Dr. RAM ALAGAN
Member of the Board of Management
Research Fellow
Dr. Ram Alagan is a Member of the Board of Management and Research
Fellow at GV. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Geography
at the Department of Humanities at Alabama State University, Montgomery,
Alabama, USA. During the last two years (2008 to 2010) he served
as visiting scholar and adjunct professor both at the University
at Buffalo, New York and Indiana University, Indiana.
Dr. Alagan took his Ph.D. from West Virginia University in 2007.
He obtained his MA in Geography from Ohio University (OU) in 1996
as a Fulbright Scholar and spent an additional year on Environmental
Studies at OU in 1997. He was a Research Fellow at the Center for
Environmental Studies at the University of Peradeniya; Senior GIS
Consultant for International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN),
Sri Lanka as well as for Plan Sri Lanka. He also served as Secretary,
Voice of Hantana, an Environmental NGO.
Dr. Alagan’s research and teaching interests include Environmental
Impact Assessment, Geographic Information Science, Participatory
GIS, Community Mapping, Natural Resource Management, Natural Disaster
Studies, Regional Geography, and Sri Lanka Environment. He has been
a researcher and consultant in these fields for several major international
and Sri Lankan organizations. He has also published scientific papers
on these topics.
He is also a good sportsman. He played for the national soccer
team of Sri Lanka and is also a good cricket player. He also served
as Sports Advisor, University of Peradeniya
Dr Alagan is dedicated to work for peace, community development,
and youth welfare. He was Vice President and President, of the Lions
Club of Hill Capital Kandy, Lions International District 306C.
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