhati University Chairperson: Dr. Srikumar Chattopadhyay, President IIG Speakers: 1. Prof. M.H. Qureshi, CSRD (Retd.), JNU Topic of Discussion: Modernization of Agriculture and Environmental Issues in India 2. Prof. Hermann Kreutzmann, Freie University Berlin, Germany Topic of Discussion: Earth, Society and Sustainability ISSUE-BASED DISCUSSION SESSIONS Session-I : Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Venue: Seminar Room, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Issues for Discussion: 1. Making and Reading of Maps 2. Atlases and Geographers Session-II : Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Venue: Seminar Room, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Issues for Discussion: 1. Neglect of Regional Geography and South Asia 2. Geography, geographers and public Policy PANEL DISCUSSION (10:30-1:00 pm) Date: 28th February, 2015 (Saturday) Venue: Seminar Hall, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Theme: Environmental Changes and Challenges Chairperson: Prof. M. H. Qureshi, Retd. JNU, New Delhi. Penalists: Prof. D. C. Goswami, Dept. of Environmental Science (Retd.), Gauhati University Prof. A. C. Mohapatra, Dept. of Geography, NEHU, Shillong. Prof. Hermann Kreutzmann, Center for Development Studies, Freie University, Berlin. Prof. R. B. Singh, Head of the Department of Geography, Delhi University. Prof. Ranjan Basu, Dept. of Geography , Calcutta University. Prof. Rana P. B. Singh, Head of the Department of Geography, BHU, Varanasi. ORGANISATIONAL (IIG) SESSIONS IIG Governing Council Meeting Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 5:30 pm Venue: Seminar Room, Department of Geography, GU IIG General Body Meeting Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 5:30pm Venue: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University CULTURAL PROGRAMME Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 6:30-8:30 pm Venue: Phanidhar Datta Seminar Hall, Gauhati University CULTURAL PROGRAMME Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 6:30-8:30 pm Venue: Phanidhar Datta Seminar Hall, Gauhati University TECHNICAL SESSIONS Technical Session Venues Venue1: Room No. 10, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Venue 2: Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Technical Session Summary SUB-THEMES F1 DATE 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 F2 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 F3 F4 28/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 F5 F6 F7 G 1, G 3, G 4 G2 G5 G6 28/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 28/02/2015 27/02/2015 28/02/2015 26/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 28/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 28/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 G7 G8 G9 28/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 26/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 28/02/2015 G 10 26/02/2015 G 11 G 12 28/02/2015 27/02/2015 26/02/2015 TECHNICAL SESSIONS I II I I III II IV II II I I IV II IV II III IV I IV II II III I II II IV III II III II III I II IV I III I III I IV IV II I III I II I III I IV I TIME 10.30-12.00 pm 12.00-1.00 pm 10.30-12.00 pm 10.30-12.00 pm 2.00-3.30 pm 12.00-1.00 pm 3:30-5:00 pm 10:30-12:00 pm 12:00-1:00pm 10:30-12:00pm 10.30-12.00 pm 3:30-5:00pm 12.00-1.00 pm 3:30-5:00 pm 10:30-12:00 pm 2.00-3.30 pm 3:30-5:00 pm 10.30-12.00 pm 3:30-5:00pm 12.00-1.00 pm 10:30-12:00 pm 2:00-3:30pm 9:00-10:30am 12:00-1:00pm 12:00-1:00pm 3:30-5:00pm 2:00-3:30pm 10:30-12:00 pm 2.00-3.30 pm 12.00-1.00 pm 2:00-3:30pm 9:00-10:30am 12:00-1:00pm 3:30-5:00pm 10:30-12:00pm 2:00-3:30pm 9:00-10:30am 2.00-3.30 pm 10:30-12:00pm 3:30-5:00 pm 3:30-5:00pm 12:00-1:00pm 10:30-12:00pm 2:00-3:30pm 9:00-10:30am 10:30-12:00 pm 10.30-12.00 pm 2.00-3.30 pm 9:00-10:30am 3:30-5:00 pm 10.30-12.00 pm VENUE 1 1 5 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 4 2 4 3 4 1 2 3 3 1 4 4 5 2 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 27/02/2015 28/02/2015 27/02/2015 27/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 26/02/2015 27/02/2015 28/02/2015 G 13 G 14 G 15 G 16 III II II I IV II I IV III I 2.00-3.30 pm 12.00-1.00 pm 10:30-12:00 pm 10:30-12:00pm 3:30-5:00 pm 12:00-1:00pm 10:30-12:00pm 3:30-5:00pm 2:00-3:30pm 9:00-10:30am 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 Technical Session-wise Distribution of Papers for Presentation Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm Technical Session- I Venue: 1: Room No 10, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Theme: F1 (Pattern and Processes of Environmental Change) Name of the Authors Title of Papers Pankaj Roy, Sarath Chandran, Aswin R.S. and Rintu Sarkar DETECTING THE LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE OF KATTAMPALLI AREA OF KERALA, INDIA Kripal Panging and Dhrubajyoti Sahariah FLOODPLAIN WETLANDS IN AND AROUND PANIDIHING BIRD SANCTUARY OF SIVASAGAR DISTRICT, ASSAM Md.Abdur Rashid and Manik Kar BANK LINE SHIFTING OF BRAHMAPUTRA: A CASE STUDY OF LAHARIGHAT AND DHING AREAS OF ASSAM Ujjal Deka Baruah and Anup Saikia DETECTION OF ANOMALIES AND APPROXIMATE CHANGE POINT IN TEMPERATURE IN ASSAM Subhadip Gupta and Gargi Sarkar Anshu Chandra and Srabani Sanyal ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE:A CASE STUDY OF PAKHIRALAYA AND RANGABELIA VILLAGES IN SUNDERBAN AREA OF WEST BENGAL VULNERABILITY OF ENVIRONMENT: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES NitashreeMili, Shukla Acharjee and Dipankar Doley Subrata Mitra and Sarmistha Mallick A QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT OF DESTROYING HILLS IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF DHANSIRI BASIN (SOUTH) DECAYING CONDITION AND RELATED SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM OF ITCHAMATI AND JAMUNA RIVER, WEST BENGAL Venue: 2 Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm Theme: F2 (Population Growth, Resource Use and Environmental Change) Name of the Authors Title of Papers Hitesh Barman Dr. Prakash Jyoti Saikia Arup Nama Das and Dr. Rezina Ahmed IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH ON ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE POPULATION GROWTH AND CHANGING CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IN TEZPUR TOWN OF ASSAM DEGRADATION OF MACROPHYTIC AND FISH DIVERSITY IN DHIR BEEL OF DHUBRI DISTRICT, ASSAM Nava Kumar Mahanta and Dr. Narayan Chetry POPULATION STUDY OF NIPHAD TAHSIL OF NASHIK DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA POPULATION GROWTH IN INDIA: A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS LIVELIHOOD PATTERN IN HAHILA BEEL OF NAGAON DISTRICT,ASSAM Samir Sarkar PERCEPTION MAPPING ON THE USE OF PLASTIC BAGS IN GUWAHATI CITY, ASSAM Dr. M. P. Pagar N.K. Bahekar and Yeshwant S. Maskare Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm Theme: F4. (Urbanisation and Environment) Name of the Authors Rajib Bhattacharyya Prashanta Sharma Title of Papers URBANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS: A GLOBAL OUTLOOK WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO INDIA WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AMONG TAX PAYERS: A CASE STUDY OF GUWAHATI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ASSAM Izhak Schnell, Potchter Oded and Cohen Pninit Kishore Kumar Bharali, Dr. Dhrubajyoti Sahariah and Ratul Chandra Rajkhowa MEASURING THE POWER OF URBAN PARKS TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Neha Singh and Prof. Sudeepta Adhikari DETERIORATING URBAN GREENS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT OF PATNA: A GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY Sangeeta Boruah Saikia and Narendra Kumar Das URBANIZATION AND ITS EFFECT ON LAND USE IN DIBRUGARH AND TINSUKIA DISTRICTS OF ASSAM Dipam Saikia SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND FUTURE CHALLENGES IN TEZPUR MUNICIPAL AREA OF SONITPUR DISTRICT, ASSAM CHANGING URBAN LANDSCAPE OF GREATER GUWAHATI AND ITS IMPACT ON MAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm Theme: F6 (Environment and Development) Name of the Authors Pijush Kanti Tripathi Baitul Alam Rahman and Mrinmoyee Baishya Title of Papers CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS UNDER PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SARAK YOJONA (PMGSY) IN PURBA MEDINIPUR DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL AND ITS IMPACT ON DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT Bappa Sarkar and Abdul Miraj ASSAM’S ECONOMY- ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP IMPACT OF CHANNEL SHIFTING ON RIVER LIFT IRRIGATION : A CASE STUDY OF TUFANGANJ BLOCK OF KOCH BIHAR DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL Dharitri Bordoloi and Dr. Bimal K. Kar RIVER-BANK EROSION INDUCED POPULATION DISPLACEMENT AND PROBLEMS OF REHABILITATION IN MORIGAON DISTRICT OF ASSAM Indira Das and Dr. Sujit Deka DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF KAMRUP DISTRICT OF ASSAM Khijumoni Saikia IMPACT OF THE NAGAON PAPER MILL ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF MORIGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm Theme: G10 (Social and Cultural patterns and processes in Geography) Name of the Authors Title of Papers Koncheng Buragohain and Dr. Madhushree Das Dr. Bhaben Kalita, Moonmoon