Prof. Anuradha Banerjee : IAGR Conference 2024

  Prof. Anuradha Banerjee, CSRD, School of Social, Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Anuradha Banerjee is a Professor of Geography in The Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She offers courses in Geography (with specialization in Urban Geography and Population with particular reference to India) to MA (Masters) and Ph.D. students. Forty Four (44) Ph.D. Theses and Fifty-One (51) M. Phil Dissertations have been awarded under her supervision. Her research areas are Urbanisation and Urban Environment; Population Issues including Maternal and Child Health; Reproductive Health; Public Health; Human Ecology; Integrated Coast Zone Management; Development Studies (Women and Child Development); Human Settlements, Issues of Uneven Development; Exclusion and Discrimination of Marginalised Communities and Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Geographical Analysis. She has Authored / Edited Five Books (5); contributed Twenty Eight Chapters (28) to Edited Books; published Forty Four (44) Research Articles in Journals; completed Eleven Research Projects (11); and has contributed One Hundred and Two Research Papers (102) in National and International Conferences. Her Books include: “Population Dynamics in Contemporary South Asia: Health, Education and Migration” (by Springer; Co-editor); “Contemporary Health Issues in India: Challenges and Responses (Rajesh Publications, Delhi; Editor); “Contemporary Urbanisation in India: Issues and Challenges in the 21st Century” (Concept Publishing House, Delhi; Editor); Environment, Population and Settlements in Sundarban Delta (Concept Publishing House, Delhi; Sole Author) and Sustainable Livelihoods of Tribal Communities in India: The Case of Mayurbhanj (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Co-Author). She has been associated with various projects under Ministries of Government of India, Research Organisations, Universities and Think Tanks. She has held several positions including President of INCA (Indian National Cartographic Association), Expert Committee Member UGC-UKIERI Joint Research Programme, Member of Academic Councils, Member of Board of Studies of several Universities; Expert Committee Member of NRDMS, DST, Government of India; Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), Joint Editor of the Annals of the Association of Indian Geographers and other journals; and Visiting Faculty of Universities.