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Harsh RanjanCollege Selection Expert

Scholar-Level 17

Here are some of the best colleges for Bachelors in Geography:
1. Delhi University
This college is the finest college for national importance. There are 12 college affiliated to DU gives best ever education in this geography. Shivaji College, Miranda House College, Kirori Mal College, Kamla Nehru College.
2. VidyaSagar University Kolkata
College Est. in 1981. This is an affiliating body of south West Bengal. This college also offers best education in this department.
3. BHU
This is a national importance college and 1st choice for many aspirant for higher study. For taking admission in this Student has to appear in Exam BHU UGT.
4. Lady Brabou
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Siddharth BhardwajQuantitative Analyst (Credit Risk)

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Geography is the subject which can be studied by any student from any discipline. There is NOT any criteria that only arts students can take admission. The eligibility criteria for getting admission in Geography is different for different levels. For undergraduate level. You just have to pass 10+2 from any recognized board. Some university also conduct entrance exam for these subjects. For Masters level, you have to passed 10+2+3 pattern from UGC recognized university. There is no minimum age limit has been set by the government. This field of study requires high level of analytical reasoning, decision making, team working, mathematics
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Devi singh

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Most of the universities in India offer a graduation degree (BA) with Geography as a subject (Often Geography as the major subject in the third year). When it comes to Delhi University, you get an honors degree (Bachelors) in Geography. Presently, 11 colleges offer this degree of which, KMC, Miranda House, Shivaji College have the best departments. As far as KMC is concerned, you have a good name of the college whereas the faculty at Shivaji College is excellent. Shaheed BhagatSingh (morning and evening), Ambedkar College, Swami Shraddhanand are the other ones in the University. Honestly speaking, for an undergraduation degree, either
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Devi singh

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Geography, the study of the earth's surface, is an academic discipline that can lead to a career in mapping, planning, or environmental protection. Several colleges and universities offer undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in geography, and many allow students a chance to focus in specific areas within this field, like global information systems (GIS) or environmental geography. Field study and lab work is often required in geography courses at all levels.
Here is an outline of common concepts taught in geography courses:
Human geography
Physical geography
Globalization
GIS and mapping
Geopolitics

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Zehen Ahmed

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Hi,
Geography graduates are employed in a range of sectors, including the public sector, education, commerce, industry, transport and tourism. Graduates have excellent transferable skills, which also attract employers from the business, law and finance sectors. One can alongside also prepare for some of the best services of the country, such as:
The armed forces
Charities
The Civil Services
Environmental consultancies
Environmental protection agencies
Information systems organisations
Local government
Ministry of Defence
Police service
Private companies
Utility companies

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Harsh RanjanCollege Selection Expert

Scholar-Level 17

Hello Yogesh,
Doing Masters in Geography is really a good decision. IGNOU is the best option for distance learning. Admission process is quite simple and easy. You can check the admission details through official website of IGNOU.

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kali Arora

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Hello,
Geography offers several career options with numerous specializations.
-Cartography
-Survey
-Urban and Regional Planning
-Town Planning
-Remote Sensing
-Climate Change Analysis
-Geospatial Analyst
Depending on the area of specialization, geographers might work as forest managers or in agricultural or economic institutions or as demographers in govt. and research firms. A background of geography is also helpful for a successful career in the field of travel and tourism, particularly for travel Journalism. You can also work as climatologists, geomorphologists, GIS specialists, and hydrologists.
As mentioned above about the area of spec
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Siddharth BhardwajQuantitative Analyst (Credit Risk)

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In India, you have limitless opportunities if you have done your Masters in Geography. Geography is a very vast and diverse combination of many subjects. In this course, you have to study and analyze spatial phenomena, land management, conservation, resource management and extraction, urban planning, development work, etc. Hence with these skills and command on subject matter one can apply for ES SO (Earth System Science Organisation). There is good demand for the faculty posts too. Other than this many government vacancies are available in different departments like forest services, petroleum industries, etc. The best option is teachi
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