Bhattacharyya and Ajay Bhattacharyya STATE OF MATERIAL CULTURE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TWO MANTAI SPEAKING COMMUNITIES OF ASSAM K.V. Chamar,S. K. Chamar, Rohtash Chamar and N.K.Chamar Shrabani Devi and Dr. Parijat Borgohain CASTE DIFFERENTIALS IN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN JAT LAND OF HARYANA PATTERN OF FEMALE LITERACY IN ASSAM: A DISTRICT LEVEL ANALYSIS ‘NAMGHAR’ AND ITS ROLE ON ASSAMESE SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY OF BELTOLA AREA OF GUWAHATI CITY. Mitali Thakuria OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY AMONG THE KARBIS OF KARBI ANGLONG DISTRICT IN ASSAM. Pamidi Hagjer URBAN PUBLIC SPACE AND ASSERTION OF SOCIO-CULTURAL IDENTITY RELIGIOUS SEGREGATION IN THE RESIDENTIAL PATTERN OF DELHI: A STUDY OF MEASUREMENT AND MAPPING Dr. Ravi Shekhar Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm Theme: G12 (Geography of Gender, Health and Inequalities) Name of the Authors Shipra Gupta and Suman singh Title of Papers GENDER DISPARITY IN THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN VARANASI CITY, UTTAR PRADESH Gopal Roy and Dr.Lakshminarayan Satpati SUSTAINABLE DRINKING WATER AND SAFE SANITATION: A MICRO LEVEL STUDY OF GHORAMARA ISLAND OF WEST BENGAL Keemee Das and Dr. Madhushree Das MISSION FOR MANKIND: UNDERSTANDING THE STATUS OF ‘WOMEN RELIGIOUS’ IN THE CHURCHES OF GUWAHATI CITY, ASSAM Gopal Roy and Dr Lakshminarayan Satpati Juri Baruah and Dr. Rupali Phukan Bhuyan Kabita Talukdar and Dr. Mahfuza Rahman DISPARITY IN ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION OFPAILAGHERY VILLAGE IN NAMKHANA BLOCK, WEST BENGAL INVESTING ON GIRL CHILD AND WOMEN HEALTH: A CASE STUDY OF NEW GUWAHATI AREA AVAILABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN UPARHALI PHC OF KAMRUP DISTRICT, ASSAM. Lonee Dowerah and Dr. M. Das RETHINKING GENDER IN THE NGOS OF ASSAM Dr. Parijat Borgohain SOURCES OF HEALTH INFORMATION AND HEALTH CARE PRACTICES OF TEA GARDEN WORKERS OF RUNGAJAN AND GOPITARA TEA ESTATES OF ASSAM Technical Session- II Venue 1: Room No. 10, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Theme F3: Globalization, Industrialization and Environment Name of the Authors Dablu Barman Manorama Thapa, Pribat Rai, and Sangeeta Bala Dr. Jamshed Nasir and Mahtab Alam Asish Saha and Dr. M Das Dr. PurvaYadav Keshab Mondal Title of Papers GROWTH OF PACKAGED WATER PLANTS AND RELATED ISSUES: THE CASE OF SILIGURI PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT IN SIKKIM HIMALAYA INTRA REGIONAL VARIATION IN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MAU DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH PATTERN OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE WITH BANGLADESH THROUGH TRIPURA: PROBLEM AND PROSPECT ANALYSIS SPATIAL PATTERNS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE: UNDERSTANDING SPATIAL REORGANISATION ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS OF AIR POLLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH IN DURGAPUR CITY, WEST BENGAL Venue 2: Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Sub-Theme G1: Emerging concepts and methods in Geography Sub-Theme G3: Indian Geography: Problems and Prospects in changing global context Theme G4: Looking at issues in Physical and Human Geographic interface Name of the Authors Shekhar Ravi Naushaba Naseem Ahmed Dr. Dharma Ram Deka Pankaj Roy Title of Papers CHOROPLETH AND MODIFIABLE AREA UNIT PROBLEM INTER-STATE DISPARITIES IN THE LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WETLANDS IN LOWER PART OF DIGARU AND KALONG RIVER BASINS: ROLE OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION THE ROLE OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY IN BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Kanailal Das and Karabi Das AN APPRAISAL OF PHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY OF JHARKHALI VILLAGE PANCHAYAT OF SOUTH 24 PARGANAS DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Sub-Theme G2: Remote Sensing, GPS and GIS in geographical studies Name of the Authors Title of Papers D. Tambe, D.Durgi, M.J.G. Brussel and A. Stein DERIVING URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS USING SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION MEASURES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM : A POWERFUL TOOL FOR MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF FLUVIAL HAZARDS IN DIGARU RIVER BASIN Rinkiolu Chai and Dr Tage Rupa Krishna Das, Dr. Ashok Kr. Bora Nabajit Hazarika, Suranjana Bhaswati Borah, Shobana Barman, Apurba Kumar Das EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OF SOME REMOTE SENSING INDICES FOR EXTRACTING NATURAL RESOURCE INFORMATION USING LANDSAT DATA: A CASE STUDY OF DHEMAJI DISTRICT, ASSAM Sarvesh Tripathi MONITORING AQUATIC MACROPHYTES IN KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK USING REMOTE SENSING INDICES ROLE OF GEO-SPATIAL TECHNOLOGIES AND SATELLITE DATA FOR MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY OF MAHANA RIVER BASIN , MADHYA PRADESH Premlata Swarnakar, Chandra Devi Ola DISPARITY IN SPATIAL ACCESSIBILITY OF HEALTH FACILITY OF ARNOD TEHSIL OF PRATAPGARH DISTRICT USING GIS Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Sub-Theme G6: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environmental Challenges Name of the Authors Title of Papers Florida Devi Athokpam and Krishnakshee Bora DIVERSITY AND CARBON STOCKS OF TREE SPECIES IN TRADITIONAL HOMEGARDENS OF KHETRI IN KAMRUP (M) DISTRICT OF ASSAM Karobi Saikia and Rezina Ahmed CLIMATE CHANGE, EARTHCUTTING AROUND HILLS OF GUWAHATI CITY AND ITS IMPACT ON BIODIVERSITY Kuldeep Talukdar, R. L. Deka, L.C. Bora and Lohit Kataki Nepolion Borah and S.C. Garkoti Biswajit Sarmah & Sanjib Upadhyaya CLIMATE CHANGE AND CHANGING DISEASE SCENARIO OF RICE ECOSYSTEM IN THE BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY OF ASSAM IMPACTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES ON TREE DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURES IN TROPICAL FORESTS OF BARAK VALLEY, ASSAM IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF MUGA SILKWORM Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Sub-Theme G9: Urbanization, development and emerging challenges Name of the Authors Title of Papers R. Bendangtemjen and Tsukjemchila Imchen Dr. Ashok Kumar Lonavath, V. Satish Kumar Upashana Duarah Pallabi Borah and Dr AK Bhagabati URBAN EXPANSION AND ITS IMPACT ON JHUM CULTIVATION: A CASE STUDY OF KHENSA VILLAGE, MOKOKCHUNG URBAN LITERACY: AN ANALYSIS OF DISTRICT AND REGIONAL TOWNS IN UNDIVIDED ANDHRA PRADESH URBAN POLITICS AND SUSTAINIBILITY IN GUWAHATI CITY A RIVER AND ITS CITY: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF GUWAHATI Arghya Saha, Supratim Karmakar, U.S Malik CRIMES IN KOLKATA METROPOLIS: AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH B.W. Pandey, Himanshu Mishra and Usha Kumari Pathak DYNAMICS OF LAND USE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS OF URBAN SUSTAINABILITY: A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Sub-Theme G15: Agricultural systems: modernization and associated issues Name of the Authors Title of Papers CROPPING PATTERNS IN NAZIRA SUB-DIVISION OF SIVASAGAR DISTRICT, ASSAM SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF INDAPUR TAHSIL, MAHARASHTRA ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE FOR BHUDELKHAND AND THE ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL CHANGE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA : EMERGING SCENARIOS AGRICULTURAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT:A CASE STUDY OF NANDAKUMAR BLOCK IN PURBA MEDINIPUR, WEST BENGAL IMPACT OF BUDDHISM ON AGRO-TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND DIFFUSION Manashi Gogoi Gatkul B.I. and Jaybhaye R. G Ravi S. Singh, Dipankar Roy Ravi S. Singh, Parmanand Tirpathi Swapna Ghorai Dr. Kazuo Ando Technical Session- III Venue 1: Room No 10, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Theme: F2 (Population Growth, Resource Use and Environmental Change) Name of the Authors Satheeshbabu Kollambalath Gendan Tsering, Gibji Nimasow Purnima Mallick Sangeeta Saikia, Rashima Kachari Sanjoy Das and Dulal Chandra Karmakar Baskey Sumanta Kumar and Jana Narayan Chandra Deepak Sharma and Karma Loday Tamang Title of Papers SILENT VICTIMS: EMERGING ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENT IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH ON FOREST COVER: A CASE STUDY OF TAWANG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH LANDUSE/LANDCOVER CHANGES IN JALPAIGURI DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL GLOBAL IMPACT OF OVERCONSUMPTION ON NATURAL RESOURCES : THE CHALLENGES AHEAD STATUS OF SMALL AND MARGINAL LANDHOLDERS AND CHANGING LAND USE PATTERN IN NAGALAND ECONOMIC STATUS, PERCEPTION LEVEL AND QUALITY OF LIFE: A MICRO LEVEL STUDY OF MACHKHANDA VILLAGE IN BURDWAN DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL POPULATION GROWTH AND CHANGING LANDUSE PATTERN IN GANGTOK TOWN Venue 2: Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme F5: Agricultural Modernization and Environment Name of the Authors Banashree Saikia and Dhrubajyoti Sahariah Dr. M.Gopal Singha and Dr. Bonti Bordoloi N.Deka and Dr. A.K.Bhagabati Pori Das