In the year 1910, when it was turned into an Intermediate College, Geography was included as a subject in the curriculum at the Intermediate level. With the intention of wide spreading of education at different levels along side day shift; night shift was also introduced in this college in the year 1949. In the year 1953-54, Geography as a subject was introduced at the degree level. After passing
through many constraints and ups & down Geography was included in the 1st part of M.A class course in the year 1972 and in the 2nd part of M.A class course in the year 1973. In the year 1976 honours course in Geography was introduced in this Institution under the changed modern global condition after bringing about some alterations and moderation in the syllabus of Geography at all levels, the name of this Department has been renamed from the “Department of Geography” to “Department of Geography and Environment” in the year of 2002. After the declaration of Jagannath College being transformed into a full fledged University on the 20th October of the year 2005, the night shift of this Department has been unified with the day shift. From session 2005-06, Semester system has been introduced in this department. This Department has got 16 teachers, 1000 students, one office secretary, one seminar assistant, one laboratory technician, one laboratory attendant and two M.L.S.S. The Seminar Library under the active guidance and supervision of the teachers of this Department with the help of a seminar assistant play a vital role in the pursuit of acquiring knowledge of the students. Besides the holding of the final examination, tutorial in-course, mid-term examinations are also held. Student’s presentation, field work, term paper, assignment and group discussions are included in the curriculum of the department. From time to time, seminars on different topics are also organized in this Department. With the sincere effort of the teachers, the students of this department are coming out successfully with brilliant result every year.
