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Papers by Pankaj Roy

Background: Health is a fundamental right intricately linked to geographical factors, as evide... more Background:

Health is a fundamental right intricately linked to geographical factors, as evidenced in the health geography literature. The application of geographical information systems (GISs) plays a pivotal role in mapping diseases and evaluating healthcare accessibility and is acknowledged by the World Health Organisation as a solution for enhancing health system resilience and achieving universal health coverage. This study focuses on the geographical perspectives to provide insights into the evolving role of GIS in addressing challenges and shaping healthcare strategies in health research within India. The primary objective was to analyse the utilisation of GISs in health studies specifically on three thematic areas: disease surveillance, health risk assessment, and healthcare access.

Methods:

The databases were searched using sixteen keywords for peer-reviewed articles published during 2000-2022. A systematic literature survey was conducted, drawing from peer-reviewed literature available in the PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus databases. Out of 162 search results, 58 articles were selected for review after three rounds of eliminations based on the predefined specific criteria. A systematic literature review was conducted following PRISMA guidelines addressing two research questions.

Results:

This review reveals the extensive use of GIS in health studies since its inception, with particular prominence as a decision-making tool in the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak. The analysis of scientific articles focused on disease surveillance, risk assessment, and healthcare access in the Indian context demonstrates the effectiveness of GIS in managing and planning healthcare resources and services. GIS has proven to be an indispensable instrument for understanding spatial patterns in disease and optimising health interventions.

Conclusion:

This systematic review underscores the critical role of GIS in health research, particularly in the Indian context. The versatile applications of GIS in disease surveillance, risk assessment, and healthcare access highlight its effectiveness as a tool for managing and planning healthcare strategies, contributing to a more resilient and accessible healthcare system in India and beyond.

ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT The main objectives of the present study were to show the spatial distribut... more ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT The main objectives of the present study were to show the spatial distribution of Primary Health Centres in the Haripad Block of Kerala and to investigate the patients' perception regarding the services provided by the Primary Health Centres. Spatial distr shown with the help of GIS mapping. Out of eight Primary Health Centres of the Block, five of them were selected by lottery method of simple random sampling for the present study. A pre designed schedule was used for t tabulated and analysed by using of primary health care services in Haripad The major problems of all sampled Primary Health Centres were the less number of doctors, absence of doctors from services, the lack of sanitary facilities and other infrastructure such as inpatients room, lab, bed etc. Copyright © 2014 Sarath Chandran and Pankaj Roy. This unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly INTRODUCTION

The main aim of the present study is to analyse the magnitude and consequences of floods in the P... more The main aim of the present study is to analyse the magnitude and consequences of floods in the Puthimari River Basin of Assam, particularly from the second half of the 20th century to the 1st decade of the 21st century. An attempt has been made to study floods from 1958 to 2008. The hydrological data such as water level and water discharge have been collected from two different sources depending on its availability. The stage hydrographs have been prepared using maximum and minimum water level. The magnitude of floods has been identified by comparing the maximum stage hydrograph and danger level specified by Central Water Commission. The stage of 21 floods has been found to be more than 2m in height from DL and one flood has been reported with more than 3m in height within a span of 51years from 1958 to 2008. The flood damage data such as flood affected area, affected cropped area, number of affected villages and affected population have been collected for the same period as in the...

Livelihood generation is one of the major potentials of sericulture and silk industry. Sericultur... more Livelihood generation is one of the major potentials of sericulture and silk industry. Sericulture with its high employment potentiality and more income generation in the households itself has been identified as one of the major sources of rural development by empowering women through the financial self-dependent. Men and women have been contributing in all the stages starting from on-farm activities such as Mulberry plantation, indoor rearing of silk worm, feeding the silk worm, processing the cocoons etc. to off-farm activities. This takes one to inspect the proportion of labour in the total labour absorption in the process of sericulture operation to maintain the balance between input and output. Present study has investigated the rate of work participation between men and women in different age groups and earning from sericulture as a livelihood in the Alomtola village of Kaliachak-II Block of Malda District. A structured schedule was designed based on existing literature and used as an instrument for data collection. Collected data had been analysed using standard statistical methods and final conclusion was drawn based on it. Over all work participation rate in sericulture by male workers is 76.15% while the female workers is 84.51%. Exceptionally the difference between male and female participation in the age group bellow 14 years is higher (26.22%) than the any other age groups. But the difference in participation rate between male and female is below 20 in all the age group of 14-19, 19-30 and above 30 years. In case of income generation from sericulture production, most of the households earn 5,000-15,000 in a particular season leading to an annual income of 20,000 to 60,000.

