Nowgong Girls' College

Nowgong Girls’ College is a premier institute of women’s education located in the Nagaon district of Assam, India. The College is affiliated to the Gauhati University and was re-accredited at A Grade by the NAAC in its 2nd assessment cycle. The College caters to the educational needs of more than 2000 students from Assam and beyond.
The Department of Geography, Nowgong Girls’ College was established along with the College in 1962. Since its inception, the Department has been rendering yeoman’s service in catering to the need of studying Geography of girl students of central Assam and beyond. At present, the Department has 6 full time faculty members and about 300 students in the Post Graduate, Under-Graduate and Higher Secondary levels. The department has research linkages with the Departments of Geography of Gauhati University, Osaka Gakuin University (Japan) and Nara Women\'s University (Japan). The department is at the forefront of research in remote sensing and GIS sciences, fluvial geomorphology, livelihood and gender issues and wildlife ecology. It has a vibrant culture of organizing field trips, seminars, workshops, and talks etc.

Faculty Members

                                            
DR. DIBYAJYOTI SAIKIA
                                                       
                                                        Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 

                                                                                                                Qualification: MA, M.Phil, Ph.D 
                                                                                                                
Dr. Smarajit Ojah
                                                       
                                                        Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

                                                                                                                Qualification: PhD 
                                                                                                                
DR. NAZNEEN AKHTAR
                                                       
                                                        Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

                                                                                                                Qualification: M.A, Ph.D 
                                                                                                                
MANASH JYOTI BHUYAN
                                                       
                                                        Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

                                                                                                                Qualification: M.A., M.Phil. 
                                                                                                                
DR. NILOTPAL  KALITA
                                                       
                                                        Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

                                                                                                                Qualification: PhD, NET 
                                                                                                                
ASHISH SAIKIA
                                                       
                                                        Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 

                                                                                                                Qualification: MA 
                                                                                                                
INDRANEE CHAKRABORTY
                                                       
                                                        Designation: LECTURER

Programmes & Courses

ID	Programme Type	Programmes	Duration	Intake Capacity	Status	Syllabus
100	REGULAR	H.S. Arts	2 Years	150	Ongoing	View File
99	REGULAR	B.A. HONOURS	3 Years	40	Ongoing	View File
98	REGULAR	B.Sc. HONOURS	3 Years	10	Ongoing	View File
97	REGULAR	B.A. REGULAR	3 Years	500	Ongoing	View File
96	REGULAR	B.Sc. REGULAR	3 Years	500	Ongoing	View File
95	REGULAR	M. Sc.	2 Years	20	Ongoing	View File
94	REGULAR	M.A.	2 Years	20	Ongoing	View File
93	VOCATIONAL	GEOINFORMATICS	2 Years	15	To Be Announced	View File
92	ADD-ON	CERTIFICATE COURSE IN GIS & GPS	2 Months	20	To be announced	View File
91	ADD-ON	IDENTIFICATION & RESCUE OF SNAKES & REPTILES	2 Months	30	Completed	View File
90	ADD-ON	SOCIAL SURVEY METHODS	2 Months	20	Ongoing	View File
89	ADD-ON	MAP READING & ANALYSIS	2 Months	20	To be announced	View File

