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Dr. Rukhsana is an Assistant Professor in Department of Geography at Aliah University, Kolkata. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Geography from Aligarh Muslims University. She has been awarded nine academic awards and fellowship, including International Young Geographer Award 2009, Indo-Asian Education Award in Agriculture Geography 2022, International Women of the Year 2022 in Geography, AMU-JRF award 2006-07 and UGC-RF 2007-2009. She has published more than 35 papers at national as well as international level in reputed journals and 19 chapters in edited books. Dr. Rukhsana has published four books and presented a no of research papers at national and international level. She has attended XXV FIG International Congress 2014, Malaysia and ICGGS-2018, Thailand Bangkok. Dr Rukhsana has successfully completed one major research project sponsored by ICSSR, Ministry of Education, New Delhi and a second one is ongoing in agriculture.She has served as a reviewer for many reputed international journals. Her specialization in research is Agriculture development and planning, Urban expansion and planning, Population pressure, environment and rural development. She is engaged in various professional activities, and serves several university administrative posts such as Head of Geography department, and superintendent of Aliah girls hostel at Aliah University.

Dr. Asraful Alam is an Assistant Professor and HoD at the Department of Geography, Serampore Girls' College, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He received his M.A.& Ph.D. degrees in Geography from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and Aliah University, Kolkata, India respectively and also completed PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS. Dr. Alam completed his Post Doctorate (PDF)from Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. Earlier he was an Assistant Coordinator in PG Department of Geography, Calcutta Women's College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. His research interests