The flood frequency analysis is a way of finding the number of occurrences and identification of ... more The flood frequency analysis is a way of finding the number of occurrences and identification of largest flood for a certain period. On the other hand, the flood frequency analysis is a means of shorting out the flood events of a particular river or rivers of a geographical area of importance. There have been various methods of analysis which provided good results in flood forecasting with little variation depending on range of the data set. The article has been prepared based on two sets of hydrological data such as annual peak discharge and water level; which have been collected from Brahmaputra Board and Water Resources Department, Govt. of Assam. Here we have presented a comparative analysis of flood frequency of the Puthimari River in Assam. The analysis has been done based on the water discharge, water level or stage (maximum, minimum and danger level). The hydrograph, Log-Normal and Log-Pearson Type III methods have been deployed in MS Excel sheet to make a comparison of flood events from 1955 to 2008 and 1953 to 1993 respectively. The results show that there have been two mega floods during this period of time while the estimated flood discharges of Log-Normal and Log Pearson Type III methods show hardly any difference for the Puthimari River Basin.

The main objectives of the present study were to show the spatial distribution of Primary Health ... more The main objectives of the present study were to show the spatial distribution of Primary Health
Centres in the Haripad Block of Kerala and to investigate the patients’ perception regarding the
services provided by the Primary Health Centres. Spatial distribution of Primary Health Centres was
shown with the help of GIS mapping. Out of eight Primary Health Centres of the Block, five of them
were selected by lottery method of simple random sampling for the present study. A pre designed
schedule was used for the generation of primary data. The collected information was compiled
tabulated and analysed by using standard statistical methods.The main factors affecting the utilization o
of primary health care services in Haripad Block were easy accessibility availability of medicine etc.
The major problems of all sampled Primary Health Centres were the less number of doctors, absence
of doctors from services, the lack of sanitary facilities and other infrastructure such as inpatients
room, lab, bed etc.

Livelihood generation is one of the major potentials of sericulture and silk industry. Sericultur... more Livelihood generation is one of the major potentials of sericulture and silk industry. Sericulture with its high employment potentiality and more income generation in the households itself has been identified as one of the major sources of rural development by empowering women through the financial self-dependent. Men and women have been contributing in all the stages starting from on-farm activities such as Mulberry plantation, indoor rearing of silk worm, feeding the silk worm, processing the cocoons etc. to off-farm activities. This takes one to inspect the proportion of labour in the total labour absorption in the process of sericulture operation to maintain the balance between input and output. Present study has investigated the rate of work participation between men and women in different age groups and earning from sericulture as a livelihood in the Alomtola village of Kaliachak-II Block of Malda District. A structured schedule was designed based on existing literature and used as an instrument for data collection. Collected data had been analysed using standard statistical methods and final conclusion was drawn based on it. Over all work participation rate in sericulture by male workers is 76.15% while the female workers is 84.51%. Exceptionally the difference between male and female participation in the age group bellow 14 years is higher (26.22%) than the any other age groups. But the difference in participation rate between male and female is below 20 in all the age group of 14-19, 19-30 and above 30 years. In case of income generation from sericulture production, most of the households earn 5,000- 15,000 in a particular season leading to an annual income of 20,000 to 60,000.

Keywords: sericulture, livelihood, income, women empowerment, rural development, Malda District

The main objectives of the present study were to show the spatial distribution of Primary Health ... more The main objectives of the present study were to show the spatial distribution of Primary Health
Centres in the Haripad Block of Kerala and to investigate the patients’ perception regarding the
services provided by the Primary Health Centres. Spatial distr
shown with the help of GIS mapping. Out of eight Primary Health Centres of the Block, five of them
were selected by lottery method of simple random sampling for the present study. A pre designed
schedule was used for t
tabulated and analysed by using
of primary health care services in Haripad
The major problems of all sampled Primary Health Centres were the less number of doctors, absence
of doctors from services, the lack of sanitary facilities and other infrastructure such as inpatients
room, lab, bed etc.

Abstract: The interaction between physical and human geography is obvious as both are two sub dis... more Abstract: The interaction between physical and human geography is obvious as both are two sub disciplines of parent subject Geography. But it has been felt that the gap between the two sub disciplines has been increasing as time passed. It has been tried to seek answer of the question that why the gap between these two sister disciplines has been increasing day by day putting the Tobler’s first law of Geography, ‘Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things’ as the base statement in the growth of specialization also. If we follow the first law of Geography, physical and human geography place nearest of each other than the subject of sociology, political science, economics etc. as they bifurcated from the same discipline. But most probably it’s the geographers attitudes due to which the gap between physical and human geography has been increasing. The development of Geospatial Technology opens up new vistas to the geographers for the spatial or geographical analysis of the infinitely complex earth. It helps improve the data acquisition, analysis, interpretation and storing irrespective to physical or human geography. This paper will try to analyse the role of Geospatial Technology in dislocating or bridging the gap between physical and human geography as a holistic science for the people and place. Key words: physical geography, human geography, geospatial technology, gap and role.

