Haldia Government College

NAAC Accredited Grade 'A' College
Affiliated to Vidyasagar University
Estd. 1988

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Sk Mithun

Present Designation: Assistant Professor

Affiliation:     Department of Geography (UG & PG)

Haldia Government College

Debhog, Haldia, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, PIN-721657

 

MOB: +91 9735596586

Email Id:skmith786@gmail.com

Academic Qualification:

MA (Vidyasagar University)

PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)

NET/SET:

2011: Joint CSIR-UGC NET with JRF (Placed 10th rank in Earth Sciences)

2012: UGC NET

2013: SET (West Bengal College Service Commission)

 

Teaching Experience:

UG level: Since 14.01.2016 to till date (9 years and 3 months)

PG level: Since 14.01.2016 to till date (9 years and 3 months)

 

Research Areas:

Monitoring and modeling urban growth integrated with RS-GIS and machine learning approaches; Monitoring and modeling Earth’s resources using RS-GIS and machine learning approaches. Urban sustainability and urban planning; Urban climate and microclimate; Sustainable development goals and their status in developing countries. Assessing impacts of climate change.

 

Journal Article and Conference Proceedings Publications:

  1. Mithun, S., Islam, J., Karmakar, P. P., & Hossain, M. (2024). Do medium-sized cities matter? Investigating cause-specific urban and peri-urban dynamics of six medium-sized cities in eastern part of India. In Remote Sensing and GIS in Peri-Urban Research. Publication Date: 01-Aug-24, ISBN: 9780443158322.

 

  1. Islam, J., Mithun, S., Sarkar P. P., & Panda, S. (2024). Monitoring Yearly Forest Cover dynamics in Indian Sundarban region during 2000-2020: A Geospatial Approach. In Vegetation Dynamics and Crop Stress Elsevier, 2024, Publication Date: 01-Jul-24, ISBN: 9780323956161.

 

  1. Mithun, S., Sahana, M., Chattopadhyay, S., Chatterjee, S., Islam, J., & Costache, R. (2022). Comparative framework for spatially explicit urban growth modeling for monitoring urban land-use efficiency and sustainable urban development (SDG 11.3. 1): a study on Kolkata metropolitan area, India. Geocarto International, 37(27), 17933-17970.

 

  1. Islam, J., Ali, M., & Mithun, S. (2022). Slums in India: making sense of place in urban planning. GeoJournal, 87(3), 1913-1928.

 

  1. Mithun, S., Sahana, M., Chattopadhyay, S., Johnson, B. A., Khedher, K. M., & Avtar, R. (2021). Monitoring Metropolitan Growth Dynamics for Achieving Sustainable Urbanization (SDG 11.3) in Kolkata Metropolitan Area, India. Remote Sensing, 13(21), 4423.

 

  1. Chatterjee, S., Khan, A., Dinda, A., Mithun, S., Khatun, R., Akbari, H., … & Wang, Y. (2019). Simulating micro-scale thermal interactions in different building environments for mitigating urban heat islands. Science of The Total Environment, 663, 610-631.

 

  1. Mithun, S. K., Chattopadhyay, S., & Islam, J. (2017). Appraisal of Long-Term Process and Pattern of Urbanisation in West Bengal: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis. IASSI-Quarterly, 35(3and4), 333-352.

 

  1. Patra, S., Mishra, P., Mahapatra, S. C., & Mithun, S. K. (2016). Modelling impacts of chemical fertilizer on agricultural production: a case study on Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 2(4), 1-11.

 

  1. Mithun, S., Chattopadhyay, S., & Bhatta, B. (2016). Analyzing urban dynamics of metropolitan Kolkata, India by using landscape metrics. Papers in Applied Geography, 2(3), 284-297.

 

  1. Mithun, S., & Chattopadhyay, S. (2013, December 28-30). Analyzing spatio-temporal growth dynamics of Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA), India, 1980-2010. Paper presented at 12th International Asian Urbanization Conference, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

 

  1. Mithun, S., & Chattopadhyay, S. (2014, November 14-17). Compactness assessment of urban growth at spatio-temporal dimension using spatial autocorrelation: A case study of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), West Bengal, India. Paper presented at 27th Annual Conference of the India Institute of Geomorphologists (IGI), Digha, India.

 

  1. Mithun, S. (2018, February 24) Built-up sprawl and nature of Land Surface Temperature (LST) dynamics over Haldia municipality. Paper presented at the One-day National Level Seminar on “Environmental Change, Human Adaptation and Sustainability” at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya sponsored by The Department of Higher Education, West Bengal.

 

Book Publication:

  1. Khan, A., Akbari, H., Fiorito, F., Mithun, S., & Niyogi, D. (2022). Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation: Trends, Impacts, Strategies, and Technologies. Elsevier.

 

Book Chapters Publication:

  1. Mithun, S., Islam, J., Sarkar, P. P., & Hossain, M. (2024). Do medium-sized cities matter? Investigating cause-specific urban and periurban dynamics of six medium-sized cities in Eastern India. In Modern Cartography Series (Vol. 11, pp. 215-243). Elsevier.

