Department of Geography

Dr. Debasree Sinha

M.Sc., Ph.D Assistant Professor Department of Geography Loreto College, Kolkata

Email:

dsinha.geo@loretocollege.in, eyelen003@yahoo.co.in

Qualifications:

M.Sc., Ph.D

Awards and Recognition:

Teaching Experience:

2009-2012
Guest Faculty at the Department of Geography, Rani Birla Girls’ College (November 2009-August 2010; September 2010-August 2012).
2012-present
Joined as Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, Loreto College (September 2012)
2021-present
Guest Faculty at the Department of Geography, Jadavpur University

Administrative Experience:

• Member, NEP SAARTHI (2025 June-present)
• Member, Leadership Training Implementation (2025 May-present)
• Member, Anti-Ragging Committee (2025 March-present)
• Annual Investiture Committee (2025)
• Co-curricular and Cultural Coordinator (Student Council 2025-2026)
• Member, Co-curricular and Cultural Coordination Committee (2024-2025)
• Member, Value-Added Programme/Certificate Course Committee (2024 September-present)
• Member, NAAC 2026 Steering Committee (2024-present)
• Member, Editorial Board, Loreto College Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (2024-present)
• Member, Editorial Board of Loreto College Newsletter, Glimpses (2023-present)
• Nodal Officer, West Bengal Student Credit Card Scheme (2021-present)
• Staff Representative (2024 July-2025 February) and (2020-2021)
• Co-coordinator, two-day workshop on Geography Theory and Practical, Semester 5, Paper 12 (Remote Sensing, GIS, GNSS); Department of Geography, Loreto College in collaboration with UGBoS, Geography, Calcutta University. 10.1.2020 and 11.1.2020.
• Honorary Secretary, Loreto College Alumnae Association (2019-2020) and (2020-2021)
• Samagam Committee (Annual College Fest) – 2023, 2024, 2025.
• Honorary Joint Secretary, Loreto College Alumnae Association (2018-2019)
• Honorary Treasurer, Loreto College Alumnae Association (2015-2016)
• Member, Loreto College Awards Committee (2012-2013), (2013-2014) and (2014-2015)
• Officer-in-Charge of Calcutta University Examinations in Loreto College (2013-2014)
• Staff Advisor, Cine Society (2023-present)
• Staff Advisor Debating Society (2021-2023)
• Staff Advisor, Western Cultural Society (2012-present)

Research Interests:

Applied Geomorphology
Soil Geography
Environment
Disaster Management

Orientation / Refresher Courses:

  • • Enlighten: For a Brighter Tomorrow. 3-Day Leadership Development Residential Programme, organized by Christ Deemed to be University and United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, from 27th to 29th March 2025.
  • • Three Day Faculty Development Programme on Writing and Publishing for Indexed Journals, organized by The Research Cell, in collaboration with The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Loreto College, Kolkata, 18th to 20th February 2025.
  • • Faculty Orientation Programme conducted by Wadhwani Foundation on 21st Century Employability Skills Course, 6th to 7th June 2024.
  • • NEP 2020 Orientation & Sensitization Programme under Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme (MM-TTP) of University Grants Commission (UGC) Organized by MM-TTC, University of Calcutta from 3rd to 11th January 2024.
  • • 2nd Intensive Training Programme for the Young Geomorphologists, organized by IGI (Indian Institute of Geomorphologists) -Young Geomorphologists Forum, during 1st to 2nd November, 2021.
  • • FDP on QGIS organized by Prabhu Jagatbandhu College with course material provided by Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay; from 11th to 25th September 2020.
  • • 21 days Online GIS Training Program using QGIS, conducted by the Department of Geography, School of Earth Sciences, Central University of Karnataka, India, jointly with State Institute of Urban Development, Karnataka, India from 13th July to 2nd August 2020.
  • • Interdisciplinary Refresher Course on Disaster Management, organized by the UGC-HRDC, University of Calcutta from 4th to 24th January 2019.
  • • 10th Orientation Programme organized by the UGC-HRDC, Jawaharlal Nehru University from 13th February to 10th March 2017.

Presentations:

  • 2023
    Presented paper titled The Pandemic and the People: Reflections on the Impact of Lockdowns on India’s Legal Profession, at Reflections on the Impact of Pandemics on People, Places and Communities: A Social Science International Interdisciplinary Conference, organized by Social Science Research Council, U.S.A, in Collaboration with Department of Geography, Loreto College, Kolkata, India; on July 26, 2023.

Publications:

  • 2023
    • Sinha, D. 2023. A Review of Kolkata’s Vulnerability to Urban Flooding in an Era of Climate Change. In A. Bera, S. Mandal, S. Chatterjee, and B. Roy Chowdhury (Eds.), Environmental Sustainability and Livelihood (pp. 51-67). South Asian Institute for Advanced Research and Development (SAIARD).
    ISBN: 978-81-954965-6-3
  • 2022
    • Sapkale, J.B., Sinha, D., Susware, N.K. et al. 2022. Flood Hazard Zone Mapping of Kasari River Basin (Kolhapur, India), Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing 50, 2523–2541, Springer.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-022-01610-y
  • 2016
    • Joshi, V.U., Susware, N. & Sinha, D. 2016. Estimating soil loss from a watershed in Western Deccan, India, using Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation. Acta Geographica Debrecina, Landscape & Environment Series, 10(1), 13-25.
    https://doi.org/10.21120/LE/10/1/2

  • 2012
    • Sinha, D., Joshi, V.U. 2012. Application of Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) to recently reclaimed badlands along the Adula and Mahalungi Rivers, Pravara Basin, Maharashtra. Journal of the Geological Society of India 80, 341–350, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-012-0152-6