18th APG Meet and International Conference, 2017
The 18th APG Meet and International Conference of the Association of Punjab Geographers was organized by department of Geography, Lovely Professional University on 27th and 28th October, 2017 on the theme, “Re-envisioning Globalization, Development and New World Order: Perspectives from Developing Countries”. Pro Chancellor Mrs. Rashmi Mittal welcomed the dignitaries and delegates. His Excellency, the Ambassador of Republic of Mali, Mr. Niankoro Yeah Samake was the Chief Guest of the Inaugural Session. Padam Bhushan, Dr. Sardara Singh Johl was the Guest of Honor for the Inaugural day function. Professor Emeritus Dr. Gopal Krishan, National Fellow, ICSSR, New Delhi, delivered the keynote address for the Conference. While addressing the participants, he focused on the changing phase of globalization as by now technology, media and even terrorism all were getting influenced by increasing surge of globalization. The changing development paradigms and withering new world order scenarios were analyzed at length. APG President, Prof. M.S. Jaglan, discussed about the conference theme in detail and enlisted the comprehensiveness of the vast sub themes covered in the preview of ‘re-envisioning globalization, development and new world order’. Patron, APG, Dr. H. S. Mangat, elaborated the increased horizon of the Association of Punjab Geographers. Details about the origins and working of Association of Punjab Geographers were given and new geographers were also encouraged to come into the fold of APG. To commemorate the memory of late Dr. Devinder Singh Raina (Jammu University), APG initiated the Devinder Singh Raina Memorial Meritorious Student Award, which was conferred to Ms. Garima Jasrotia, this year’s topper of Masters in Geography in Jammu University.
19th APG Meet and National Conference
Department of Geography, Khalsa College, Patiala is hosting 19th APG Meet and National Conference on Nov. 2-3, 2018. For information or queries contact:
Dr. Gorakh Singh Teja, Mob: 9872584081 and
Prof. Rajdeep Singh Dhaliwal, Mob: 7696553151
Email:- geographykcp@gmail.com
Dr. Saminder Jeet Singh Young Geographer Award 2018
Original research papers along with bio-data of the authors who are Masters in Geography and have not attained the age of 32 years are invited from all over India and SAARC countries for the Young Geographer Award competition. A soft copy of the paper prepared according to the format of 'Punjab Geographer' should be submitted in English to Dr. B.R. Thakur, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, H.P. University, Shimla (E-mail- brthakur53@gmail.com, Mob-09418065518 The participants are requested to visit www.apgorg.org for details of rules and regulations before submitting their paper to the coordinator.
Devinder Singh Raina Memrorial Meritorious Student Award
To promote the subject of Geography, the Association of Punjab Geographers has instituted Meritorious Student Sward, in the memory of Devinder Singh Raina, Department of Geography, University of Jammu, Jammu. Meritorious Student Award, 2017 was presented to Ms Garima Jasrotia, Department of Geography, University of Jammu for standing First in MA Geography Examination, 2017 of University of Jammu, Jammu, at 18th APG Meet and International Conference, held at LPU, Phagwara on 27-28 October, 2017.
State Level Geographical Quiz Contest 2018
To involve all most all the colleges of the state teaching geography as a subject, the State Level Geographical Quiz Contest is now being conducted in two stages. This is done for a wider coverage and to make the subject more popular among students. In the first stage, Zonal Level Quiz Contest will be organized by different zones namely; Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala and Bathinda. The colleges with departments of geography in these zones will compete at Zonal Level. The winners at zonal level will compete for State Level at SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana. The zonal quiz is being conducted by DAV College for Women, Amritsar, Doaba College, Jalandhar, SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana, Govt. College, Mohali, Govt. Mohindra College, Patiala and Baba Farid College, Deon, Bathinda. Zonal Level competition will be held between January 29 and February 10, 2018. The final Quiz Contest will be conducted in the third week of February, 2018 at SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana.
Punjab Geographer
Original research papers are invited for publication from the members. Members can contact Dr. H. S. Mangat, E-mail editor@apgorg.org. Please visit website of APG: www.apgorg.org to see the guidelines for the authors and format of the paper.