The main aim of the present study is to analyse the magnitude and consequences of floods in the ... more The main aim of the present study is to analyse the magnitude
and consequences of floods in the Puthimari River Basin of Assam,
particularly from the second half of the 20th century to the 1st decade of
the 21st century. An attempt has been made to study floods from 1958
to 2008. The hydrological data such as water level and water
discharge have been collected from two different sources depending on
its availability. The stage hydrographs have been prepared using
maximum and minimum water level. The magnitude of floods has
been identified by comparing the maximum stage hydrograph and
danger level specified by Central Water Commission. The stage of 21
floods has been found to be more than 2m in height from DL and one
flood has been reported with more than 3m in height within a span of
51years from 1958 to 2008. The flood damage data such as flood
affected area, affected cropped area, number of affected villages and
affected population have been collected for the same period as in the
case of hydrological data. The same data set has been used as indices
to find out flood magnitude and their overall socio-economic consequences. The individual scores of these indices have been put in a
separate rank table and total scores have been calculated by adding
individual scores of each index for the study period. Finally, the
magnitude of floods has been compared with its consequences. The
most consequences have been found in the floods of
2007,2004,1988,1993 showing the highest magnitude flood for the 2nd
half of 20th Century and 1st decade of 21st Century.

Conference Papers by Pankaj Roy

Presented in the International Seminar on 36th Institute of Indian Geographers' Meet and Internat... more Presented in the International Seminar on 36th Institute of Indian Geographers' Meet and International Seminar (IGI 36th Meet), organised by Department of Geography, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India from February 25-28, 2015.

Presented in the 46th Regional Science Conference & National Seminar (36th RSAI), organised by De... more Presented in the 46th Regional Science Conference & National Seminar (36th RSAI), organised by Department of Geography, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India from November 6-8, 2014.

Presented in the International Seminar on Water Crisis in the Indian Subcontinent: Issues and Cha... more Presented in the International Seminar on Water Crisis in the Indian Subcontinent: Issues and Challenges, organized by the Department of Geography, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India from November 23-25, 2009.

Presented in the International Seminar on River, Society and Sustainable Development, organized b... more Presented in the International Seminar on River, Society and Sustainable Development, organized by Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam, India from May 26-29, 2011.

Background: Health is a fundamental right intricately linked to geographical factors, as evide... more Background:

Methods:

Results:

Conclusion:

Livelihood generation is one of the major potentials of sericulture and silk industry. Sericultur... more Livelihood generation is one of the major potentials of sericulture and silk industry. Sericulture with its high employment potentiality and more income generation in the households itself has been identified as one of the major sources of rural development by empowering women through the financial self-dependent. Men and women have been contributing in all the stages starting from on-farm activities such as Mulberry plantation, indoor rearing of silk worm, feeding the silk worm, processing the cocoons etc. to off-farm activities. This takes one to inspect the proportion of labour in the total labour absorption in the process of sericulture operation to maintain the balance between input and output. Present study has investigated the rate of work participation between men and women in different age groups and earning from sericulture as a livelihood in the Alomtola village of Kaliachak-II Block of Malda District. A structured schedule was designed based on existing literature and used as an instrument for data collection. Collected data had been analysed using standard statistical methods and final conclusion was drawn based on it. Over all work participation rate in sericulture by male workers is 76.15% while the female workers is 84.51%. Exceptionally the difference between male and female participation in the age group bellow 14 years is higher (26.22%) than the any other age groups. But the difference in participation rate between male and female is below 20 in all the age group of 14-19, 19-30 and above 30 years. In case of income generation from sericulture production, most of the households earn 5,000- 15,000 in a particular season leading to an annual income of 20,000 to 60,000.

Keywords: sericulture, livelihood, income, women empowerment, rural development, Malda District

The main objectives of the present study were to show the spatial distribution of Primary Health ... more The main objectives of the present study were to show the spatial distribution of Primary Health
Centres in the Haripad Block of Kerala and to investigate the patients’ perception regarding the
services provided by the Primary Health Centres. Spatial distr
shown with the help of GIS mapping. Out of eight Primary Health Centres of the Block, five of them
were selected by lottery method of simple random sampling for the present study. A pre designed
schedule was used for t
tabulated and analysed by using
of primary health care services in Haripad
The major problems of all sampled Primary Health Centres were the less number of doctors, absence
of doctors from services, the lack of sanitary facilities and other infrastructure such as inpatients
room, lab, bed etc.

Presented in the Indian Geophysical Union Golden Jubilee Workshop (5oth IGU) on Holistic Scientif... more Presented in the Indian Geophysical Union Golden Jubilee Workshop (5oth IGU) on Holistic Scientific Approach using Integrated Geophysical Studies for the Management of Natural Hazards organized by Indian Geophysical Union, held at North East Space Application Centre, Umiam, India from April 22-23, 2013.

Presented in the International Conference on Climate Change and the Developing World organised by... more Presented in the International Conference on Climate Change and the Developing World organised by CMS College, Kottayam, India from January 21-25, 2015.

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