 

  1. Islam, J., Sarkar, P. P., Mithun, S., & Panda, S. (2024). Monitoring yearly forest cover dynamics in the Indian Sundarban region during 2000–20: a geospatial approach. In Vegetation Dynamics and Crop Stress (pp. 165-184). Elsevier

 

  1. Mithun, S. K., Parveen, S., Sahana, M., & Chattopadhyay, S. (2023). A Systematic Review on the Application of Geospatial Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Urban Growth Modeling. Advancements in Urban Environmental Studies: Application of Geospatial Technology and Artificial Intelligence in Urban Studies, 15-42,

 

  1. Ahemed, S., Mithun, S., Tahir, M., & Hashia, H. (2022). Analyzing the Trend, Pattern, and Hotspots of Forest Fires Using Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study of Almora District, India. In Conservation, Management and Monitoring of Forest Resources in India (pp. 353-378). Springer

 

 

Paper Presentation in Conference/Seminars:

  1. Mithun, S. (2022, March 25-26). Spatio-temporal Analysis of Forest Cover Change Dynamics: A Case Study of Indian Sundarban Region. Paper presented at the ICSSR-ERC Sponsored Two Day National Seminar on “Self-reliance (Atmanirbhar), Sustainable Development and Environment” on 25-26 March 2022, Organized by Department of Geography, Serampore Girls’ College, Serampore, West Bengal, India.
  2. Mithun, S. (2018, February 24) Built-up sprawl and nature of Land Surface Temperature (LST) dynamics over Haldia municipality. Paper presented at the One-day National Level Seminar on “Environmental Change, Human Adaptation and Sustainability” at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya sponsored by The Department of Higher Education, West Bengal.
  3. Mithun, S., & Chattopadhyay, S. (2014, November 14-17). Compactness assessment of urban growth at spatio-temporal dimension using spatial autocorrelation: A case study of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), West Bengal, India. Paper presented at 27th Annual Conference of the India Institute of Geomorphologists (IGI), Digha, India.
  4. Mithun, S., & Chattopadhyay, S. (2013, December 28-30). Analyzing spatio-temporal growth dynamics of Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA), India, 1980-2010. Paper presented at 12th International Asian Urbanization Conference, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

 

Seminar/Webinar/Conference Organized:

  1. Acted as the organizing secretary in the one-day international webinar on “Disaster Risk Reduction, Resilience and Sustainability” organized by the Department of Geography, Haldia Government College, Debhog-721657, Purba Medinipur, WB, India on 28th August, 2021

 

Activities as Resource Person:

  1. Acted as a Resource Person in ‘5-Day workshop on Geoinformatics in Agriculture and Environment’ held during 25-29th March, 2019 at the Department of Agricultural Engineering, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, Bolpur.

 

  1. Acted as a Resource Person in the five days workshop on ‘Advanced Use of ArcGIS in Urban Planning’ held during 9-13th December, 2019 at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya, Bankura, West Bengal.
  2. Acted as a session reporter at the One-day National Level Seminar on “Environmental Change, Human Adaptation and Sustainability” at Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya sponsored by The Department of Higher Education, West Bengal, 24th February, 2018.

 

  1. Acted as a session reporter at the ICSSR-ERC Sponsored Two Day National Seminar on “Self-reliance (Atmanirbhar), Sustainable Development and Environment” on 25-26 March 2022, Organized by Department of Geography, Serampore Girls’ College, Serampore, West Bengal, India.

Other Activities:

  1. Acting as a nodal course coordinator in IIRS Outreach Programs at Haldia Government College nodal centre.since February 2023.
  2. Serving as a member of PG Board of Studies (BOS) of Haldia Govt. College in Geography since September 2019.

Short Term Courses Attended/Participated:

  1. 2014    Geostatistics in Ecological Modelling, IIT Kharagpur, 24th Nov. – 6th Dec, 2014
  2. 2014    Spatial Ecology and Remote Sensing, IIT Kharagpur, 15th Dec. – 27th Dec, 2014
  3. 2016    Geospatial Technologies for Urban Planning, IIRS, 11th Feb. – 15th March, 2016.

(Under the scheme of Off-Campus Outreach Certificate Programme)

  1. 2018    ‘One week Course on Advanced Image Processing’ between 25th July, 2018 to 27th

August, 2018 organized by Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing Cell, Department of Higher Education, Science     and Technology and Biotechnology, Government of West Bengal.

  1. 2021    ‘A Two-Week Online Certificate Program with Intensive Hands on Training on R-

PROGRAMMING’ between 14th September 2020 to 25th September 2020, Dr.M.G.R Educational and Research Institute, (Deemed to be University with Graded Autonomy Status) Maduravoyal, Chennai-600095, Tamilnadu, India.

  1. 2021    ‘Using Google Earth Engine for Land Monitoring Applications’ on June 16, 23 and

30, 2021 organized by Applied Remote Sensing Training Program, NASA, USA.

 

Visiting/External Faculty:

  1. Working as an external faculty at the PG Department of Geography, Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), Midnapore-721102, West Bengal.

 

  1. Working as an external faculty at the PG Department of Geography, Pandit Raghunath Murmu Smriti Mahavidyalaya, Bankura, West Bengal.
  2. Working as a counsellor at the PG Department of Geography, Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College Study (Autonomous) Center, Netaji Subhas Open University, Midnapore-721102, West Bengal.

 

  1. Worked as a visiting external faculty at the PG Department of Geography, Ballygunge Science College, University of Calcutta

 

Professional Membership:

  1. Life member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing
  2. Life member of Indian Society of Geomatics

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