Krishna Chandra Rath
Reader
Geography
Utkal Universities
India
Biography
Research Scholar in the UGC Sponsored Research Project “Shelter Environment and Settlement Planning in Rural Orissa”, P.G. Dept. of Geography, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. (Principal Investigator: Prof. D.K. Singh). In this capacity, I was involved in field survey, data collection and analysis from 01-08-1987 to 31-08-1989. Demonstrator in Geography from 03-02-1989 to 02-02-1990, 08-05-1990 to 19-05-1990 and 04-10-1990 to 15-04-1991, Regional College of Education, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Lecturer in Geography from 03-02-1990 to 30-04-1990, Regional College of Education, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Research Associate, from 01-02-1993 to 31-01-1996, HSD Program, Asian Institute of Technology, GPO Box-2754, Bangkok-10501, Thailand. Consultant in NGO, from 01-06-1996 to 09-09-1996 in CYSD, Orissa (Center for Youth and Social Development). Research Officer at Natural Disaster Management Cell, from 15-10-1996 to 02-11-1997 in Gopabandhu Academy of Administration, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Lecturer in the P.G. Department of Geography, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar, India from 03-11-1997 to 02-08-04. Reader in the P.G. Department of Geography, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar, India from 03-08-2004 and continuing
Research Interest
Regional and Rural Development Planning Quantitative and Mapping Techniques Computer Aided Spatial Analysis Statistical Data Analysis Natural Disaster Management Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System Social Research Methods
Publications
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Rath, K.C. and J.K. Routray, (1995) “Plot Acquisition for Self Build Housing in Bhubaneswar City, India: A Survey Study of the Problems of Plot Purchase and House Building in an Informal Housing Areaâ€, Land Use Policy, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 81-97, Pergamon, Great Britain.
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Rath, K.C. and J.K. Routray, (1994) “Impacts of the Integrated Rural Development Program on the Rural Poor â?" A Case Study of Cuttack District in Indiaâ€, Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development, Vol. IV, No. 1 & 2, pp. 118-145, Center on Integrated rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Rath, K.C. and J.K. Routray, (1994) “Evaluation of the Integrated Rural Development Program and its Impact on the Rural Poor (Case Study of Cuttack District in Eastern India)â€, HSD Working Paper, No. 52, ISBN #974-8256-21-9, HSD Program, School of Environment, Resources and Development. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand