Department of Geography & TTM

Faculty Detail

SNO.Name, Qualification, and ExperienceDetail
1.
Dr. Abhishek Aggarwal
Associate Professor
& Head  

Qualification:-

M.Sc. (Gold Medalist), M.Phil.,
M.T.M., UGC-NET, Ph.D.  

Experience:- 31 Years
Dr. Abhishek Aggarwal is an Associate Professor & Head of the Department of Geography & Tourism at Hindu College, Amritsar. He has done master’s degree from the Department of Geography, Kurukshetra University, and is a Gold Medallist. He has finished his M.Phil from the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Masters in Tourism Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, and Ph.D. from Kurukshetra University. He also has completed eight weeks of training in Remote Sensing (GIS & GPS) at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun. He has more than 29 years of teaching and research experience. He has to his credit many research papers published in leading national and international professional journals. His areas of interest are Regional Development and Tourism Geography.
He won National Scholarship in 1987 and cleared UGC (NET) exam in 1991.
He has presented papers at various national and international conferences. Did one research project at the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun on ‘Changing Course of Rivulets in Dehradun – Mosourrie Belt – 1935 – 2005.
2.
Ms. Sarish Kehra
Assistant Professor
(Contract Basis)  

Qualification:-
M.A. (Gold Medalist), UGC (NET),
pursuing Ph.D,  
Certificate course in Cosmetology,
Certificate course in Remote Sensing &
Geoinformation Sciences from
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun,  
MOOC on Going Places with Spatial Analysis
and Earth Imagery at Work by ESRI, California.

  Experience:- 7.5 Years
Achievements-
1) Stood Third in B.A. in Guru Nanak Dev University
2) Gold-Medalist in M.A in Guru Nanak DevUniversity.
3) Prof. Gossal Award for best student in Geography.
4) Received Young Geographer Award by Association of Punjab Geographers.

Papers presented in Conferences-

International  Conferences – 4
National  Conferences – 3  

Publications:  
Papers published in International Journals: 3
Chapters Published in Books: 4  
Number of Workshops Attended: 3