Pravat kumar Shit

About

Pravat Kumar Shit (Ph.D) is an Assistant Professor at the PG Department of Geography, Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), West Bengal, India. He received his M.Sc & Ph.D. degrees in Geography from Vidyasagar University and PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS from Sambalpur University. Dr. Shit has been active in education and research for over seven years at Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College, where he has taught courses in geomorphology, hydrology, statistics, remote sensing and GIS, land and water resources. His research interests include applied geomorphology, soil erosion, groundwater, forest resources, wetland ecosystem, environmental contaminants & pollution, and natural resources mapping & modelling. He has published twenty-two books (Springer-15, Elsevier-03, CRC Press-01, Rawat-01, Lab-Publishing-02) and more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 80 book chapters. He is also the guest editor of “Environmental Science and Pollution Research” and “Applied Water Science”. He is currently the editor of the GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling (GGM) Book Series, Springer-Nature.

Employment

• Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College Assistant Professor
  2015 - Present

Education

• Vidyasagar University Ph.D.

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (85)

• Environmental Justice Implications of Biomass Fuel Combustion: Assessing Indoor Air Quality and Health Equity in Rural Indian Households
  Aerosol Science and Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s41810-026-00406-8
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• Assessment of heavy metals, water quality, and health risk exposure at the Garga–Damodar River confluence in eastern India
  Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2026.104406
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• Assessing wetland health using habitat-landscape-service models, and analytical hierarchy methods for eco-restoration pathways in the lower gangetic floodplains, India
  Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s43538-026-00875-y
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• Future Smart Cities and Sustainable Development
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97473-1_7
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• Urban Space, Society, and Urban Innovation
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97473-1_2
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• Urban Morphology and Sustainable Smart Cities
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97473-1
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• Smart City and Geospatial Technology
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97473-1_5
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• Services, Decentralized Planning, and Disparity
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97473-1_3
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• Role of Urban Morphology in Smart City Management
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97473-1_6
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• Environmental Management, GeorbIS, and Smart Governance
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-97473-1_4
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