Activities

ID	Activities	Description	Date	View
372	INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON "LIVELIHOOD SUSTENANCE IN THE FACE OF CHANGING CLIMATE"	A Seven Days international workshop on "Livelihood Sustenance in the Face of Changing CLimate" was organised by the department foe the benefit of students as well as faculty members of the c	2023-03-17	View File
370	Cultural Rally in College Youth Fest, 2023	A Cultural Rally on the theme" Soha JIbanor Sohoki Roop: The Essence of Rural Life" was taken out by all students of the department through the streets of the city on the occasion ofCollege	2023-03-06	View File
369	Inauguration of Departmental Newsletter and Wall magazine	Dr. Biswajit Das, Associate Professor, Department of Assamese of the college inaugurated the Departmental newsletter "The Erde" and wall magazine "Bhougulika" in presence of studen	2023-03-03	View File
368	Field Trip of B.A 4th Semester (General) students to Seijosa , Sonitpur district, Assam	The department organised a field trip to Seijosa to give the students of B.A 4th Semester (Gen) an experience of the Himalayan foothill region (Terai Region).	2023-02-17	View File
366	Field trip of HS Final Year students to Da Parbatiya and Bam Parbatiya, Tezpur (Sonitpur)	The students participated actively in the field trip and gathered brief information about geography and history of Da Parbatiya and Bam Parbatiya	2023-01-29	View File
367	Demonstration of Digital Weather Station and its functioning to school students	The Department invited the students and teachers of Uzan Haibargaon Primary School to get a sneak peak of the Digital Weather station installed on the roof top of the department.	2023-01-19	View File
325	Book Release Programme at Gauhati University	A book on 'Resource Management and Livelihood Issues: Regional and National Perspectives' was released at the Department of Geography, Gauhati University edited by Prof. A. K. Bora & Dr. D. Saikia	2022-11-23	View File
85	ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on Environment, Livelihoods and Self Reliance with Special Reference to North-East India	A Two day ICSSR sponsored National seminar on Environment, Livelihoods and Self Reliance with special reference to North East India was held on 14th and 15th October, 2022	2022-10-14	View File
153	Celebration of 'World Tourism Day'	A poster making competition was organised among the students	2022-09-27	View File
115	Inauguration of Departmental Wall Magazine	The departmental wall magazine “ Bhaugulika” for the session 2021-22 was inaugurated on the 3rd of March 2020. The theme of the wall magazine was “Awesome Assam”	2022-06-11	View File
116	Awareness Rally on Women Empowerment	An Awareness Rally on Women Empowerment was organised by the Department on 10th of June, 22 in which 23 students from the department enacted various roles of women played in JP Agarwala's dramas	2022-06-10	View File
118	Celebrating World Environment Day	On the 5th of June, 2022, the department celebrated World Environment Day by planting mango saplings just outside the college campus along the banks of the Kolong river.	2022-06-05	View File
119	Workshop on Methods and Techniques in Social Geography	A one day workshop on “Methods and Techniques in Social Geography” was organised by the department on the 4th of June, 2022.	2022-06-04	View File
120	Celebration of World No Tobacco Day	On the occasion of ‘World No Tobacco Day’ a poster making competition was organised by the Department among its students to raise awareness about the ill effects of tobacco consumption. This year,	2022-05-31	View File
121	Inauguration of Departmental Newsletter	The Departmental Newsletter for the session 2020-21 named ‘The Erde’ compiled by Dr.Nazneen Akhtar and Manash Jyoti Bhuyan was inaugurated by the principal of the college, Dr. Balin Kumar Bhuyan	2022-03-11	View File
6	Workshop on 'Basics of Photography'	The workshop was organised with the Department of Zoology in collaboration with IQAC and ICGC, NGC. Mr. Neeraj Bora was the resource person of the event.	2022-03-05	View File
5	One-day Seminar on 'Climate Change: Genesis, Mitigation and Future Ahead'	The event was organised in collaboration with IQAC and ICGC, NGC and the session was delivered by Prof. D. Sahariah, Department of Geography, Gauhati University	2022-03-05	View File
4	Celebrating World Wildlife Day	An invited talk on 'Human-Elephant Conflict in Nagaon District, Assam' was delivered by Mr. Chandan Bhuyan, Assistant Professor, Royal Global University on the occasion of World Wildlife Day.	2022-03-03	View File
10	Awareness Programme on' Health and Hygiene'	The programme was organised as an extension activity for the school students of Uzan Haibargaon L. P. School, Uttar Haibargaon, Nagaon	2022-03-03	View File
7	Celebrating 'National Science Day'	A drawing competition was organised by the department for the school students of Class VII-XII	2022-02-28	View File
12	Celebrating 'World Wetlands Day'	Mr. Tinku Nath, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Dhing College delivered a lecture on, 'Wetland Conservation and Sustainability Issues'	2022-02-02	View File
122	Five-days Workshop on 'Quantitative Techniques in Geographical Research'	A Five Days Workshop on various Quantitative Techniques and Methods used in Geographical Research was held from January 20-25, 2022 with experts from different colleges of Nagaon district deliberating	2022-01-20	View File
32	Excursion to Silghat	This field trip was organised for the students of B.A. 3rd Semester (Honours)	2022-01-11	View File
13	Workshop on 'Contemporary Practices in Resource Management'	The event was organised by the Department of Botany and Geography in collaboration with IQAC, NGC.	2021-12-27	View File
123	Workshop on 'Contemporary Practices in Resource Management'	A total of 46 students participated in a one day workshop on 'Contemporary Practices in Resource Management' organised by our department in collaboration with the department of Botany on 27th of Dec	2021-12-27	View File
11	Workshop on 'Spatial Analysis Techniques and Thematic Data Representation in GIS'	The workshop was organised virtually where Mr. Azruddin Khan, Independent Researcher was the Resource Person.	2021-10-07	View File
124	Talk on ‘Virtual Understanding of Remote Sensing and Accessing of Satellite Imagery’	A Talk on ‘Virtual Understanding of Remote Sensing and Accessing of Satellite Imagery’ was organised by the department on 23rd of August, 2021.	2021-08-23	View File
19	Workshop on 'Yoga and Meditation'	Mrs. Snigdha Bordoloi, Akuyarma Therapeutic Trainer did the sessions of Yoga and Meditation at Uzan Haibargaon L. P. School, Uttar Haibargaon, Nagaon	2021-03-03	View File
20	Invited Talk on 'Application of Geospatial Techniques in Multidisciplinary Studies'	Dr. Biman Lahkar, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, B.P.Chaliha College, Nagarbera delivered the talk during SCIFIESTA-21	2021-02-23	View File
26	Celebrating 'World Wetlands Day' 2021	Theme: Wetlands and Water	2021-02-02	View File
21	Online Lecture Programme on 'Social Geography Through Ages, Social Space and Social Well-Being'	Prof. Madhushree Das, Department of Geography, Gauhati University delivered the lecture.	2020-11-12	View File
17	E-Lecture on 'Career Opportunities in Geography'	Azruddin Khan was the main speaker of the programme and was attended by 45 students from the department.	2020-09-08	View File
14	International Webinar on 'Research in Social Sciences'	An international webinar was organised with four reputed resource persons and attended by1127 participants across the globe	2020-08-30	View File
15	E-Workshop on 'Identification and Selection of a Research Problem'	Prof. Tulshi Das, Department of Social Work, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh delivered the session	2020-07-15	View File
18	E-Course on 'Application of Geoinformatics in Ecological Studies'	The course was conducted by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun at our college during 13/07/2020 to 24/07/2020	2020-07-13	View File
24	Workshop cum Field Training on 'Identification, Rescue, and Rehabilitation of Snakes and Turtles'	The workshop was organised on June 24 & 25, 2019 in collaboration with National Wildlife Division (Kaziranga National Reserve).	2020-06-24	View File
25	One Week Workshop on 'Application of Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques in Wildlife Sciences'	The event was organised by Nagaon Wildlife Division (Kaziranga National Reserve) in association with the department from June 16-23, 2020 for their frontline officials and staff	2020-06-16	View File
23	One Week Workshop on 'Application of Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques in Wildlife Sciences'	The event was organised by Nagaon Wildlife Division (Kaziranga National Reserve) in association with the department from June 16-22, 2020 for their frontline officials and staff	2020-06-16	View File
27	Seminar on 'Application of GIS in Geographical Studies'	Ms. Roopjyoti Hazarika, Assistant Professor, ADP College was the resource person.	2020-03-15	View File

