Dr. TARUNA BANSAL Assistant Professor Department of Geography Faculty of Natural Sciences Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi - 110025 tbansal@jmi.ac.in RESEARCH INTERESTS Urbanization and its forms, Historical Geography, Regional disparity and development, Gender in relation to labour and Cartographic mapping PROFESSIONAL POSITION 2006 present: Assistant Professor (Grade Pay 7000) in Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University) at New Delhi, India. EDUCATION 2013: Doctor of Philosophy, Geography, Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India Thesis Topic: Women as Workers and Consumers in Metropolitan India: A Study of Service Sector in Delhi and Kolkata 2003: Master of Philosophy, Geography, Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, with a grade of A Minus, FGPA-7.0 out of 9 (1 st class). Dissertation Topic: Emerging Development Corridors in India: A Comparative Study of Kanpur - Lucknow and Ghaziabad Meerut axes (1971-1991) 2000: Master of Arts, Geography, Centre for study of Regional Development (CSRD) - School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, with a grade of A Minus, FGPA-7.22 out of 9 (1 st class). Areas of expertise: Regional development, quantitative methods in regional development, remote sensing techniques, rural development, urban geography, social geography, population geography, history of geographical thought, economic geography, area studies, ecology, hydrology, climatology, physical geography, statistical methods. 1998: Bachelor of Science, Geography Honours, University of Calcutta, Lady Brabourne College, India, with First Class. PUBLICATIONS BOOK CHAPTERS Bansal, T. (2011) Urban Corridors in India: A Study of Kanpur-Lucknow Corridor (1971-2001), in M. H. Qureshi (Ed.) Jamia Geographical Studies, Manak Publications, New Delhi, pp. 127 152, ISBN 978-81-7831-280-4
Bansal, T. (2009) Situating Women in Geography in Ravi Singh (Ed.) Indian Geography in the 21 st Century: The Young Geographer s Agenda, Cambridge Scholars Publishing Company, pp. 204 217, ISBN 978-14-4381-365-5 PAPER PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES/SEMINARS ATTENDED INTERNATIONAL 2013: Paper titled Consumption Pattern and Preference of Working Women in the Service Sector of Kolkata sent to the 1 st South Asia History Conference, to be held from 11 th -13 th November at Department of Geography, University of Burdwan, Burdwan. 2013: Paper titled Urbanization in a Colonial Situation: A case Study of Early Twentieth Century Bombay Presidency sent to the 1 st South Asia History Conference, to be held from 25 th 27 th October at Panjabi University, Patiala (Co-authored with Awadh Narayan Choubey and Sunil Sisodia). 2009: Presented paper titled Defining Gender and Service Sector in Delhi and Kolkata, India at the 10 th Asian Urbanization Conference, held from 16 th - 19 th August at University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China. 2008: Presented paper titled Women Labour Force in the Metropolitan Cities across India at ENQUIRE Conference - Ways of Living: Inequalities, Risks and Choices, held from 17 th - 18 th June at University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. 2008: Presented paper titled Slums of India: A Study of Million-plus Municipal Corporations at Second International Indian Geography Congress, of NAGI held from 29 th February - 1 st March at J. R. N. Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, Udaipur, Rajasthan (Co-authored with A. Kumar). NATIONAL 2013: Attended National Symposium on Relevance of Indian Geography in 21st Century Shri A. M. Khwaja Chair in collaboration with the Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, 20 th to 21st February. 2011: Attended National Symposium on Paradigm Shift in Geography, Shri A. M. Khwaja Chair in collaboration with the Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, 28th to 29th November. 2008: Presented paper titled Urban Basic Amenities: An analysis of urban areas in Uttar Pradesh among Scheduled and Non-scheduled Population at XXXVI National Conference of Rajasthan Geographical Association held from 26 th - 28 th September at Department of Geography, B. R. Ambedkar P. G. Government College, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan (Co-authored with A. Anand)
2007: Presented paper titled Women as Workers and Consumers in the Service Sector: A Study of Metropolitan India at a one-day seminar on Women, Work and Productivity held on 16 th April at the Lecture Hall, Annexe, India International Centre, New Delhi. 2006: Presented paper titled Women as Workers and Consumers in Metropolitan India: A study of the service sector in Delhi and Kolkata at Gender in Research: A Student Seminar organized by Women Studies Programme on 10 th - 11 th February at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. 2003: Presented paper titled Contextualizing Working Women in India at the National Conference of the Indian Society for Labour Economics, 15 th 17 th December at Kolkata (Co-authored by B. K. Choudhary). 2003: Presented paper titled Impact of Corridor Development on Land-use of Rural Area at the National Conference on Population, Poverty and Environment on 10 th -12 th May at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. 2001: Presented paper titled Development and Quality of Life: A State level Analysis at the National Conference on Environment, Development and Quality of Life on 23 rd 24 th February at Gorakhpur (Co-authored by B. K. Choudhary). 2000: Presented paper titled Housing in India: Struggle in Urban Area and Negligence in Rural Areas at 32 nd Annual Regional Science Conference held on 17 th 18 th November at Calcutta. WORKSHOPS / CONVENTIONS ATTENDED: 2010: Third Workshop for EDUSAT based Distance Learning Programme for Experience and Future Plans held at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun on 7 th may. 2004: Workshops to Review the Question Bank of the Social Science Secondary Level Course for the Demand Examination System, held at National Institute of Open Schooling, New Delhi in October. 2004: Workshop at the National Institute of Open Schooling, New Delhi for developing Tutor Marked Assignments in Geography in September. 2003: Workshop on Status of GIS in European Union and South Asia organized by Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and University of Salzburg, Austria, 7 th 9 th November at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
