• Name: Ms. Meenakshi Mishra
• Gender: Female
• Department: Geography
• Designation : Assistant Professor, Department of Geography

• Ph.D. (Ongoing), Department of Remote Sensing, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
• M.Tech in Remote Sensing, BIT, Mesra
• M.A. in Geography, Patna University
• UGC-NET Qualified in Geography

• Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College (July 2019 – Present)
• GIS Analyst (Consultant), Digital Government Research Centre, NIC, Patna (May 2017 – June 2019)
• GIS Officer, Ekjut Foundation, Ranchi (July 2015 – January 2017)
• Senior Research Fellow, BIT, Mesra (August 2008 – July 2009)

• In Charge-GIS Lab for UG and PG course, Department of Geography since its inception in 2019.
• Coordinator- Srishti Environment Club (UG and PG students) since its inception in 2022
• Member of Governing body of Patna Women’s College Alumni Association (2019 -2025)
• Member of Placement and Training Cell, Patna Women’s College, Autonomous (2022 onwards)

• Recipient of PWC Excellence Award (2023-24) in recognition of exemplary efforts in promoting environmental awareness and education.

• Minor Research (Ongoing-2024-25): Mapping Urban Heat Island Effect in Bihar: A comparative study of Rajgir and Bodhgaya using Geospatial Technology, funded by Patna Women’s College Seed Money Scheme.
• Minor Research Completed (2020-21): Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Urban Growth of Patna using Geoinformatics, funded by Patna Women’s College Seed Money Scheme.

• Empanelled Trainer by Centre for Geographical Studies, Aryabhata Knowledge University for “Amanat Course” in collaboration with Bihar Board of Open Schooling and Examination, Govt. of Bihar.
• Guest Member in Committee for designing Regulation, Ordinance, and Syllabus of GIS & Remote Sensing, Centre for Geographical Studies, Aryabhata Knowledge University (2nd February 2021).
• As Course Instructor for third batch of training programme under “Green Skill Development Programme” on Pollution Monitors: Air & Water pollution at Under “Green Skill Development Programme” training on Pollution Monitors: Air & Water pollution on 5th May, 2020 at Centre for Environment, Energy and Climate Change (CEECC), Asian Development Research Institute, Patna.
• As Course Instructor for second batch of training programme under “Green Skill Development Programme” on Pollution Monitors: Air & Water at Centre for Environment, Energy and Climate Change (CEECC), Asian Development Research Institute, Patna on 19th February, 2020.
• As Course Instructor for training programme under “Green Skill Development Programme” on Advanced Certificate Course on Water Budgeting & Auditing on 2nd March 2020, Centre for Environment, Energy and Climate Change (CEECC), Asian Development Research Institute, Patna
• Panelist in interview for Information Officer selection at CEECC, ADRI, Patna (21st October 2019).

• Was Course Instructor for the Customised GIS Training Programme under Students Faculty Exchange Programme between Patna Women’s College (Autonomous) and Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli – A six-day student and faculty exchange programme between Patna Women’s College Autonomous and Holy Cross College Tiruchirappalli started on 27th January, 2023.
• Was Course Instructor for Hands-on workshop on “Fundamentals of GIS for Social Science “conducted between 7^th to 10^th August, 2025 for students of Bed(Session 2022-24), as a part of Inter-Departmental Programme between Department of Geography and Department of Education, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous)

• Guiding Students’ Research Projects at college level under the CPE (College with Potential for   Excellence) Scheme of the UGC at the Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College, Patna University.
  

  Year	Topic
  2025	–        Problems and Prospects of Tourism in Bihar: A Case Study of Gaya
  2024	–        Role of Transport Connectivity for Risk Prevention in Patna Municipal Corporation using Geospatial Technology
  2023	–        An Assessment of infrastructural facilities in Slums of Patna Municipal Corporation
  2022	–        Change Detection and assessment of Urban Growth in Patna Municipal Corporation using Geospatial Technology

• Study of variables of Climate Change using Statistical Technique: A case study of Patna District, Meenakshi Mishra and Anuradha Sahay, Peer reviewed journal, Geographical Perspective, Vol. 23, ISSN 0970-809X, Oct 2022
• Spatial Analysis of Human Development in Bihar, Meenakshi Mishra, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research, ISSN 2349-5162,2023.
• Spatial Monitoring of Urban Expansion using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case study of Patna Municipal Corporation, Ms. Meenakshi Mishra, Madhya Bharti: Humanities and Social Sciences, ISSN 0974-0066,2023.
• Urban Sprawl Mapping using Geospatial Technology in Patna Municipal Corporation, Ms. Meenakshi Mishra, Explore Vol. XIV,No.II, ISSN 2278 – 0297,2022, https://patnawomenscollege.in/book-explore-vol-xiv-ii/
• Change Detection and Assessment of Urban Growth in Patna Municipal Corporation using Geospatial Technology, Ms. Meenakshi Mishra, Explore Vol. XIII, ISSN 2278 – 0297,2021, https://patnawomenscollege.in/book-explore-vol-xiii/
• Assessment of Tree Volume and Growing Stock in Kharagpur Forest Range (Original research paper), Nature, Environment & Pollution Technology (International Journal), Vol 8, No.3, PP619-626,2009, NL-5-37-(37)B-1353
• Quantification of Biomass using RS & GIS in Bhimbandh Wildlife Sanctuary – Eastern Geographer, Journal of Eastern Geographical Society Bhubaneswar, Orissa,Vol.XIV Jan,2008, ISSN: 0973-7642

• An Assessment of Slums in Bihar: A Case Study of Patna Municipal Corporation, urban Ecosystem and Sustainable Development, Edited by D.S. Ghose and A. Chowdhury, ISBN: 978-93-91139-76-6,2024