Bankim Baruah, Md. Eahya Al Huda and Pranjit Kumar Sarma Beejata Das Dr. N.Chendrayudu, Dr. S. Mamatha and Dr. D. Chandrasekhar Reddy Title of Papers AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON SAPEKATI AND HAHILA WETLANDS OF NAGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM DIVERSIFICATION OF FARMLANDS AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS : A STUDY IN GOALPARA DISTRICT OF ASSAM AGROECOSYSTEMS IN A FLOODPLAIN VILLAGE OF THE BRAHMAPUTRA VALLEY, ASSAM: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE JHUM AGRICULTURE INDUCED HYDROPHOBICITY IN SOILS OF NORTHEASTERN HIMALAYAN REGION CHANGING TREND OF SHIFTING CULTIVATION PATTERN IN GARO HILL REGION OF MEGHALAYA: A GEO-SPATIAL APPROACH IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF DIBRUGARH DISTRICT, ASSAM. AGRICULTURAL TYPOLOGY FOR MODERNIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF RAYALASEEMA REGION, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme G7: Population, Resources and Development Name of the Authors Saswati Nayak Md. Anjar Ali and Dr. Wangshimenla Jamir Dr. Atreya Paul Phup Kesang Bhutia Dibyalata Devee and Dr. Rupali Phukan Bhuyan Shinde Dhanashri Suresh Suraj Prasad and Anjan Sen Title of Papers DEVELOPMENT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT AND IMPOVERISHMENT: A CASE STUDY OF HALDIA INDUSTRIAL BELT, WEST BENGAL IMPACT OF ROAD TRANSPORTATION ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ASSAM DETRIBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF THE SANTALS IN BIRBHUM DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL BEYOND A CUP OF DARJEELING TEA: THE STORY OF WORKERS IN FAIRTRADE TEA PLANTATION IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ON THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF DHOUPGURI GAON PANCHAYAT, KAMRUP (M) DISTRICT, ASSAM SPATIO-TEMPORAL PATTERN OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH KONKAN REGION OF MAHARASHTRA DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG NATIONAL WATERWAYS IN INDIA :A CASE STUDY OF FARRAKKA – HOOGHLY SECTION Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme G5: Geomorphological, hydrological and pedological patterns and processes Name of the Authors Subhankar Chakraborty, Dr. Sutapa Mukhopadhyay Suranjana Bhaswati Borah, Nabajit Hazarika, Mollika Mahanta, Apurba Kumar Das Swarup Jyoti Baishya, Dr. Dhrubajyoti Sahariah Dr Tage Rupa Akangsha Borgohain and Dr. Dhrubajyoti Sahariah Mitrajit Chatterjee Omvir Singh and Manish Kumar Title of Papers RIVER CHANNEL CHANGES IN THE SUB-HIMALAYAN PIEDMONT OF NORTHERN BENGAL, INDIA: SOME OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE JALDHAKA RIVER UNDERSTANDING THE FLUVIAL DYNAMICS OF MANAS-BEKI RIVER SYSTEM RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF FLOOD HAZARD: A CASE STUDY OF BARALIA RIVER BASIN, ASSAM, INDIA HYDROGEOMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ZIRO INTERMONTANE VALLEY USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUE IMPACT OF OVERBANK SEDIMENTS ON HUMAN OCCUPANCY OF JIADHAL RIVER BASIN IN DHEMAJI DISTRICT, ASSAM HYDROLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF NADIA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL TREND IN THE TIMING AND MAGNITUDE OF FLOODS IN YAMUNA RIVER BASIN, INDIA Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme G10: Social and Cultural patterns and processes in Geography Name of the Authors Bibeka Nanda Gogoi and Dr. Bimal Kumar Kar Palme Borthakur Title of Papers THE PREVALENCE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AMONG HOMELESS DWELLERS IN GUWAHATI CITY THE MISINGS OF ASSAM IN THE MIDST OF TRADITION AND MODERNITY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SELECTED RURAL AND URBAN AREAS SPATIAL PATTERNS OF EDUCATIONAL STATUS AND HEALTH IN WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH POPULATION DISTRIBUTION OF THE GANGTE TRIBE IN MANIPUR AND ITS IMPACTS CULTURE AND ECONOMY IN MUSIC ACROSS GEOGRAPHICAL SCALES : A CASE STUDY OF ASSAMESE MUSIC INDUSTRY Hemshikha Talukdar and Dr. Madhushree Das OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY IN SONAPUR REVENUE CIRCLE OF KAMRUP METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, ASSAM Pahari Doley and Dr. Bimal K. Kar Surendra Kaur Rawal T Songminlun Gangte Th. Nabakumar Singh Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme G12: Geography of Gender, Health and Inequalities Name of the Authors Anandita Dawn, Ranjan Basu Dr. B.B.L. Sharma, Dr. Pinku Suthar Dr. Poonam Kumria and Dr. V.S. Negi Dr. Sibabrata Das Bhuyan Zona Pankaj Roy and Sarath Chandran Kalyan Sundar Som Karma Detsen Ongmu Bhutia Title of Papers MATERNAL HEALTH SCENARIO IN WEST BENGAL WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE AREA UNDER KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION GEOGRAPHY OF GENDER, HEALTH AND INEQUALITIES: A CASE STUDY OF ARID REGIONS OF RAJASTHAN WOMEN’S HEALTH: EFFECTS OF BEHAVIOUR AND CONSTRAINED CHOICES IN TEHRI GARHWAL, UTTARAKHAND UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY PATTERN IN ODISHA: AN ASSESSMENT OF VARIATIONS IN SPACE AND TIME FEMALE EMPLOYMENT PATTERN IN THE INFORMAL URBAN ECONOMY IN GUWAHATI CITY: A CARTO-STATISTICAL ANALYSIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRES: A CASE STUDY OF HARIPAD BLOCK IN KERALA HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF MOTHER AND CHILDREN BASED ON BIRTH SPACING ANALYSIS RURAL WOMEN AND FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN SIKKIM HIMALAYA Technical Session- IV Venue 1: Room No 10, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme F4: Urbanization and Environment Name of the Authors Dr Aparajeeta Borkakoty, Dr Karobi Saikia and Prateeksha Barman Jit M Hazarika Manik Kar and Niharika Borah Pinku Das, Dr. Ranjan Roy Dr. Malabika Talukdar Gitali Hazarika Parimal Kr. Bhanja and Dr. S. N. Pandey Title of Papers A STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN INDUSTRIAL ESTATES OF ASSAM STRUCTURED MOBILITY AND MARKET-ORIENTED MOVEMENT: A CASE OF GUWAHATI ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF URBAN SPACE A STUDY OF SURFACE RUN-OFF AND SEWERAGE OF GUWAHATI CITY: A GEOHYDROLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE SOCIO- ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OF SOLID WASTES OF URBAN AREA: A CASE STUDY OF TUFANGANJ MUNICIPALITY IN KOCH BIHAR DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL URBANIZATION IS THE NEED, WHILE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT IS A MUST: AN OUTLOOK WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA CHALLENGES AND PRACTICES OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN BIHPURIA MUNICIPAL AREA OF LAKHIMPUR DISTRICT, ASSAM URBANIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT OF HAORA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL Venue 2: Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme F6: Environment and Development Name of the Authors Inamani Das and Dr. A.K. Bhagabati L.Lhingneilam, Kh. Paradipkumar Singh Tejpal Dr. Supriya Sarkar Dutta and Dr. Momita G. Barooah Dr. Matiur Rahman Sujit Deka Title of Papers DEPLETING FOREST : A STUDY OF ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE RANI- GARBHANGA RESERVE FOREST OF KAMRUP DISTRICT, ASSAM LAND DEGRADATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT IN TULIAPHAI SUBWATERSHED OF CHURACHANDPUR DISTRICT, MANIPUR EVALUATION AND MAPPING OF SOIL EROSION SUSCEPTIBILITY : AN EXAMPLE FROM PANCHKULA DISTRICT OF HARYANA AN ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPACT IN ASSAM CARCINOGENIC POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS WASTELANDS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE LOWER JIA BHARALI BASIN IN ASSAM Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme G2: Remote Sensing, GPS and GIS in geographical studies Name of the Authors Pallabi Deka, P. K. Ryngnga, Sheemanta Jyoti Deka Trishna Changkakati, Dr. Anup Saikia Title of Papers ASSESSMENT OF LAND USE / LAND COVER CHANGE IN THE KANPUR DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS TECHNIQUES LANDUSE PLANNING AND WATERSHED MONITORING USING GIS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PASOL GAD OF GARHWAL HIMALAYA, UTTARAKHAND LANDUSE/LANDCOVER CHANGE DETECTION IN UMSHING-MAWKYNROH OF EAST KHASI HILLS DISTRICT , MEGHALAYA USING SPATIAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TEMPORAL RESPONSE OF NDVI TO PRECIPITATION IN NORTH-EAST INDIA (2001-2010) Amritee Bora FOREST COVER OF EAST KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA: A STUDY USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS Sunando Bandyopadhyay, Nabendu Sekhar Kar Sohan Singh, Sarath Chandran and E.A Jobish GEOMORPHIC CHANGES IN THE INDIAN SUNDARBAN (1917-23): EVIDENCES FROM MAPS, IMAGES AND HYDROGRAPHY TEMPORAL CHANGES OF LAND USE AND LAND COVER: A CASE STUDY OF THIRUVANANTHAPURAM CITY IN KERALA Divanshu Sharan Singh Niranjan, Srabani Sanyal L. Mirana Devi, S. K. Bandooni, Phu Doma Lama Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme G6: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environmental Challenges Name of the Authors Dr. V.S Negi Title of Papers CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN LADAKH Dr. Anup Saikia, Kiran Sharma, Rashima