Achievements

ID	Achievement	Date	View
2	Received the BEST DEPARTMENT AWARD in the NGC YOUTH FEST for the session 2019-20 held from 1st-7th February	2020-02-07	View File
17	Received the BEST DEPARTMENT AWARD in the NGC YOUTH FEST for the session 2018-19 held from 4th-9th February	2019-02-04	View File

Programme Specific Outcome

Developing the key concepts and deeper understanding of Geographical diversity and Principles of physical and Human Geography.
• To provide a general idea about the topographic and surficial characteristics of the earth’s surface to the students.
• To make the students aware of the dynamic geomorphic processes responsible for the development of landforms of varied types and nature
• To apply scientific knowledge on landform development based on geomorphic concepts, principles and theories.
• General understanding of map type, map scale and map content.
• It seeks to develop new insights among students on how tourism and allied activities are shaped by geography of an area and also how such activities are responsible in shaping economic, social and environmental context from global to local levels.
• It seeks to develop new insights among students on the relevance of climatic variable stagnating on climate change.
• Understand what methods to use for geographical data analysis
• Understand the principles of surveying and mapping.
• Preparing students for UGC NET-JRF / SLET exam and other competitive exams including civil services
• The students will learn the problems and prospects associated with population and also know how population problem can be managed using the applied knowledge of geography.

