Name of the Department: Geography

Name of Programme: Masters in Disaster Management

Vision
To develop the Department of Geography as an advanced centre for spatial sciences and continue our heritage to
be the centre of population geography.
Mission
To start the courses in emerging areas of spatial sciences, particularly in Geoinformatics and Disaster
Management.
Program Outcomes (PO)
Students will develop the ability to:
 Comprehend philosophy, key concepts and methodologies in geography.
 Analyze mechanisms and processes associated with physical and human geography.
 Assess and critique local, regional and global scenarios, practices and policies.
 Use the tools of cartography, RS, GIS, GNSS, and Surveying for mapping and analysis.
 Demonstrate spatial analysis and research skills in the form of tangible products.
 Apply technical skills and field-knowledge to problem solving.
 Create outputs to meet local, regional, and global goals of development.
Program Specific Outcomes (PSO)
 Student will be able to apply the knowledge of core concepts of Geography in semester exams, in NET, SET,
national level exams as well as in the research level projects work which is suitable to communicate/present
further in workshops and conferences.
 Through assignments and research based project work students are able to inculcate analytical skills and
critical thinking.
 In day - to - day access to study material, through presentations, students are capable enough to make use of
PowerPoint presentations, Web-based academic links and can also get hands on experience of using
proprietary software like ArcGIS, Erdas Imagine and ENVI under experiential learning.
 Through the research culture of the department and skills acquired therein, students are capable of sustaining
subsequent academic progression inside the country and overseas as well.
Course Outcomes
Semester - I
Course Code Course Title  To familiarize the students with the concepts and
DM 101 Foundations of Disaster terminologies of Disaster Management
Management and to inform them about the prospects of a Disaster
Manager.
Course Code Course Title  To introduce the students to the idea and nature of
DM 102 Natural Hazards and natural hazards and disasters. Students
Disasters shall be acquainted with mechanisms and processes of
natural hazards, their disastrous manifestations
and impacts. The focus shall be on understanding
hazards and disasters, with reference to the Indian
context.
Course Code Course Title  Main objective of this course is to sensitize students
DM 103 Human Made Hazards and regarding human made hazards and
Disasters disasters with a focus on understanding of mechanisms
and processes through which humans induce
disasters and increase risk potential.
Course Code Course Title  Main objectives of this course are to introduce the
DM 104 Fundamentals of students with the concepts and
Geoinformatics technologies of earth observation and geoinformatics.
This paper aims at developing students’
technological capabilities with scientific orientation.
SEMESTER-II
Course Code Course Title  To sensitize students about current global disaster
DM 201 Global Initiatives for scenario and international initiatives for
Disaster Management disaster management. This course also aims at
enhancing knowledge of students about global and
national organisations that are involved in disaster
management.
Course Code Course Title  Main objectives of this course are to familiarize the
DM 202 Disaster Management students with the foundations, recent
Mechanism in India trends in disaster management in India. It introduces
various administrative, institutional and financial
framework and Governmental and Non-Governmental
practices for disaster management in India.
Course Code Course Title  To introduce the idea of developing a systematic
DM 203 Incident Response System response systems to manage disasters
and Emergency and emergency situations effectively. This course aims
Management at training students with best practices
designed to minimise loss of life and property and to
strengthen disaster response mechanism.
Course Code Course Title  The aim of this course is to sensitise and train students
DM 204 Disaster Risk Reduction to develop a sound and systematic
and Management Planning approach to identify, evaluate and minimise disaster
risk. It also intends to train students to conduct
community based disaster risk reduction and
management practices in order to prepare society to
deal
with disasters and reduce socio-economic risks and
vulnerabilities.
SEMESTER-III
Course Code Course Title  The aim of this paper is to train the students about the
DM 301 Research Methodology various aspects ofscientific
and Internship Report investigation, research design, data collection, analysis
and interpretation and report writing so that
they are in a position to conduct research projects
independently and effectively.
Course Code Course Title  To train the students to detect, identify and analyze
DM 302 Industrial Safety and Risk industrial hazards and disasters. The
Management focus of this course is to develop conceptual &
theoretical clarity and technical skills in students for
analysing various aspects of industrial safety and risk
management.
Course Code Course Title  To train the students to detect, identify and analyze
DM 303 Urban Disasters and Risk urban hazards and disasters. The
Management focus of this course is to develop conceptual &
theoretical clarity and technical skills in students for
analysing various aspects of urban disasters and risk
management.
Course Code Course Title  To train the students to detect, identify and analyze
DM 304 Geoinformatics for hazards and disasters using geospatial
Disaster Management technology. The focus is to develop technical skills
among students for analysing various geo-tectonic
and hydro-meteorological disasters with the help of
remote sensing and GIS technology.
SEMESTER-IV
Course Code Course Title 1. Formulation of Project Proposal: Candidates are
DM 401 Project Report required to give a presentation on project
proposal including the research objectives,
1. Formulation of methodology and the chapter scheme three weeks
Project Proposal after the assigning of the project title. The Board of
Examiners consisting of the Chairperson of
2. Mid Term the Department, Supervisor/s and one Faculty Member
appraisal teaching the course shall evaluate the
student independently and student shall be awarded
3. Pre-submission the mean score of the three evaluations.
Presentation
2. Mid-term Appraisal: Mid-term appraisal of the project
4. Report Evaluation report of each student shall be done by
 the Board of Examiners within a month of formulation
5. Presentation of project proposal. The Board of
Examiners consisting of the Chairperson of the
6. Viva-voce Department, Supervisor and one Faculty Member
teaching the course shall evaluate the student
independently and student shall be awarded the
mean score of the three evaluations.

3. Pre-submission Presentation: Pre-submission

Presentation shall be done by the Board of
Examiners within a fortnight of the mid-term
appraisal. The Board of Examiners consisting of
the Chairperson of the Department, Supervisor and
one Faculty Member teaching the course shall
evaluate the student independently and student shall
be awarded the mean score of the three
evaluations.

4. Evaluation Process: The evaluation process shall have

three components:
i. Evaluation of report

5. Presentation of data analysis and main findings

6. Viva voce examination

Evaluation, Presentation and Viva-voce shall be done
by the Board of Examiners consisting of the
Chairperson of the Department, Supervisor and one
Faculty Member teaching the course. They
shall evaluate the project report, submitted by the
student, independently and student shall be
awarded the mean score of the three evaluations. The
project report shall incorporate the findings
arrived at on the basis of the data/information
collected from the field and processed, analyzed
and mapped.