Kachari LAND USE AND LAND COVER DYNAMICS IN RELATION TO SLOPE AND TYPES OF LANDSCAPE : A CASE STUDY OF MANIPUR Mery Choudhury, Dr. P.Bhattacharya, G.C. Sarma DIVERSITY AND REGENERATION OF NATURAL VEGETATION IN SUBANKHATA RESERVE FOREST UNDER MANAS BIOSPHERE RESERVE OF ASSAM Apurba Kumar Das, Rajesh Kumar Sah, Rupjyoti Gogoi, Himolin Basumatary AN ASSESSMENT OF WETLAND DYNAMICS IN KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK Jyotishmoy Bora and Dr. Bimal Kumar Kar IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HYDROLOGY OF BEKI-MANAS RIVERS AND BIODIVERSITY OF MANAS NATIONAL PARK, ASSAM Padma Dalal POTENTIAL DISASTER OF GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOODS (GLOFS) IN THE LAHAUL HIMALAYA OF NORTH-WEST INDIA Dr. Anup Saikia, Rashima Kachari, Kiran Sharma IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FOREST COVER AND VEGETATION IN DIBRUGARH-TINSUKIA DISTRICTS OF ASSAM Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme G8: Rural and Urban settlement systems and associated phenomena Name of the Authors Saurabh Barman, Monjyoti Chetia Dr. Pranab Jyoti Sarma and Dr. Mainu Goswami Jnanendra Sarma Rajib Lal Deb Barma and Dr. Saptarshi Mitra Bechan Yadav Dinky Mishra, Gunin Borah Title of Papers SOCIO ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND PROBLEMS OF SLUM DWELLERS: A CASE STUDY IN TINSUKIA TOWN, ASSAM RURAL URBAN DICHOTOMY :A CASE STUDY FROM MORIGAON DISTRICT OF ASSAM SEASONAL VARIATION IN DEPENDENCY OF WATER SOURCES IN NAGALAND: A CASE STUDY OF MOKOKCHUNG TOWN A SPATIO-TEMPORAL STUDY OF RURAL SETTLEMENT ATTRIBUTES AMONG NORTH SONAICHHARI AND HRISHYAMUKH VILLAGES OF SOUTH TRIPURA DISTRICT HUMAN INTEREFERENCE WITH MANSAITA RIVER IN PHAPHAMAU ENVIRONS OF ALLAHABAD, UTTAR PRADESH RURAL POVERTY AND LEVELS OF DEPRIVATION IN ASSAM: A CASE STUDY OF SONITPUR DISTRICT Dharmendra Das Dr. Hem Chandra Deka and Krishna Devi Bonia INCREASING RURAL ACCESSIBILITY AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY:A STUDY IN NORTH SALMARA SUB-DIVISION OF BONGAIGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE PANCHAYATI RAJ SYSTEM WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BIHDIA JAJIKONA BLOCK Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Date: 26/2/2015 (Thursday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme G16: Tourism Development and Emerging issues Name of the Authors Rezina Ahmed, SarikulAlam, Suraj Chetri Title of Papers TOURISM AND ITS POTENTIALITY IN RURAL ECONOMY : THE CASE OF HAJO REVENUE CIRCLE, ASSAM Akashee Bhuyan, Abinash Bharali and Jatin Sharma PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES OF ECOTOURISM: THE CASE OF CHAPANALLA IN NAGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM Bhrigu Kr. Nath, Dr. Prashanta Bhattacharya DOES TOURISM CONTRIBUTE TO RURAL LIVELIHOOD?:A CASE STUDY OF PABITORA WILDLIFE SANCTURY AND ITS FRINGE VILLAGES Shapna Medhi COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN MANAS NATIONAL PARK, ASSAM Dr. Panchali Majumdar NURTURING OF POSSIBILITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF BISHNUPUR, WEST BENGAL Vajana Thakuria, Prasanta Bhattacharya, Utpal Talukdar PROMOTING CULTURAL TOURISM IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH: A STUDY OF APATANI VALLEY OF LOWER SUBANSIRI DISTRICT Barnali Patowary and Dr. Parijat Borgohain ROLE OF NGOs IN SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN NGUNU ZIRO OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH Technical Session- I Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Venue 1: Room No 10, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Time: 10:30-12:00pm Theme F3: Globalization, Industrialization and Environment Name of the Authors Junmoni Dutta and Dr. Pradip Sharma Mousumi Devi and N K Dey Priti Rekha Devi Sarmistha Neog and Sangita Das VS Soreimi Madhyjya Mili and Moon Moon Bora Nazneen Akhtar and B.S. Mipun Title of Papers ROLE OF LOKPRIYA GOPINATH BORDOLOI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND LAND USE CHANGE IN ITS PERIPHERY, GUWAHATI, ASSAM ROLE OF BONGAIGAON REFINERY OF ASSAM IN CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENT A STUDY ON THE QUALITY OF RAINWATER IN INDUSTRIAL AND NONINDUSTRIAL ZONES OF GUWAHATI, ASSAM IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION ON ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN AND AROUND HPCL, NAGAON, ASSAM. ASSESSMENT ON BORDER TRADE OPENING IN MOREH, MANIPUR IMPACT OF FAST GROWING BRICK INDUSTRIES ON ENVIRONMENT : THE CASE OF TITABOR SIB-DIVISION OF JORHAT DISTRICT, ASSAM ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON THE MUGA SILK INDUSTRY OF ASSAM: GLOBALISATION PERSPECTIVES Venue 2: Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm Sub-Theme G6: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environmental Challenges Name of the Authors Mintu Bhattacharya Title of Papers IMPACT OF HILL CUTTING ON FLORAL DIVERSITY AND SOME MAJOR ECOLOGICAL SERVICES: A CASE FROM RAID-MARWET REGION OF RIBHOI DISTRICT, MEGHALAYA ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF DISABILITY: ISSUES AND CONCERNS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Pallabi Borah Millie Kakati STORM IN THE TEA CUP: CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENING ASSAM TEA CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT Suraj Sharma, Parthankar Choudhary and Dr. N. Chetry Anshu Chandra and Srabani Sanyal Bikash Gogoi, Vandana Prasad and Rahul Garg Dr. Diptimoni Boruah VULNERABILITY OF ENVIRONMENT: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES BIOTIC RESPONSE OF LARGER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA TO THE EARLY PALEOGENE WARMING EPISODE: A CASE STUDY FROM KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA EMERGENCE OF AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW OF ENVIRONMENT: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm Sub-Theme G7: Population, Resources and Development Name of the Authors Swapnali Saikia and Dr.Barnali Gogoi Begum Junmoni Labanya Das and Dr. A.K Bora Singh Shikha Anindita Chakraborty and Dr. Bimal K. Kar Darshana Sarmah,Dr. Jnanashree Borah and Dr. Madhushree Das Dr. Rajib Hazarika Dr. AHM Belayeth Hossain, Md. Thanvir Ahmed Chowdhury, Md. Nazrul Islam, Md. Khairul Alam Title of Papers STATUS OF HEALTH AND EDUCATION SERVICES IN JORHAT DISTRICT: A STUDY ON SOCIAL WELL-BEING LAND ACQUISITON FOR OIL EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION AND RURAL LIVELIHOOD NEAR GELEKI AND CHANGMAIGOAN OIL FIELDS, ASSAM USE AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NONOI WATERSHED, ASSAM CONTRACEPTIVE PRACTICES AMONG MARRIED WOMEN IN NARAYANPUR BLOCK OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH CHANGING PATTERN OF AGE COMPOSITION IN ASSAM: A CASE STUDY OF BONGAIGAON DISTRICT STATUS OF BIOMASS ENERGY RESOURCE IN NORTH- EAST INDIA: POTENTIALITIES AND CHALLENGES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN SIVASAGAR DISTRICT OF ASSAM: A MICRO-SPATIAL STUDY COMMUNITY-BASED HAOR (WETLAND) RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION: A STUDY OF NATURAL WETLANDS IN BANGLADESH Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm Sub-Theme G9: Urbanization, development and emerging challenges Name of the Authors Pulin Ch. Borah Title of Papers URBANIZATION, LAND USE AND EMERGING ISSUES OF AGARTALA CITY, TRIPURA PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF THE AUTO RICKSHAW COMMUTERS IN THE URBAN AREAS OF AGARTALA TOWN, TRIPURA URBAN PLANNING AND NATURAL DISASTERS : A CASE STUDY OF GUWAHATI CITY DRINKING WATER QUALITY OF GUWAHATI: A GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS INTEGRATED DRAINAGE AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT IN GUWAHATI CITY: A GEOMORPHOLOGICAL PERSECTIVE Sujata Basnet, Sutapa Saha URBANISATION, DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGING CHALLENGES IN EAST DISTRICT OF SIKKIM URBAN FLOODING IN KOLKATA AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT Abhijit Santra and Saptarshi Mitra Debasish Debbarma and Saptarshi Mitra Lakhimi Gogoi and Chinmoyee Borpujari Nripendra Ram Kalita Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm ThemeF1: Pattern and Processes of Environmental Change Sub-Theme G13: Earth, Society and Sustainability Name of the Authors Dhananjoy Medhi and Dr. B.K. Kar Biplab Sarkar and Dr. A.K. Bhagabati Jutimoni Bordoloi Title of Papers DEPLETION OF FOREST COVER AND ENCROACHMENT IN GONBINA RESERVE FOREST IN GOALPARA DISTRICT OF ASSAM LANDSCAPE CHANGE IN KUSHLAIGURI VILLAGE OF BONGAIGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM A STUDY ON A FEW METEOROLOGICAL ASPECTS AND THEIR CHANGING TRENDS IN DIBRUGARH DISTRICT OF ASSAM INDIGENEOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM AND THE ROLE OF APATANI WOMEN FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF ENVIROMENT IN ZIRO VALLEY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY CONDUCTED IN THE SCHOOLS OF GREATER GUWAHATI, ASSAM MOUNTAIN SOCIETY: ISSUES OF INCREASING VULNERABILITY AND LIVELIHOOD ADAPTATION IN LACHUNG VALLEY, NORTH SIKKIM FOREST RIGHTS ACT-2006: PROVISIONS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND FAILURES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO KOCH BIHAR DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL