The Department of Geography at Bankura Sammilani College is a newborn department. The department started its journey in the year 2010 with the affiliation under the University of Burdwan having only Pass Course (General). At that time Ms. Sanchita Banerjee designated as Guest Lecturer was monitoring the department. After a few years, she resigned from this post and the college authority appointed Ms. Payel Kundu and Ms. Papiya Kar as Guest Lecturers in this department. Later on, in 2018, the department upgraded to U. G Honours course under Bankura University. Later Prof. Ulfat Khan has taken the charge of Headship as he joined the post of Assistant Professor on 13.06.2017 being recommended by the WBCSC. Mr. Muktadar Hossain joined the post of Guest Lecturer on 11.09.2018, presently designated as SACT. A non-teaching staff, named Puja Biswas joined the department on a contingency basis on 01.02.2020. Initially the intake capacity of the dept. was 20 (pass course only). The present intake capacity is 30 in Honours and 30 in the programme under Bankura University. The department follows the CBCS pattern since 2017-18 undersigned by Bankura University. Though it is a very new department the department is improving rapidly and arranging the conventional & modern equipment. The atmosphere of the department is so warm and the bonding of teachers and students is the oxygen of the department. Cultural Programmes like Teachers’ Day, Freshers welcome, Annual Exhibition etc. are regularly organized by the students every year. It creates a cordial and energetic environment in the department. The results of the department are overwhelming.
Location: -The Geography department is located on the 3rd floor of Acharya Jagadish Chandra Block. It is situated on the floor just above the Central Library.