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Designation Professor
Department Department of Geography
Address (Campus) Delhi School of Economics, North Campus,
University of Delhi- 110007
(Residence) 14 Park Area, Karol Bagh, New Delhi- 110005
Phone No (Campus) 91-11-27666491
(Residence)optional 91-11-23619381
Mobile 91-9871453503
Fax 91-11-23628369
Email anu_iias@yahoo.com
Web-Page

Education
Subject Institution Year Details
PhD University of Delhi 1989 Thesis topic: Ecological Implications of
Changing Land Use in Kashmir Valley
M phil University of Delhi 1983 Thesis topic: Ecological Study of the Dal
Lake, Kashmir Valley
MA University of Delhi 1981 Subjects: Geography
BA University of Delhi 1979 Subjects: Geography
Career Profile
Organisation / Institution Designation Duration Role
University of Delhi Lecturer 1988-1995 Teaching and research
University of Delhi Senior Lecturer 1995-1997 Teaching and research
University of Delhi Lecturer 1997-2002 Teaching and research
University of Delhi Reader 2002-2014 Feb Teaching and research
University of Delhi Professor 2014 Feb - present Teaching and research
Indian Institute of Advance Studies Fellow 2002-2006 Research
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library Senior Fellow 2013 – 2014 Feb Research
Research Interests / Specialization
Geography in India
Environmental Geography
Disasters and their Management in India
Research on the University of Delhi
Teaching Experience ( Subjects/Courses Taught)
Disasters and their management
Geography in India

Honors & Awards

Amartya Sen Award for Distinguished Social Scientist, 2012
Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, 2013
Fellow, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, 2002
Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation and R.N. Dubey Award for Leadership to Middle Level Geographers, 2001

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Junior and Senior Research Fellowship, UGC, 1984

Publications (LAST FIVE YEARS)

Books / Monographs
Year of Title Publisher Co-Author
Publication
2008 On Disasters in India Cambridge University Nil
Press
2010 Vulnerable India: A Geographical Studies of Disasters Sage Publications Nil

In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals

Year of Title Journal Co-Author
Publication
2003 Opportunity a bit late, death a bit soon- Chandra Pal Geographers None
Singh (1932-2000) Bibliographical
Studies
2003 Spaces of the Eve Fear (A Case of University of Delhi Population None
Campus) Geography
2004 Hazards in Delhi: A Geographical Enquiry Studies in Humanities None
and Social Science
2004 Geography in India: Languishing social science Economic and None
Political Weekly
2005 Insensitive India: Attitudes towards disaster prevention Economic and None
and management Political Weekly
2010 The Value of Place Names in India Economic and None
Political Weekly
Articles
Mapping Gopal Krishan, 1940-2002, in Reinventing Regional Development: Festschrift to honour Gopal Krishan, (ed) Surya Kant et al,
New Delhi, Rawat, 2004

Conference Presentations
“Reflections on the Curricula of Geography in India”, Conference on Redesign of Social Science Curricula, held at Penang, Malaysia,
19th-22nd November, 2004
“Simple Experiments: In Search for Truth”, Third International Research Conference, held at University of New South Wales, Sydney,
th th
5 -7 September, 2010
“Mapping the Idea of a Disaster”, Special Lecture at Indian National Cartographic Association’s Thirty First International Congress on
Cartography for Disaster Management, held at Chandigarh, October 15-17, 2011
“The C3 Course: A Holistic Pre-PhD Programme”, National Brainstorming Workshop on Philosophy and Research Methodology of
Geography, held at Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, December 7-8, 2011
“Reorient...”, Reorienting Geography to meet present and future challenges, Department of Geography, Beneras Hindu University,
Varanasi, March 14-16, 2012
Total Publication Profile optional
Books
7
In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals
17

Articles

Conference Presentations
20

Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity

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Professional Societies Memberships
Association of Geographical Studies, New Delhi
National Association of Geographers, India, New Delhi
Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta
Indian Institute of Geomorphologists, Allahabad
Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation, New Delhi
Regional Science Association, Calcutta
Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations)
2013 Designed the Calendar 2013 & 2014, published by the University of Delhi
2012 Tactile Map: University of Delhi – North Campus
2012 University of Delhi: Tree Census 2012
2012 Skyline of the University of Delhi
2012 Reaching the Colleges/ Institutes of the University of Delhi via the Delhi Metro
2002 Ecological Perspectives of City Greens: A Study of Ajmal Khan Park, Delhi, Research Report No 33 under the Indian Human
Settlement, Delhi: Human Settlement Management Institute, HUDCO (A report prepared as Convenor of the Ecowatch Residential
Society of the Ajmal Khan Park)
1996 Unfinished Words & Untold Works of an Indian Geographer: SG Burman, 1921-95, Association of Geographical Studies, Delhi
Other Details

Anu Kapur

(Signature of Faculty Member) (Signature & Stamp of Head of the Department)

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