THE IMPLICATIONS OF ANNUAL FLOODS IN JIA DHOL RIVER BASIN Kago Yamang Dr. Moyuri Sarma Bipul Chhetri Anirban Roy Luna Moni Das Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 10:30-12:00pm Sub-Theme G15: Agricultural systems: Modernization and associated issues Name of the Authors Aminul Haque Dr. Sarina Kalia, K. K. Mishra and Richa Singh Reter Potom and Dr Gibji Nimasow Monti Kalita and Dipakshi Das Raju Debbarma Dr. Tarun Kumar Mondal Reter Potom and Dr. Gibji Nimasow Title of Papers IMPACT OF AGROFORESTRY ON LIVELIHOOD ENHANCEMENT OF THE FARMERS OF KIRAKARA CHAR ISLAND IN BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER, ASSAM IMPACT OF PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA ON AGRICULTURE IN JAIPUR DISRTICT, RAJASTHAN CONSTRAINTS OF TEA PLANTATION IN LOHIT DISTRICT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH IMPLEMENTATION OF MODERN AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT IN ASSAM IMPACT OF RUBBER PLANTATION ON THE LIVELIHOOD OF INDIGENOUS TRIBES OF TRIPURA MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL INPUTS IN RICE PRODUCTIVITY IN INDIA CONSTRAINTS OF TEA PLANTATION IN LOHIT DISTRICT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH Technical Session- II Venue 1: Room No 10, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Theme F1: Pattern and Processes of Environmental Change Name of the Authors Debita Kemprai Arindam Chattopadhyay and Dr. Zahid Hussain Dr. Utpal Deka, Akhtara Nilufar and Papari Deka Dr. R.K. Somorjit Singh R. Chakravorty Lilybell Ch Marak and Lolly S Pereira Dr. Premangshu Chakrabarty Title of Papers PATTERN OF FOREST COVER CHANGE IN DIMA HASAO DISTRICT OF ASSAM PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF GEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES IN RAMNAGAR-I BLOCK OF PURBA MEDINIPUR COAST, WEST BENGAL WETLAND CRISIS AND ITS EFFECT ON TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC LIFE OF KAIBARTA COMMUNITY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE KAMRUP (METRO) DISTRICT OF ASSAM GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS WITH SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MALARIA IN MANIPUR: A GEO-ECOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE JHUM CULTIVATION AND ITS IMPACT ON SOIL MICROBIAL ECOSYSTEM OF NOKREK BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN MEGHALAYA PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE FROM TOURISM: A GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH Venue 2: Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Theme F2: Population Growth, Resource Use and Environmental Change Name of the Authors Tarali Devi and Pradip Sharma Tinku Nath Dr. Dinesh Das and Anamika Das Dr. Tanusree Ghosh Dr. Rajashree Dhamorikar Title of Papers GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS OF BASHISTHA AND BAHINI-BHARALU RIVER REACH IN GUWAHATI, ASSAM POPULATION GROWTH AND CHANGING AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IN MORIGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND POVERTY: EXPLORING THE LINKAGES SOCIO- CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN MINING TRACTS OF SOUTH- WEST BIRBHUM DISTRICT: A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS POPULATION GROWTH, RESOURCE USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN GONDIA, MAHARASHTRA Dr. T. Chandrasekarayya and K.Kodandarami Reddy SPATIAL PATTERN OF AGEING POPULATION IN INDIA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Sub-Theme F4: Urbanization and Environment Name of the Authors Indrani Kalita Choudhury, Indrani Gogoi, Biju Rajkhowa Bidisha Sarkar , Rezina Ahmed , Karobi Saikia Binita Devi and Dr. Abani Kumar Bhagabati Debashmita Chakraborty and Racheal D. Sangma Dipen Handique, Mandakini Das and Kasturi Goswami Abha Lakhsmi Singh and Shanawaz Ahmad Baba Title of Papers URBANIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES ON THE WATER SYSTEM OF GUWAHATI CITY, ASSAM MORPHOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NALBARI TOWN IN ASSAM. EFFECT OF URBANIZATION ON THE DEEPOR BHEEL ECOSYSTEM OF KAMRUP (M) DISTRICT, ASSAM IMPACT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS ON AIR QUALITY: A CROSS -COUNTRY STUDY UNDERSTANDING WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION CONDITIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOODS OF SRINAGAR CITY, JAMMU AND KASHMIR Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Sub-ThemeF6: Environment and Development Name of the Authors Title of Papers Rabiul Hoque Molla and Dr. Biswaranjan Mistri FLUOROSIS AND PUBLIC HEALTH: A CASE STUDY IN BIRBHUM DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL Upama Ray HUMAN RESPONSES TO AGRICULTURE IN THE FLOOD AFFECTED AREAS OF ASSAM IMPACT OF EDUCATION ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN PRATAPGARH SUB-DIVISION, RAJASTHAN RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF FLOOD HAZARD IN GHAGGAR RIVER BASIN: A CASE STUDY OF GUHLA BLOCK, KAITHAL, HARYANA ECO-FRIENDLY MUGA SILK CULTURE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE THENGAL KACHARI INHABITED AREA IN TITABAR SUBDIVISION, ASSAM Dr. Chandara Deo Ola Dr. S.P Kaushik, Surajit Singh Saini and Ravinder Jangra Jonali Saikia Barkakoty Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Sub-Theme G5: Geomorphological, Hydrological and Pedological patterns and processes Name of the Authors Krishnanand and V.A.V Raman Michiki Baruah and Dr. Bhuban Gogoi Dr Kaberi Brahma Pradip Chandra Kalita Ratul Das, Barnali Gogoi Sima Majumder and Nibedita Das(Pan) Title of Papers LANDSLIDE INDUCED FLOOD AND RELATED ISSUES IN TRANS-HIMALAYAS: A CASE STUDY OF PIN VALLEY IN LAHAUL AND SPITI DISTRICTS, HIMACHAL PRADESH DRAINAGE CATCHMENTS AND MICRO-BASIN GEOMORPHOLOGY OF DIBRUGARH TOWN: A CASE STUDY IN URBAN GEOMORPHOLOGY AVULSION IN THE UNSTABLE TORSA RAIDAK INTERFLUVIAL AREAS,WEST BENGAL INDIGENOUS CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OF PALASBARI, KAMRUP DISTRICT, ASSAM. A STUDY ON CHANNEL MIGRATION AND ASSOCIATED PROCESSES OF KUNDIL RIVER IN SADIYA REGION, ASSAM SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGE OF THE GUMTI RIVER BETWEEN BARMURA ATHARAMURA HILL RANGES OF TRIPURA AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 12:00-1:00pm Sub-Theme G12: Geography of Gender, Health and Inequalities Name of the Authors Mridula Deka Title of Papers AN ANALYSIS OF PUSH FACTORS ENCOURAGING RURAL SCHEDULED CASTES WOMEN TO JOIN SELF HELP GROUPS IN DARRANG DISTRICT, ASSAM Nibedita Banerjee and Dr. M. Das Dr. Rena Laishram and Shanthalembi Lisham Shatarupa Dey Neogi and Dr. Subhra Chattopadhyay Alokananda Ghosh, Dr. Biswaranjan Mistri CHILD LABOUR AND SCHOOLING IN INDIA MAPPING WOMEN’S ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN NORTH EAST INDIA: CONTEXTUALIZING THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE QUALITY OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN WEST BENGAL: A GEOGRAPHICAL INTROSPECTION IMPACT OF PHYSIOGRAPHY ON MATERNAL HEALTH STATUS IN SELECTED MOUZAS OF MURARAI-II BLOCK, BIRBHUM DISTRICT Technical Session- III Venue 1: Room No 10, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme G2: Remote Sensing, GPS and GIS in geographical studies Name of the Authors Anindita Bhattacharjya Bhobesh Daimary, Chandra Kant Pawe, Ganesh Borpatra Gohain Title of Papers A BRIEF GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF ‘SHELLA’ (MEGHALAYA) AND ITS NEIGHBOURING AREAS USING SRTM DATA Parag Jyoti Dutta DEEPOR BEEL AND ITS SHRINKING STATUS ASSESSMENT OF GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL IN A PART OF VEDGANGA RIVER BASIN OF KOLHAPUR DISTRICT , MAHARASHTRA USING GIS Kuleswar Singha and Dr. Dhrubajyoti Saharia MONITORING OF DEFORESTATION AND VEGETATION REGENERATION IN LUMDING RESERVE FOREST OF NAGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM USING GIS AND RS Venue 2: Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme G5: Geomorphological, Hydrological and Pedological patterns and processes Name of the Authors Niloptal Kalita and Dr. Rana Sharma FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF THE BELSIRI RIVER IN ASSAM Pankaj Roy and Zahid Hussain NATURE AND TYPES OF BANK EROSION OF THE PUTHIMARI RIVER IN ASSAM Sanjay Deswal METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES OF GLACIAL LAKE MAPPING AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF LAHAUL-SPITI REGION, HIMACHAL PRADESH GEOMORPHOLOGICAL PATTERN AND PROCESSES OF TILLA-LUNGA TOPOGRAPHY IN TRIPURA AN INVENTORY AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HIMALAYAN GLACIERS IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH PEOPLE’S PERCEPTION TOWARDS MITIGATION OF FLOOD AND RIVER BANK EROSION IN THE MAJULI RIVER ISLAND A GIS BASED STUDY ON BANK EROSION AND BANK LINE MIGRATION PATTERN OF NONOI RIVER IN DARRANG DISTRICT OF ASSAM Subhajit Sen, Saptarshi Mitra, Sunil Kumar De Ujjal Deka Baruah and Pritam Chand Pallabi Hazarika Sikha Rani Nath,Bijayanta Goswami, Dr. Ranjan Saikia Title of Papers Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme G6: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environmental Challenges Name of the Authors Smarajit Ojah, Dr. Anup Saikia and P. Sivakumar Dr. Anup Saikia, Kiran Sharma, Pankaj Thapa