Paper presented in National and International Seminars/ Webinars/Conference Presentations

• Presented paper entitled Challenge’s hindering the Tourism Development of Cultural Heritage in the National Seminar on theme “Media, Society and Culture: Shaping Public Discourse in a Globalized World” organised on 7^th march,2025 by Xavier’s College of management & Technology, Patna in collaboration with Patna Women’s College, Autonomous.
• Presented paper in INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE ICGSRF – 2024 (Online Mode) entitled ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Biodiversity Conservation: A Case Study of Patna, Bihar in the International Conference on Global Sustainability for a Resilient Future organised by the Department of Commerce, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University, Bihar, India , 29th – 30th November 2024.
• XXV Annual Conference and National Seminar on “Climate Change, Agricultural Practices and Food Security, presented paper entitled-The role of urban design in shaping microclimates: linking surface temperature with thermal comfort, held on 27th-28th oct, 2024 at Department of Geography, Patna university, Patna.
• International Web Conference on Understanding Urban Ecosystem and moving towards sustainability, Paper entitled-Spatio-temporal variation in land Surface Temperature in Patna City over a decade using remote Sensing and GIS, organised by Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College, in collaboration with Loreto College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta, West Bengal from 22^nd -24^th August,2022.
• Meenakshi Mishra presented a paper on “Vegetation Condition Assessment using Remote Sensing: A Case study of Patna Municipal Corporation” in XVI DGSI International Geography Online Conference on Environment, Pollution and Sustainable Development organized by Centre for Geographical Studies, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna from 10th to 12th September, 2021.
• 40th INCA INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS on “Digital Mapping Innovations in Make India Initiatives”. Paper: “Spatial Monitoring of Urban Expansion Using Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study of Patna Municipal Corporation”. Held online from 10–12 February 2021 at National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organization, Kolkata.
• XIV International Geographical Union (IGU) India Conference on “Agriculture, Food, Water, Biodiversity and Health in Changing Climate”. Paper: “Monitoring of Urban Flood in Patna Municipal Corporation Area: An Integrated Geospatial Approach”. Held from 6–8 March 2020, Department of Geography, University of Burdwan, West Bengal.
• National Seminar on “Human Development: Contemporary Issues and Challenges”. Paper: “Human Development in Bihar: An Inter-District Analysis”. Organized by St. Xavier’s College of Management & Technology, Patna on 8th February 2020.

• Selected as Government nominated candidate in 12 weeks Indian Space Research organization (ISRO) NNRMS Faculty Development Training Course on Remote Sensing & GIS Technology and Applications”/RS & GIS Applications in Urban and Regional Studiesheld at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO, Govt of India, Dehradun from 13^th May to 5^th July, 2024.
• Participated in the CEP Course on Health Informatics’ conducted by IIT Patna during 9^th-10^th January, 2020.

• Participated in Six-day Faculty Development Programme on Pedagogical Emotional Competence held from 27 February 2024 to 4 march 2024, organized by the IQAC, St. Xavier’s College of Management and technology, Patna in collaboration with Aryabhata Knowledge University, Patna.
• Participated in Five Day FDP on “Innovations In Teaching Pedagogy and Research Trends “Organised by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Patna Women’s College (Autonomous) & St. Xavier’s College of Management & Technology, Patna In collaboration with Xavier Board of Higher Education in India (XBHEI), Bengaluru held from 3rd July 2023 to 7th July 2023
• Participated in RUSA sponsored Five Day Online Faculty Development Programme CREATING A POSITIVE WORK CULTURE: STRATEGY FOR QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE held from 23rd June to 27th June, 2021 organised by: IQAC, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University, In collaboration with St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Jabalpur.
• Participated in online FDP on Inclusive Procedures and Processes in Assessment and Accreditation by NAAC organized by the IQAC of St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli from 30th June to 4th July 2020.
• Participation in One Week Faculty Development Program on “R Programming” organized by Department of Information Technology, Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal’s Institute of Technology Dhule in association with Spoken Tutorial Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, conducted from 01st June 2020 to 07th June 2020.
• Completed Online Faculty Development Programme on Moodle LMS : Exploring New Horizons of Teaching-Learning organised by Department of MCA & Computer Science, Patna Women’s College in association with Remote Learning through Spoken Tutorial , IIT, Mumbai from May 15 – 21, 2020
• Participated in two-day Faculty Development Programme on Standards of Excellence in Higher Education on 5^th and 6^th July 2019, organised by: IQAC, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University.

• Worked as Joint Organizing Secretary in International Conference on ‘Understanding Urban Ecosystem and Moving towards Sustainability’ Organized by Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University, Patna (Bihar), In collaboration with Loreto College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (West Bengal)
• Worked as a Rapporteur in the Inaugural session, Plenary session and Technical Session I, in the six-day RUSA sponsored workshop on “Capacity building for IQAC Functioning and Accreditation Process’ organized by the IQAC, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University from 10th to 15^thAugust, 2022.
• Worked as Organizing Secretary in National Webinar on “Environmental Hazards & Disaster Management using Geospatial Technology” organized by the Dept. of Geography, Patna Women’s College, Patna University, on 30th June, 2021
• Worked as Organizing Secretary in National Webinar on ‘Research Methodology and Application of GIS Tools in Geography’ Organized by the Department of Geography, Patna Women’s College (Autonomous), Patna University in Collaboration with the Department of Geography, Sophia Girls’ College (Autonomous), Ajmer, Rajasthan on 19th & 20th June 2020.

• Lifetime member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing
• Lifetime member of The Association of Geographers, Bihar and Jharkhand