Krishnagar Government College

The postgraduate department of Geography celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 2020. Established in 1996, the department had successfully started its postgraduate course in a very short duration (in 2003), with specialization in Urban Geography and Fluvial Geomorphology and is the precursor to the PG department of the University of Kalyani, which started in 2004. It was started by the noted stalwart Dr. Pranab Roy. The students have also been taught by Prof. Jayasri Ray Chaudhuri, who is presently the DPI of Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal.From 2018-22, the department had been offering Honours course in Geography under the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). However, following the directives of the University of Kalyani, in compliance with the NEP 2020, the department will be offering Major and Minor courses at the undergraduate level in Geography from the 2023-24 session.