B. W. Pandey and Abhay Shankar Prasad Dr. Toru Terao, Fumie Murata, Yusuke Yamane, Masashi Kiguchi, Azusa Fukushima and Taiichi Hayashi Title of Papers AN ASSESSMENT OF THE HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS OF GREAT INDIAN ONEHORNED RHINOCEROS IN LAOKHOWA- BURHACHAPORI WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND KAZIRANGA TIGER RESERVE, ASSAM LANDSCAPE METRICS IN PROTECTED AREAS OF BHUTAN EXTREME EVENTS, VULNERABILITY AND COPING MECHANISM FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD IN ALAKNANDA RIVER BASIN OF UTTARAKHAND Taiichi Hayashi DIRECT EVALUATION OF SATELLITE RAIN OBSERVATION BY TIPPING BUCKET RAINGAUGE NETWORK IN THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF INDIAN SUBCONTINENT CHARACTERISTICS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF INDIAN SUBCONTINENT Pankaj Roy CLIMATE CHANGE AND ASSOCIATED EVIDENCES AND PROBLEMS R. L. Deka, B. Goswami, R. Hussain and P.G. Khanikar TREND OF TEMPERATURE REGIME OF NORTH EAST INDIA DURING 1901-2007 Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme F7: Population, Development and Environmental challenges in India’s North-East Name of the Authors Deepak Sharma and Karma Loday Tamang Pradip Sharma , Mahfuza Rahman, Dhanjit Deka, Rubul Hazarika Haruhisa Asada Lophro Celina Sapruna Pallabi Hazarika Jyoti Prasad Das Title of Papers POPULATION DYNAMICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: A CASE STUDY OF SINGHIK VILLAGE, NORTH DISTRICT, SIKKIM LIVELIHOOD ISSUES OF THE FOREST FRINGE COMMUNITIES OF DOBOKA AND JAMUNA-MAUDANGA RESERVED FORESTS OF ASSAM LIVELIHOOD PATTERNS OF THE INDIGENOUS AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES IN THE BRAHMAPUTRA FLOODPLAIN, ASSAM CHALLENGES OF INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH-EAST INDIA: A CASE STUDY OF MANIPUR PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION IN MITIGATING RIVER BANK EROSION AND DISPLACEMENT OF POPULATION IN THE MAJULI RIVER ISLAND OF ASSAM WETLANDS AND LIVELIHOOD PRACTICES: A CASE STUDY OF MUKALMUA DEVELOPMENT BLOCK OF NALBARI DISTRICT, ASSAM Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme G9: Urbanization, development and emerging challenges Name of the Authors Title of Papers S. K. Sinha and Dr. Ravi Shekhar URBAN SPRAWL IN GAUTAM BUDH NAGAR DISTRICT, UTTAR PRADESH Sanjeev Kumar Dr. Piyal Basu Roy , Utpal Kumar Barman and Bikash Das Mohammad Nazrul Islam Rajesh Kumar Sah, Langpoklakpam Padamalakshmi Devi, Apurba Kumar Das Darshan Kumar Jha and Dr. V. K. Tripathi S. K. Sinha and Dr. Ravi Shekhar A HISTOGEOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF PATNA AND ITS ENVIRONS CHANGING URBAN LAND USE AND MORPHOLOGY OF ALIPURDUAR MUNICIPAL TOWN, WEST BENGAL WOMEN'S HYGIENIC BEHAVIOR AND HEALTH: A STUDY ON MIGRATED SLUM WOMEN IN SYLHET CITY FLASH FLOOD STUDY OF AN INTERMONTANE URBAN AREA: THE CASE OF IMPHAL CITY URBANIZATION AND URBAN POVERTY IN INDIA:A SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS PROBLEMS OF GROWING SLUMS: A CASE STUDY OF JAGDAMBA CAMP, DELHI Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 2:00-3:30pm Sub-Theme G16: Tourism Development and Emerging issues Name of the Authors Sonashree Brahma Dr. Premangshu Chakrabarty Dr. Nilofar Jasmin Angana Borah and Bonoshree Bhuyan Arifa Tabassum and Fakhrul Hasan Al Amin Miyo Tayeng Nazrul Islam Title of Papers STATUS AND PROSPECTS FOR TOURISM IN CHAKRASHILA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY OF KOKRAJHAR DISTRICT, ASSAM TOURISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: A GEOGRAPHICAL APPROACH CONCEPT OF LIVING MUSEUM FOR SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN MAJULI, ASSAM SIGNIFICANCE OF MARKETING IN GEOTOURISM TOURISM AND HUMAN PERCEPTION: FACTORS AFFECTING PREFERENCES AND DECISION MAKING AMONG THE TOURISTS PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF ECOTOURISM: EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVE FROM DAYING ERING WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, ARUNACHAL PRADESH ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION THROUGH TOURISM: A STUDY OF LACHEN VALLEY, SIKKIM Technical Session- IV Venue 1: Room No 10, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Theme F2: Population Growth, Resource Use and Environmental Change Name of the Authors Title of Papers Khangsembou Bungnamei and Dr. Anup Saikia Sayanti Sen Rekib Ahmed Parag Das, Balo Ram Nath Luckyson R. Panmei Istak Ahmed, Nibedita Das FOREST INCOME AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF YANGOUPOKPI LOKCHAO WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, MANIPUR ASSESSING DOMAINS IN QUALITY OF LIFE: A CASE STUDY OF JHARIA COALFIELD INCREASING HUMAN POPULATION AND DEGRADATION OF BIO-DIVERSITY IN DIBRU-SAIKHOWA NATIONAL PARK OF ASSAM POPULATION GROWTH, RESOURCE USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES : A CASE STUDY ON LOWPHULABORI VILLAGE IN NAGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM RECENT TREND OF POPULATION GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION IN MANIPUR ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS OF SEDIMENTATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE GUMTI RIVER, TRIPURA. Venue 2: Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme F4: Urbanization and Environment Name of the Authors Surjyajit Saikia, Bharat Sut and Dr. Manik Kar Chandrima Bandyopadhyay, Dr. Ajit Kumar Bera Purnima Samadder Dr. Uday Chatterjee Sudeshna Bhattacharjya Dr. Uma Dutta and Swapnali Pangyok Sutapa Bhattacharjee, Rakesh Chetry and Dr. Bimal K. Kar Title of Papers THE URBAN LIQUID WASTE AND WATER LOGGING AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY: A CASE STUDY OF NAGAON TOWN IN ASSAM POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT OF BHATPARA MUNICIPALITY IN WEST BENGAL URBANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: A CASE STUDY OF SALT LAKE CITY, KOLKATA URBANIZATION AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: ITS IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT IN ASANSOL TOWN IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE TEMPLES OF GUWAHATI CITY, ASSAM MORPHOLOGICAL DEFORMITIES AND SPECIES ABUNDANCE IN CHIRONOMOUS SPP. (CHIRONOMIDAE :DIPTERA) LARVAE FROM BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER SITES AS BIO-INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS THE SHADOW OF THE URBAN WALL: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CITY ENVIRONMENT OF GUWAHATI, ASSAM Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme F5: Agricultural Modernization and Environment Name of the Authors Dr. Sita Chetri Dr. Polee Saikia. Dipalee Haflongber Das Bipasha and Roy Tribeni C.R. Deka, Kalyanjit Sarmah & R. Konwar Dipali Baruah , Dr. Nisamani Kar Dr. Naima Umar Dr. L. S. Roychoudhary, Dr. I. A. Budhe Title of Papers CLIMATE CHANGE AND LARGE CARDAMOM FARMING IN THE SIKKIM HIMALAYA SHIFTING CULTIVATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO DIMADAO WAPU VILLAGE OF DIMA HASAO DISTRICT, ASSAM. PRIORITIZING BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE: ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE LAND SUITABILITY ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SUMMER PADDY GROWING SITES USING A MULTI CRITERIA EVALUATION AND GEOSPATIAL APPROACH FOR KAMRUP DISTRICT OF ASSAM AVAILABILITY OF FODDER AND LEVEL OF NUTRITION OF THE BOVINE STOCK OF ASSAM ANALYSIS OF GROWTH PATTERN IN AREA, PRODUCTION AND YIELD OF CASH CROPS IN UTTAR PRADESH AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION IN GONDIA DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA: A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme G7: Population, Resources and Development Name of the Authors Ashu Rani and K.V. Chamar Arati Yadav Title of Papers DOMINANT AND DEFICIENT FUNCTIONS OF RURAL WORKERS IN PUNJAB – HARYANA PLAIN: A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS ROLE OF NTFP IN A RURAL ECONOMY: A STUDY OF TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN Dr. Angshumita Chakraborty Munmi Borgohain, Dr. Rupali Phukan Bhuyan and Dr. A.K. Bhagabati Nabajyoti Sarma Stabak Roy and Saptarshi Mitra Subodh Rani and K.V. Chamar MEGHALAYA INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN KAKDWIP SUBDIVISION OF SOUTH TWENTY FOUR PARGANAS DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL COAL MINING IN UPPER ASSAM: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND TREND AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY OF JOYSAGAR WATERSHED IN NAGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM LIVELIHOOD PATTERN OF RAILWAY HAWKERS IN TRIPURA ACCESSIBILITY OF ROADS IN HARYANA: A SPATIO - TEMPORAL ANALYSIS Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme G11: Geopolitics, conflict resolution and geography of Peace Name of the Authors Chandra Kala Magar and Bimal K. Kar L.T.Sasang Guite Somprakash Dhar and Saptarshi Mitra Uttam Kalita and Dr. Joysankar Hazarika B. N. Goswami Sailajananda Saikia Kachari, BhargobJyoti Evy Mehzabeen Title of Papers PLANTATION, POPULATION AND POLITICS: THE CASE OF TEA IN ASSAM INEQUALITY AND CONFLICT: ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL IMBALANCES IN KARBI ANGLONG DISTRICT OF ASSAM INDO-BANGLA INTERNATIONAL BORDER IN TRIPURA:POSSIBILITIES OF