JAMMU: The Department of Geography in Jammu University is hosting 37th Indian Geography Congress under the aegis of the National Association of Geographers, India from 2nd to 4 December on the focal theme-Tourism, Resources, Environment and Development using GIS and Remote Sensing techniques. Shri N.N Vohra, the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir will inaugurate this conference at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium.
Around 800 delegates and experts are participating in this three days conference. Besides, Vice Chancellor Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, Prof Talat Ahmed, Vice Chancellor Kashi Hindu Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, Former Surveyor General of India & Former Director, National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) Prof P Nag and Vice Chancellor, Nalanda Open University RBP Singh are also taking part in this conference.
The conference will have forty two sessions where delegate will present their research papers. There are four memorial lectures which will be delivered by known scholars in the field. One of the key elements of the conference is the panel discussion on Glaciers and Climate Change. The panellists are Prof Milap Chand Sharma, JNU, Prof T.A Kant, University of Kashmir and Prof MN Kaul and Prof Rajinder Kumar Ganjoo from Jammu University.
The Department of Geography is organising Indian Geography Congress second time after 1995. Prof V.S Manhas is the Convenor and Dr Anuradha Sharma is the organising secretary of this national conference.