LECTURES DELIVERED 2013: Lecture delivered on Fundamentals of Cartography during training programme on Basics of Remote Sensing and GIS for the university and college faculty during (17 th June 2013 to 30 th June 2013) funded by the Department of Space on 25 th June. ACADEMIC AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2002: Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), University Grants Commission, India. 2000: National Eligibility for Lectureship, University Grants Commission, India. 2000: Scholarship for doing Masters on the basis of results of Graduation (1995-1998) under the National Scholarship Scheme of Government of India. 1998:- Scholarship on the basis of results of Higher Secondary Examination, 1995 under the National Scholarship Scheme of West Bengal Government. RESEARCH GRANTS 2009: Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) awarded the grant for research paper presentation and participation in the 10 th Asian Urbanization Conference, held from 16 th - 19 th August at University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China. ORIENTATION AND REFRESHER COURSES 2012 1st Three Weeks Special Winter Programme (11 th December 2012 1 st January 2013) at Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi as Orientation Course. 2013 - Three Weeks Refresher Course on Geography and Environmental Studies (22nd January 2013 13 th February 2013) at Academic Staff College, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. PROFESSIONAL COURSES 2010: Eight Weeks (3 rd May - 25 th June) ISRO sponsored NNRMS (National Natural Resource Management System) course on Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Cartography and Mapping at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun. 2007: One Week (15 th - 19 th January) Training programme on 'Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing' at Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre, CAZRI (ISRO), Jodhpur. 2002: Two weeks (21 st August - 3 rd September) Certificate course on Thematic Cartography with an exposure to Map Info (Computer Cartography) at National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organization (NATMO), Kolkata.
ADVISING RESPONSIBILITIES Ph.D 1. Name of the Student: Mr. Awadh Narayan Choubey Topic: Urban Corridors in India: A Case Study of Delhi-Centric Northern Corridor M.A/PG Diploma Project/Dissertation 2. Name of the Student: Rajshree Kar (2012 13) Topic: Role of Women Waste-pickers in Solid Waste Management in the Local Markets of Delhi 3. Name of the Student: Mr. Awadh Narayan Choubey (2010-11) Topic: Urban Corridors in India: A Study of Lucknow-Kanpur Corridor 1971-2001 5. Name of the Student: Mr. Punit Kumar (2010-11) Topic: Availability of Basic Amenities in India: A State-level Analysis TEACHING EXPERIENCE (Last 3 Years) 2013 14: Courses to be taught at Jamia Millia Islamia Urban Geography ( PhD course work) Evolution of Modern Geographic Thought - Theory (Postgraduate) History of Geographical Thought - Theory (Undergraduate) Man and Environment (Undergraduate) Topographic and Thematic Mapping (Diploma in Digital Cartography) 2012 13: Courses taught at Jamia Millia Islamia Urban Geography ( PhD course work) Cartographic Mapping - Theory (Diploma in Digital Cartography) Geography of Resources and Environment (Undergraduate) Quantitative Techniques in Cartography (Diploma in Digital Cartography) Cartographic Techniques and Representation of Physical Data (Undergraduate) Surveying (Undergraduate) 2011 2012 Courses taught at Jamia Millia Islamia Urban Geography (Postgraduate) Cartographic Mapping - Theory (Diploma in Digital Cartography) Geography of Resources and Environment (Undergraduate) FIELD EXPERIENCE 2008: Field advisor for a class of M.A/M. Sc. (Previous) Students in Jamia Millia Islamia to study the socio-economic characteristics in Goa, India
2007: Member in charge for Digital Image Processing (DIP) Training Programme for M.A/M.Sc.(Final) students in Jamia Millia Islamia at Regional Remote Sensing Centre, CAZRI Campus, Jodhpur to understand the use and need of remote sensing and GIS techniques in Geography. 2006: Fieldwork for PhD thesis in New Delhi and Kolkata, India to study women as workers and consumers in these two metropolitan cities with different development trajectories. 2002: Fieldwork for M.Phil Dissertation in Lucknow-Kanpur and Ghaziabad-Meerut Urban Corridors, India to study the development of these corridors and highlight the differences among them. 2001: Fieldwork in different NGOS to gather information on water resource management in India for Flood Forum (NGO based in Delhi). 2000: Fieldwork as a part of Masters Degree requirement to study the Humanenvironment interactions in the Gharwal Himalayas, Uttaranchal, India with a special emphasis on the transhumance community in Mana village. 1999: Field work as a part of Masters Degree requirement to study the socio-economic dimensions and urban linkages between satellite town Libaspur and New Delhi, India. 1998: Fieldwork as a part of Bachelor degree requirement to study the socio-economic aspects and tourism in Ward no. 38, Jaipur, India. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (Last three years) 2013: Member, Library Committee, Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia 2011: Assistant Superintend of Examination for the Academic Session 2010-11. 2011: Member, Time-Table Committee, Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia