Basabi Khan Banerjee

Dr., Geographer, trained in the area of economic geography and cartography, was awarded PhD by the University of Calcutta towards the work 'Spatio-temporal Backwardness of Northern West Bengal (1960-1989)’ in 1991.
1981-1997: taught as lecturer and later Reader in Geography in Calcutta University College, was Member of Undergraduate Board of Studies, C.U
1997-2005: Reader in Geography and Social Science in National Council of Educational Research & Training, New Delhi, responsible for preparation of national curriculum, syllabuses, textboks and Teachers' Trainings. Prepared a Map Book For Visually Impaired Students.
Since 2005: Work on Disaster Education and Environmental Studies in India as well as Conflict and Textbook Studies in the context of South Asia.

Publications:

• "Towards Life Skills and Competencies - Disaster Education in Indian Schools", in: Christiane Meyer, Roderich Henrÿ and Georg Stöber (eds): Geographische Bildung. Kompetenzen in didaktischer Forschung und Schulpraxis. Braunschweig: Westermann 2011, 161-175
• (with Georg Stöber):"Textbook Revision and Beyond: New Challenges for Contemporary Textbook Activities", in: Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society 2 (2) (2010), 13-28
• (with Georg Stöber): Südasien. Braunschweig: Westermann 2009 (Diercke spezial)

• "West Bengal History Textbooks and the Indian Textbook Controversy", Internationale  Schulbuchforschung 29 (2007), (4), 355-374

• "Geography Education in Indian Schools", Internationale Schulbuchforschung 28 (2006), (3), 283-292

• “Natural Hazards in Indian School Education and the Tsunami Experience”, Internationale Schulbuchforschung 27 (2005), (4), 407-424

• "Preparation of Tactile Graphics for Visually Impaired Students:A Tryout", Internationale Schulbuchforschung 25 (2003), (3), 295-298

• Landscape and Evolution of Landforms, Self Learning Material for Teachers in Social Sciences, New Delhi: NCERT 2003

• “Our Environment”, in: 'India and The World', Part II, New Delhi: NCERT 2003

• Integration of Migration Education in Social Sciences as reflected in the NCERT Syllabus for the Secondary Stage, UNESCO - NCERT Publication 2002

• “The Earth - Our Habitat”, in: 'India and The World', Part I, New Delhi: NCERT 2002

• Map Book For Visually Impaired Students: A Try-out, New Delhi: NCERT, 1999

• "School Level Geography Textbooks and Map Skills", Conference Proceedings Volume, XVII Indian National Cartographic Conference, International Congress, Kolkata, 1998

• Contribution to “India: A Geography Textbook for Class XII”, New Delhi: NCERT 1997

• "North Bengal: A Study of Backwardness", Institute of Landscape, Ecology and Ekistics (Calcutta,) 15 (1994), no. 2

• Teachers' Guide, Geography, Calcutta: SCERT 1993

• "Afforestation as a part of Environmental Management and participation of students", paper presented at 5th IGI Conference and International Seminar on Environmental Hazards and their Mitigation, Calcutta, 1992