DEVELOPING THE GEO-POLITICAL RELATIONS GEOPOLITICAL PROBLEMS OF THE TRIBAL BELTS AND BLOCKS IN ASSAM BIOSPHERE RESERVE :AN EFFECTIVE SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO RESOLVE INTER-STATE BORDER DISPUTE BETWEEN ASSAM AND NAGALAND RE-EMERGENCE OF GEOPOLITICS OF ‘GLOBAL DEMOGRAPHIC HEARTLAND’: A REVIEW ON GEOPOLITICAL AND MARITINE DISPUTES OF SOUTH CHINA SEA AND SECURITY CONCERN IN ASIA PACIFIC REGION THE LAND RESOURCE CONCERN IN BODO-BENGALI MUSLIM CONFLICTS OF ASSAM EMBEDDEDNESS AND CONFLICTING LIVELIHOODS IN ASSAM: SOCIOECOLOGICAL REFUGEES IN THE MAKING Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Date: 27/2/2015 (Friday) Time: 3:30-5:00pm Sub-Theme G14: Resources, power generation, industrial development and associated issues Name of the Authors Nida Fatima & Dr. Jamshed Nasir Pranab Kumar Das Razia Bano, Faiza Nafees and Sufia Azim Ankur Srivastava Bismita Medhi Keshab Chandra Narzary, Kabi Ranjan Musahary and Binay Kr. Basumatary Dr. Nina Singh Title of Papers INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS: A CASE STUDY OF ALIGARH HYDRO POWER POTENTIALITY AND PROBLEMS OF POWER GENERATION IN NORTH EAST INDIA: A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS AN ANALYSIS OF GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE INDIAN HANDMADE CARPET INDUSTRIES ROLE OF STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE HYDRO-POWER DEVELOPMENT IN KINNAUR DISTRICT, HIMACHAL PRADESH A CRITICAL REVIEW ON DAMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN NORTH EAST INDIA ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN GOSSAIGAON SUB-DIVISION OF KOKRAJHAR DISTRICT, ASSAM RIVER WATER RESOURCE AND CONFLICTS IN INDIA: ADDRESSING KEY ISSUES Technical Session- I Venue 1: Room No 10, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 9:00-10:30am Sub-Theme F7: Population, Development and Environmental challenges in India’s North-East Name of the Authors Dhirendra Nath Das and Saptarshi Mitra Dr. Bhanu Hazarika. Title of Papers IMPACT OF SELF-HELP GROUPS ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT:A STUDY OF BELBARI R.D. BLOCK, TRIPURA GROWING POPUALTION PRESSURE AND DEGRADATION OF FORESTS IN ASSAM: A CASE STUDY OF NORTHERN PART OF KAMRUP DISTRICT, ASSAM Dr. Lakshmi Sivaramakrishnan, Moududa Khatun and Sushobhan Majumdar Rimi Sharma and Pompee Dowarah Rinkiolu Chai and Dr Tage Rupa Santanu Kumar Patnaik and Pradyut Dey Suman Saikia, Jayanta Jivan Laskar, Nafisa Shameem Rahman DIVERSIFICATION OF GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IN SEVEN SISTER STATES OF INDIA CHANGING DYNAMICS OF DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT IN NORTH EAST INDIA IMPACT OF FLOOD ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS IN LOHIT DISTRICT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH POPULATION, DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: AN ECOLOGICAL LANSCAPE ANALYSIS. GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF RIVER BANK SLOPES IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF MAJULI, ASSAM Venue 2: Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 9:00-10:30am Sub-Theme G5: Geomorphological, Hydrological and Pedological patterns and processes Name of the Authors Prodyut Mondal and Mouli Das Purabi Hazarika and Dr. A.K. Bora Rana Sarmah Sapam Priyalina and Kh. Pradipkumar Singh Pritam Chand Rajashree Gadekar and Deepali Gadkari Title of Papers GEOMORPHOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF KALUKHALI LAKE IN MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN NOAMANGALDOI RIVER SYSTEM, ASSAM ASSESSMENT AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SENSITIVITY OF SOIL LOSS IN THE MORA DHANSIRI RIVER BASIN IN ASSAM FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF NAMBUL RIVER, MANIPUR AREA CHANGES OF CLEAN ICE-COVERED, DEBRIS-COVERED, AND PROGLACIAL LAKE GLACIERS IN THE RAVI BASIN, HIMACHAL HIMALAYA DURING THE LAST FIVE DECADES IDENTIFICATION OF SALINITY AFFECTED AREAS IN KARHA RIVER BASIN OF MAHARASHTRA USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 9:00-10:30am Sub-Theme G6: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environmental Challenges Name of the Authors Anjan Deka and Dr. Mala Dutta Prof. Ahmet Ertek Anjumoni Saikia Alexis Pinheiroo Satheeshbabu Kollambalath Debasish Baruah Title of Papers IMPACT OF POPULATION AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OF KAPLA AND TABHA BEEL OF BARPETA DISTRICT, ASSAM ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND CHALLENGES IN TURKEY EFFECT OF FOOD PLANTS AND SEASONS ON LARVAL CHARACTERS OF ERI SILKWORM, SAMIA CYNTHIA RICINI BOISDUVA AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SPATIAL EXTENT AND LAND-USE/ LAND- COVER CHANGE IN PABITORA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, ASSAM THE EFFECT OF EXTERNAL SURPLUS POLLUTION ON HYDRO CYCLES AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN LESS AIR POLLUTING NATIONS IMPACT OF WILDLIFE HABITATS LOSS ON BIODIVERSITY OF KAZIRANGA–KARBI ANGLONG LANDSCAPE Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 9:00-10:30am Sub-Theme G9: Urbanization, development and emerging challenges Name of the Authors Sadaf and Prof. Abdul Munir Sana Asma and Farasat Ali Siddiqui Subhrajyoti Mandal Sumita Kumari & Prof. Arun Kumar Singh Title of Papers URBAN BASIC SERVICES IN THE RESIDENTIAL SUBURBS OF FAIZABAD CITY RICKSHAW PULLERS IN AZAMGARH CITY: A SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS MANAGING SLUMS AND SLUM ENVIRONMENTS WITH LOCAL GOVERNANCE IN WEST BENGAL: A CASE STUDY OF BERHAMPORE MUNICIPAL AREA OF MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT WOMEN IN URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR IN INDIA: A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS ROAD ACCIDENTS AND RELATED ISSUES: A DISTRICT LEVEL COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ASSAM DETRIBALIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY ON SANTALS IN A VILLAGE OF BIRBHUM DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL WORLDING CITIES, CYBERISING SPACES AND GROUNDED REALITIES Dr. Bhattacharyya Ajay Dr. Atreya Paul Diganta Das Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 9:00-10:30am Sub-Theme G10: Social and Cultural patterns and processes in Geography Name of the Authors Dr. Parijat Borgohain and Abul Fazal Murtaza Ahmed Puspa Komor and Jayashree Borah Rashmi Sarkar and Kemee Das Saswati Nayak Rakesh Chetry, Sutapa Bhattacharjee and Dr. Bimal K. Kar Sibani Basumatari and Dr. Bimal K. Kar Title of Papers INFLUENCE OF INTERNET ON STUDENTS’ LIVES IN ASSAM LIVELIHOOD AND TRADITIONALITY: THE CASE OF DAIRY FARMING AMONG THE NEPALIS IN LOWER DIBANG VALLEY, ARUNACHAL PRADESH. ENDEAVORING VITALITY THROUGH DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTER AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC WELL-BEING: WOMEN OF MAJOR RELIGIONS IN GUWAHATI CITY DEVELOPMENT INDUCED DISPLACEMENT AND IMPOVERISHMENT: A CASE STUDY OF HALDIA INDUSTRIAL BELT, WEST BENGAL THE TRIBALS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF KOKRAJHAR AND HAFLONG TOWNS IN ASSAM EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIES AND CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS: A CASE STUDY OF UDALGURI DISTRICT, ASSAM Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 9:00-10:30am Sub-Theme:G16: Tourism Development and Emerging issues Name of the Authors Pinku Suthar Satyajit Das Shakti Dutraj, Dablu Barman, Amrita Singh Shakti Dutraj, Dablu Barman, Amrita Singh Pratyashi Phukan and Dr. Ranjan Saikia Mitali Saikia, Pabitra Kumar Barman, Dr. Jyoti Kamal Hazarika Srijana Tamang and Manorama Thapa Title of Papers WEDDING TOURISM IN RAJASTHAN : DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGING ISSUES ECO-CULTURAL TOURISM AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT:A CASE STUDY OF CHANDUBI AREA IN SOUTH KAMRUP, ASSAM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND ITS IMPACT ON RURAL LIVELIHOOD AND ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF GAZALDUBA VILLAGE IN NORTH BENGAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND THEIR IMPACT ON RURAL LIVELIHOOD AND ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF GAZALDUBA IN NORTH BENGAL ECOTOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN THE WETLANDS: A CASE STUDY OF SOHOLA BEEL OF GOLAGHAT DISTRICT, ASSAM TOURISM POTENTIAL IN ASSAM - A CASE STUDY OF GABHARU BLOCK IN SONITPUR DISTRICT IMPACT OF TOURISM ON ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN EAST SIKKIM Technical Session- II Venue 1: Room No 10, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 10:30-12:00 pm Sub-Theme F2: Population Growth, Resource Use and Environmental Change Name of the Authors Satyendra Hazarika, Manos J. Nath, Bhaben C. Kalita Dibyajyoti Saikia and Dr. Lakhyahira Dutta Title of Papers FLOOD HAZARD VULNERABILITY AND COPING STRATEGY : A CASE STUDY OF RURAL-URBAN DIFFERENCES IN KAMRUP METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, ASSAM POPULATION GROWTH , LAND RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND SOME RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN SELECTED AREAS OF NAGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM Rubul Hazarika POPULATION DYNAMICS, IMMIGRATION AND CONFLICTS