Course Outcome

Publications

ID	Faculty Name	Month & Year	Journal Name	ISSN	Vol. & Issue No.	Link of The Journal Paper	View
353	Ashish Saikia	February, 2023	GeoJournal	03432521		https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-023-10843-4	View File
308	Dr. Nilotpal Kalita	2018	Links among Morphometry and Land Use of Belsiri River Basin: Assam, using RS and GIS’ published in “Problems and Prospects of Development in North East India"	ISBN: 978-93-82059-65-3	First Edition	https://www.amazon.in/dp/9382059652/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_i_Z3K1H4495Y3JXBP4ZAKN_0	View File
307	Dr. Nilotpal Kalita	2022	Flood frequency analysis of the Belsiri River, Assam, Published in Changing Environmental Systems and Emerging Challenges	ISBN 978-81-927261-8-2	second volume		View File
306	Dr. Nilotpal Kalita	October 2021	Journal of North-East India Council for Social science Research	ISSN 0970-7913	Joint Volume of COVID-19 Pandemic Period 44:1, 44:2, 45:1 and 45:2	https://neicssr.in/publications/	View File
303	Dr. Nilotpal Kalita	2022	Distribution of Tacca chantrieri (Taccaceae) in Assam, India, published in \'Biological Spectrum of North East India’ volume-II, the book edited by Majumdar, H.C. EBH Publishers (India)	ISBN: 978-93-92038-07-5	Volume 2		View File
296	Dr. Nilotpal Kalita	March, 2016	International Journal of Current Research	ISSN: 0975-833X	Vol. 8, Issue, 03	https://www.journalcra.com/article/soil-loss-sensitivity-belsiri-river-basin-using-universal-soil-lo	View File
295	Dr. Nilotpal Kalita	March-June, 2018	NGJI, An International Refereed Journal	(NGSI-BHU, ISSN: 0027-9374/2018/1650)	Vol. 64, No. 1-2	https://www.ngji.in/index.php/ngji/article/view/74/66	View File
290	Ashish Saikia	January, 2022	A Geographical Analysis of Floods in Kampur Revenue Circle, Nagaon, Assam, India in Multidisciplinary Subjects for Research-XV, Volume-1	ISBN: 978-91-987582-0-7			View File
289	Dr. Nilotpal Kalita	April 2022	Acta Ecologica Sinica	ISSN 1872-2032	Volume 42, issue 2	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1872203221001311	View File
287	Ashish Saikia	February, 2022	Impact of Oil Field Explosion on Biodiversity of Baghjan in Multidisciplinary Approach in Research, Volume-1	ISBN: 978-91-987582-5-2			View File
285	Dr. Dibyajyoti Saikia	November, 2022	"Agriculture and Livelihood Pattern in Nagaon District, Assam" in Resource Management and Livelihood Issues: Regional and National Perspectives	ISBN: 9789392038310			View File
284	Dr. Dibyajyoti Saikia	November, 2022	Resource Management and Livelihood Issues: Regional and National Perspectives	ISBN: 9789392038310			View File
253	Dr.Nazneen Akhtar	2015	Life and Living through newer spectrum of Geography	ISBN 978-81-7445-690-8			View File
252	Dr.Nazneen Akhtar	2021	International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research	2455-8834	4 (4)		View File
251	Dr.Nazneen Akhtar	2019	Contemporary Social Science	0302-9298	28 (2)		View File
250	Dr.Nazneen Akhtar	2022	Environment and Unsustainable Human Life-II, Published by V.L. Media Solutions, New Delhi.	ISBN: 978-93-91308-41-4			View File
243	Manash Jyoti Bhuyan	December, 2022	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	1614-7499		https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-022-24505-4	View File
236	Manash Jyoti Bhuyan	November, 2022	Resource Management and Livelihood Issues: Regional and National Perspectives	978-93-92038-31-0			View File
234	Manash Jyoti Bhuyan	March, 2022	Journal of Kagawa University International Office	1884-8745	14	https://kagawa-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_view_main_item_	View File
233	Manash Jyoti Bhuyan	January, 2021	North-East India: Physical Landscape and Environment	978- 93-90434-69-5			View File
231	Manash Jyoti Bhuyan	January, 2022	Drainage Basin Dynamics: An Introduction to Morphology, Landscape and Modelling	978-3-030-79634-1		https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-79634-1_20	View File
230	Manash Jyoti Bhuyan	December, 2021	Prajna Chandrika	978-81-929480-5-8			View File
229	Manash Jyoti Bhuyan	November, 2020	Uttar-Pub Bharator Sanskriti	978-81-944656-6-9			View File
228	Manash Jyoti Bhuyan	December, 2019	Development and Regional Planning (Special Focus on North-East India)	978-93-84679-59-0			View File
227	Manash Jyoti Bhuyan	September, 2019	Bedang	978-93-87263-79-6			View File

