North East India Geographical Society
I N T R O D U C T I ON
With a view to popularise the discipline geography across the north-eastern region and to promote geography education and research in right direction a voluntary academic organisation with the name North East India Geographical Society (NEIGS) was formed in 1968 with headquater in the Department of Geography, Gauhati University. The faculty members of the department in association with many college teachers are engaged in holding of geography conference, extension lecture programme, teachers training programme and environment awareness programme in various colleges and schools of the region under the banner of NEIGS. NEIGS has been bringing out a research journal “NORTH EASTERN GEOGRAPHER” since 1969 and a popular Assamese magazine “BHOUGOLIKA” since 1984. Besides, the NEIGS published a book entitled “An Introduction to Social Geography” in 2005 authored by Prof. M. Taher
O B J E C T I V E S
- Promoting better standard of teaching geography.
- Fostering research in geography.
- Disseminating geographic information, knowledge and new thoughts.
- Offering suggestions to the government concerned with regard to socio-economic planning and development of the states of North-East India.
H I S T O R Y
The society was born at the time of the Pre-Congress Symposium held on 22-24 November, 1968 in the Department of Geography, Gauhati University on the occasion of 21st International Geographical Union’s Congress held for the first time in India in that year in New-Delhi. being inspired by that seminar attended by some internationally reputed geographers from foreign countries, the faculty members of the Department of Geography, Gauhati University hatched a plan to organise a society under the name and style “North-East India Geographical Society’ abbreviated as NEIGS.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (2019-2020)
President: Prof. A.K. Bhagabati
Vice President: Dr. B.C. Kalita Dr. N.R. Kalita
General Secretary: Prof. B.K. Kar
Assistant General Secretary: Dr. Ujjal Deka Baruah
Treasurer: Dr. Nityananda Deka
Editor (North Eastern Geographer): Prof. A.K. Bora
Editor Bhougulika (Vol. 21): Dr. Bikul Barman & Dr. Jyotishmoy Bora
E.C. Members:
Dr. Jayasree Bora, Cotton University
Dr. Prasanta Bhattacharya, Gauhati University
Dr. Swapnali Gogoi, Lakhimpur College
Dr. Mrinal Nath, J.B. College, Jorhat
Dr. Biman Patowary, Sonapur College
Dr. Raju Gogoi, Diphu Govt. College
Shri Dhiren Sarma, Abhoyapuri College
Shri Sarat Chandra Talukdar, Bajali College
Dr. Surajit Barman, Baghmara, Barpeta
Dr. M. Gopal Singha, Bikali College, Dhupdhara
Dr. Siddhi Nath Sarma, Goalpara College
Dr. Rana Sarmah, Pandu College, Guwahati
Dr. Dhanjit Deka, B. Borooah College, Guwahati
Dr. Charu Sahariah Nath, Ex-Principal, Tezpur College
Dr. Hahiram Lahkar, Morigaon College
Shri Hariman Deka, Mangaldai College
Prof. D. Sahariah, Gauhati University
Prof. Madhushree Das(Ex-Officio Member)
Prof. Anup Saikia(Co-opted Member)
Shri Prafulla Kumar Saikia(Co-opted Member)
Office Secretary: Dr. Manash Jyoti Nath, Gauhati University