News about the Members
Dr. Dharam Singh Sandhu, Principal SCD Govt. College, Ludhiana and President Elect APG has been conferred the prestigious ‘State Award’ in the field of Education for his outstanding contribution by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Punjab, Capt. Amarinder Singh on 15th August, 2017 on the eve of the Independence Day celebrations at Gurdaspur.
Dr. Anuradha Sharma, has joined as Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Jammau.
Dr. Simrit Kahlon has taken over as Chairperson, Department of Geography, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Dr. Sarina Kalia has taken over as Dean Student Welfare, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.
News from the Departments
Institute for Spatial Planning and Environment Research:
ISPER is conducting two days National Seminar (21-22 April, 2018) on “Massive Urbanization Process and the Indian Society: Challenges and Response”. For details visit www.isperonline.com.
Department of Geography, Panjab University Chandigarh:
Jasmine S. Singh has been awarded Ph.D degree on the topic "Trends of Urbanization and Patterns of Distribution of Urban Centres in Punjab: 1971-2011," under the supervision of Professor, Samita Bhutani.
Ms Savita Ahlawat has been awarded Ph.D degree on the topic, “Spatial Patterns of Food Security in Kandi Belt of Punjab and Haryana”, under the supervision of Professor Dhian Kaur.
Department of Geography, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra:
Mr. Surjit Singh Saini has been awarded Ph.D degree on the topic "Risk and Vulnerability Assessment of Floods in Ghaggar River Basin", under the supervision of Professor S.P. Kaushik.
Ms Amrita has been awarded Ph.D degree on the topic “Dynamics and Economy of Groundwater Resources in Haryana”, under the supervision of Professor Omvir Singh.
Department of Geography MD University, Rohtak:
Ms Subodh Rani has been awarded Ph.D degree on the topic “Road Transportation Network and Regional Development in Haryana”, under the supervision of Professor K.V.Chamar.
Suman Gulia has been awarded Ph.D degree on the topic, “Changing Spatial Organisation of Rural Service Centers in Mahindergarh District”, under the supervision of Professor K.V.Chamar.
Geographical News
Receding glacier causes immense Canadian river to vanish in four days:
An immense river that flowed from one of Canada’s largest glaciers vanished over the course of four days last year, scientists have reported, in an unsettling illustration of how global warming dramatically changes the world’s geography. The abrupt and unexpected disappearance of the Slims river, which spanned up to 150 metres at its widest points, is the first observed case of “river piracy”, in which the flow of one river is suddenly diverted into another. For hundreds of years, the Slims carried meltwater northwards from the vast Kaskawulsh glacier in Canada’s Yukon territory into the Kluane river, then into the Yukon river towards the Bering Sea. But in spring 2016, a period of intense melting of the glacier meant the drainage gradient was tipped in favour of a second river, redirecting the meltwater to the Gulf of Alaska, thousands of miles from its original destination. theguardian.com.
Giant Antarctic iceberg 'hanging by a thread', say scientists:
A giant section of an Antarctic ice shelf is hanging by a thread and could break off at any moment, researchers have revealed. The split in the Larsen C ice shelf of the Antarctic peninsula will release a huge iceberg 5,000 sq km in size – an area about a quarter of the size of Wales. “The rift is nearly 200km long now, and it has turned towards the ice front, suggesting that it has only got that last piece to go – and that last section is only 13km,” said Professor Adrian Luckman, a scientist at Swansea University and leader of the UK’s Midas project – an endeavour that has been monitoring the situation at the Larsen C ice shelf. theguardian.com.
Early North American Settlers:
Genetic evidence gleaned from the full genomic profile of the six week old girl and another infant suggests that the continent’s first settlers arrived in a single migratory wave around 20900 years ago. All Native Americans can trace their ancestry to a single migration event that happened at the tail-end of the last Ice Age. These people migrated from Siberia into Alaska via an ancient land bridge known as Beringia the size of which was 1000kms at its widest extent. Nature.
The 1883 Krakatoa Explosion Made the Loudest Sound in History:
The loudest sound in history from a singular sonic event came as a consequence of the explosion of Krakatoa, one of the names (along with Vesuvius) that has become a byword for volcanic disaster. And with good cause: when it blew in modern-day Indonesia on Sunday, 26 August 1883, it caused not only 36,000 deaths at the very least and untold destruction of other kinds, but let out a sound heard 3,000 miles away.