Departmental Publications

ID	Title	View
24	Newsletter (2020-21)	View File

Study Materials

ID	Topic	Class	View
534	Patterns of Urbanisation at Global Context	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
533	Patterns of Urbanisation in India	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
518	Society: Meaning and Types	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
517	Sector Theory	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
502	Concept and History of Remote Sensing	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
500	Burgess theory of Internal structure of towns	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
496	Concentric Zone Theory (Burgess)	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
489	Structure and Composition of the Earth's Atmosphere	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
474	Open Source GIS	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
472	Components of GIS	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
466	Planetary Winds and Forces Affecting them	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
465	Forces Affecting Winds	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
464	Planetary Winds: Meaning and Types	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
455	GIS: Definition and Development (P)	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
454	Sustainable Management (P)	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
453	GIS: Definition and Development	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
452	Sustainable Management	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
450	Social Space ii	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
448	Social Space	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
435	Sustainable Development: Concept, Components and Goals	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
434	Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
433	Sustainable Development	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
413	Rural-Urban Composition	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
412	Age-Sex Composition: Meaning and Significance	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
411	Age-Sex Composition: Global Context	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
389	Rural Urban fringe	PG 2ND SEM	View File
346	Assam : Physiography	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
338	Urban hierarchy, primate city and rank size rule	PG 2ND SEM	View File
334	origin and growth of settlements	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
333	Disaster (A)	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
332	Environmental Issues	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
331	Environment: Concept and Issues	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
309	Floods- An Overview	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
308	Floods: Causes, Types and Consequences	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
307	Pressure Belts and Wind System	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
306	Global Pressure Belts and Wind System	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
304	Pressure System and their Distribution	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
302	Ackerman's Population-Resource Regions	PG 2ND SEM	View File
301	Population-Resource Relationship	PG 2ND SEM	View File
288	Morphology of Landscape	PG 2ND SEM	View File
287	Overview of Man-Induced Disasters in India	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
286	Overview of Natural Disasters in India	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
285	Disaster/Hazard Risk and Vulnerability	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
284	Vulnerability Analysis	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
283	Risk Analysis	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
258	Hazards vs. Disasters	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
255	Types of Hazards and Disasters	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
254	Hazards: Meaning, Definition and Characteristics	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
247	Nature of Disasters	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
246	Disaster: Meaning and Definition	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
245	Hazards and Disasters	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
236	Trends in world population growth ii	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
235	Trends in world population growth	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
228	Locational Analysis	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
222	Locational School of Thought	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
209	Landscape: Concept, Development and Significance	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
208	Landscape School of Thought	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
185	History of Indian Remote Sensing	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
184	History of Remote Sensing (World)	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
169	Human Ecology: Concept, Methods and Development	PG 2ND SEM	View File
158	Human Ecology	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
144	National Disaster Management Plan	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
141	Disaster Management Act, 2005	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
140	Disaster Management Act :Pros and cons	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
137	National Environmental Policy	TDC 2ND YEAR	View File
124	Ecology and Ecosystem	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
123	Locational Significance of Assam	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
122	Biodiversity Conservation	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
121	Tourism and its potentiality in Assam	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
120	Social Change 602	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
119	Remote Sensing	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
118	Westernisation	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
117	Urbanisation	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
14	Sampling and its Types	TDC 3RD YEAR	View File
12	Functions of ecosystem	PG 1ST SEM	View File
9	Concept of Ecosystem	PG 1ST SEM	View File
7	Settlements: Types and Patterns II	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File
6	Settlements: Types and Patterns I	TDC 1ST YEAR	View File

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GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

Certificate course on GIS and GPS

International Workshop on "Livelihood Sustenance in the Face of Changing Climate"

Poster making Competition on the occasion of World Tourism Day

Prismatic Compass Survey

Celebration of "World No Tobacco Day"

Inauguration of Departmental Newsletter (2020-2021)

A snapshot amidst quadrant surveying

Awareness Programme on Health and Hygiene at Uzan Haibargaon L. P. School, Uttar Haibargaon, Nagaon

Visitors from Tokyo and Kochi University, Japan

Cultural Rally

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Faculty Members

DR. DIBYAJYOTI SAIKIA

Dr. Smarajit Ojah

DR. NAZNEEN AKHTAR

MANASH JYOTI BHUYAN

DR. NILOTPAL KALITA

ASHISH SAIKIA

INDRANEE CHAKRABORTY