IN THE RESERVE FORESTS OF SONITPUR DISTRICT, ASSAM Md Nazrul Islam, Dr. A H M Belayeth Hossain, Md. Thanvir Ahmed Chowdhury, Md Mojammel Hussain Raihan Jyotishmoy Bora and Dr. Bimal Kumar Kar Sheerin Shahnaz COMMUNITY BASED HAOR (WETLAND) RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND FOOD SECURITY: A STUDY OF HAIL HAOR AREA OF BANGLADESH POPULATION EXPLOSION AND DEFORESTATION : A STUDY IN RESERVE FOREST AREAS OF THE AIE-MANAS-BEKI INTERFLUVIAL REGION OF ASSAM POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT ON GROUNDWATER RESOURCES IN RANCHI CITY Venue 2: Room No. 11, First Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 10:30-12:00 pm Sub-Theme: F4. Urbanization and Environment Name of the Authors Shobha Kumari and and Dr. Ram Bilas Ar. Praschaya Kaushik Dr. Chakradhar Deka Dhrubajyoti Rajbangshi and Kiran Sharma Dr. Polly Vauquline Gajendra Mohan Dev Sarma Nikhat Bano and Ateeque Ahmad Title of Papers WATER SUPPLY SCENARIO IN BHOPAL CITY: LIMITS AND OPPORTUNITIES ECO-SENSITIVE AREAS OF GUWAHATI AND ITS RELATION TO URBAN WAY OF LIFE URBANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES: A CASE STUDY OF MORIGAON TOWN, ASSAM ENCROACHMENT ON THE HILLS IN GUWAHATI CITY AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT: A GEOGRAPHICAL STUDY BIODIVERSITY, INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND WOMEN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES AND DEGRADATION OF THE KALANG RIVER IN NAGAON TOWN, ASSAM INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION AND EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH: A CASE STUDY OF GLASS CITY, FIROZABAD, INDIA Venue 3: AT Hall, Second Floor, Department of Geography, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 10:30-12:00 pm Sub-ThemeF6: Environment and Development Name of the Authors Jyoti Kumari Prasad Dr. Pranita Choudhury and Jupitara Devi Prof. S.C. Rai and Aakash Upadhyay Tasneem Shazli, Prof. Abdul Munir Dipak Baruah And R. Barman Aradhana Dutta, Kuldeep Patgiri, Harekrishna Haloi Title of Papers URANIUM MINING AND ITS IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENT OF JADUGODA, JHARKHAND, INDIA ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT UNDER CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF INDIA DAM AND THE DAMNED: A CASE STUDY OF TEESTA HYDROPOWER INITIATIVE INDOOR HOUSING ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS: A CASE STUDY OF AZAMGARH CITY, UTTAR PRADESH. YIELD OF WATER DISCHARGE AND RAINFALL SEASONALITY IN AND AROUND BARNADI RIVER BASIN, ASSAM FOREST COVER CHANGE , RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES AND NEED OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN NORTH EAST INDIA Venue 4: Lecture Hall, Ground Floor, Department of Geological Sciences, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 10:30-12:00 pm Sub-Theme G2: Remote Sensing, GPS and GIS in geographical studies Name of the Authors Bulen Kakati, Purabi Hazarika, Dr. R. Barman Manash Jyoti Nath, A. K. Bora Arnab Kundu, Suneet Dwivedi, Varunesh Chandra Das Arup Kumar, Das Madhushree Dilip Kumar, R B Singh, Ranjeet Kaur Title of Papers IDENTIFICATION OF LANDUSE LANDCOVER CHANGE IN THE LOWER PART OF BARNADI – PUTHIMARI DOAB AREA, ASSAM HABITAT ANALYSIS OF VECTOR MOSQUITOES IN SONITPUR DISTRICT, ASSAM USING GEOINFORMATICS SATELLITE DERIVED VEGETATION INDICES FOR DROUGHT ASSESSMENT IN INDIA LAND USE / LAND COVER CHANGE IN HOLLONGAPAR GIBBON WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND BUFFER AREAS USING GEO-SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY REMOTE SENSING AND GIS APPLICATION IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT : A CASE STUDY OF SON-KARAMNASA INTERFLUVE IN BIHAR Dipanwita Dutta, Chandra Sekhar Das IDENTIFICATION OF SPATIO-TEMPORAL GROWTH OF BRACKISH WATER AQUACULTURE IN THE COASTAL AREAS OF WEST BENGAL USING GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES Venue 5: Seminar Hall, First Floor, Department of Anthropology, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 10:30-12:00 pm Sub-Theme G9: Urbanization, development and emerging challenges Name of the Authors Banerjee Chandreyi, Banerjee Anuradha Manali Sinha and Dr. Jayasree Borah Naoroibam Deva Singh Priti Gogoi and Narayan Chetry Amirah Bano Kuldeep Malik, Devender Singh, Devender Hooda, Sushil Dalal, Title of Papers SPATIO-CULTURAL STUDY OF THE LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF ELDERLY WOMEN: THE CASE OF KOLKATA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL. IMPACT OF SLUM AREAS ON SILCHAR TOWN OF ASSAM MOIRANG : AN EMERGING SMALL TOWN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES GENERATION PATTERN AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF JORHAT CITY, ASSAM QUALITY OF LIFE OF SLUM RESIDENTS OF LUCKNOW CITY URBANISATION AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN RAJASTHAN URBAN GROWTH AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS: A CASE STUDY OF LUCKNOW CITY Dr. Kiran Kumari Venue 6: Seminar Room, First Floor, Department of Environmental Science, Gauhati University Date: 28/2/2015 (Saturday) Time: 10:30-12:00 pm Sub-Theme G12: Geography of Gender, Health and Inequalities Name of the Authors Mulari Brahma Title of Papers THE HOUSEHOLD AND EXTRA-HOUSEHOLD WORK AMONG RURAL BODO WOMEN IN ASSAM Chandana Sarmah GENDER DIFFERENTIALS IN HEALTH AMONG ELDERLY: A CASE STUDY OF GUWAHATI CITY Cheten Jomba Rockpudu and Dr. Tage Rupa Dipalee Neog Lakshyadhar Das and Rakesh Chetry Dr. Syed Waseem Ahmad Ashraf, Sabbir Ahmed, Surendra Kaur Rawal Somenath Kar and Biswaranjan Mistri Dr. Motiram GENDER INEQUALITIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH: A CASE STUDY OF SARTANG TRIBE IN KAMENG DISTRICT GENDER INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION : A CASE STUDY OF HAJO C.D. BLOCK, KAMRUP DISTRICT WOMEN IN ACTION: THE ROLE OF SHG IN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN GOALPARA DISTRICT, ASSAM RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND MORBIDITY RATE: A CASE OF MURSHIDABAD DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL EFFECT OF OPEN DEFECATION IN SELECTED VILLAGES OF SIMLAPAL BLOCK IN BANKURA DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN DISTANCE EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY OF IGNOU REGIONAL CENTRE, RANCHI, JHARKHAND. YOUNG GEOGRAPHERS’ COMPETITION Date: 28th February, 2015 (Saturday) Time: 9:00-11:30 am Venue: Phanidhar Datta Seminar Hall, Gauhati University Sl. No Name of the Participant Title of the Paper 1 Dawa Sherpa Sikkim University GLOBALISATION, TOURISM AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS: A CASE OF SIKKIM 2 Ms. Pubali Barman NEHU Kuleswar Singha GU DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND PEOPLE’S INVOLVEMENT IN GUWAHATI ESTIMATION OF FOREST CANOPY DENSITY USING SATELLITE DATA: A CASE STUDY OF LUMDING RESERVE FOREST OF NAGAON DISTRICT, ASSAM 3 Sub-theme Category F3 F7 G2 4 5 6 Roopjyoti Hazarika NEHU Bhaskarjyoti Bhuyan GU Pritam Chand, JNU 7 Sutapa Bhattacharjee 8 Lonkham Boruah JNV, Nagaland 9 Suman Das GU 10 Biman Lahkar GU Himadri Dutta NEHU 11 LANDFILL SITE SELECTION FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BY USING GIS AND MCDA TECHNIQUE IN GREATER SHILLONG AREA A REVOLUTION IN GEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES : APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS IN SPATIAL ANALYSIS AREA CHANGES OF CLEAN ICE-COVERED, DEBRIS-COVERED, AND PROGLACIAL LAKE GLACIERS IN THE RAVI BASIN, HIMACHAL HIMALAYA DURING THE LAST FIVE DECADES RAINFALL DYNAMICS AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY OF GUWAHATI CITY SANITATION AND ITS IMPACT ON HEALTH: A STUDY ON SLUM AREAS OF JORHAT MUNICIPAL AREA, ASSAM SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF TWO PRIMITIVE TRIBAL GROUPS IN DHALAI DISTRICT, TRIPURA 12 Mahua Bardhan CU 13 Rasing Hanse GU 14 Geetanjali Sharma MD, Ajmer 15 Joy Karmakar 16 Mohammad Nazrul Islam 17 Dhanjit Deka POSSIBILITIES OF MAKING TOURISM PARADISE: A CASE OF NORTH-EAST INDIA MAPPING OF LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY ZONE ALONG THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY (NH-40) CORRIDOR DEPLETION OF GROUND WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT IN URBAN AREAS:A CASE STUDY OF KOLKATA AND SALT LAKE CITY, WEST BENGAL BROOM PLANTATION AND ITS IMPACT ON ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT IN RONGCHEK AREAS OF KARBI ANGLONG DISTRICT, ASSAM DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRAGDATION AND ENVRIONMENTAL ACTIVISIM IN THE NORTH EAST WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ASSAM INVESTIGATING THE PATTERN AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF SUBALTERN URBANIZATION: A CASE STUDY OF WEST BENGAL FLOOD PLAIN SEDIMENTATION AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: WHAT MATTER? A STUDY ON NATURAL WETLAND (HAOR) AREA IN BANGLADESH ROLE OF GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY ON UMTREW RIVER BASIN, NORTH EAST INDIA VALEDICTORY SESSION Date: 28th February, 2015 (Saturday) Time: 4:00-5:30 pm Venue: Phanidhar Datta Seminar Hall, Gauhati University Chief Guest: Shri Tarun Gogoi Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam G2 G2 G5 G9 G9 G10 G16 G5 F4 F7 F7 G9 G6 G2