Dhiraj Barman

Assistant Professor

• B.A.  North Bengal University
• M.A.  Jawaharlal Nehru University
• M.Phil  Jawaharlal Nehru University
• PhD   Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata

I completed my undergraduate studies in Geography at Siliguri College, North Bengal University, in 2007. I then pursued a Master’s degree in Geography at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, with a specialization in Social Geography. In 2009, I qualified for the UGC-NET JRF in Geography as well as the CSIR-NET JRF in Earth Sciences, and subsequently completed my M.Phil at JNU.

My doctoral research, undertaken at the Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata, examined “Urban Transformation in Medium-Sized Cities in India: A Case Study of Siliguri, West Bengal.” Before joining Presidency University, I was selected as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, Mizoram University (Central), and I have also served the Department of Geography, University of Gour Banga. Since January 2014, I have been serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Presidency University, Kolkata.

My M.Phil research work was on “Interstate and Social Inequalities of Child Undernutrition in India”.

My PhD work entitled "Urban Transformation in the Medium Sized Cities in India: A case Study of Siliguri, West Bengal".

Besides my current research also focuses on neoliberal urbanism, spaces of exclusion in Indian cities.

I am in teaching since 2012 (Previously in University of Gour Banga). The courses which I tought at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels are Philosophy of Geography, Settlement Geography, Social Geography, Political Geography, Urban Geography, Contemporary Social Issues and Gegraphy of Social Well-Being (PG special paper).

Other Academic Experience:

1. Convener for the Academic talk at the Department of Geography, UGB.

2. Jt. Convener for the National Seminar at the Department of Geography, UGB on ‘River, Flood and Natural Resource Management, 2013”

3. Member of the PG core committee, UGB.

4. Convenor, ICSSR Sponsored International Seminar on "Geography for Development: Economy, Society and Environmental Interactions" 2025.

Life Member: Institute of Indian Geographers

1. Dhiraj Barman, Subhanil Chowdhury (2024) Land for urbanization: Shifting policies and variegated accumulation strategies in a fast-growing city in eastern India, Land Use Policy 140, 107111, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107111,  (IF 6.1)

2. Dhiraj Barman (2023) Land Redevelopment, Real Estate and Capital in Urban Place-making: A Case Study of Siliguri, India, Environment and Urbanization ASIA 14 (2), 318-331, https://doi.org/10.1177/09754253231193109.,  (IF 1.3)

3. Dhiraj Barman (2020) ‘Global’-izing Indian Cities: A Spatial Epistemological Critique, In B. K. Choudhary, A. K. Singh, & D. Das Edited, City, Space and Politics in the Global South, Routledge