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of Scientific Research Fellowship and has presented papers and chaired sessions in more than 40 countries. He has published 17 books, 45 edited research volumes, and more than 260 research papers. He has supervised 39 Ph.D. and 81 M.Phil. students. In 1988, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Social Science Council awarded him research and study grants in social and human sciences. Recently, the Government of India-National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) (policy think-tank) invited him to join the prestigious committee Vision India 2035.



Anju Singh is currently an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi. Dr. Singh specializes in the field of climatology, urban geography, environmental studies, coastal ecosystems, and water resource management. She has received international travel grants to present research findings at international forums in Japan. Dr. Singh has published 3 books, including a self-authored one, and more than 15 research papers and articles in edited books and in journals of national and international repute. She is also a member of the prestigious BRICS countries project on satellite validation sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. She has been invited by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for preparing reading materials. She is a life member of the National Association of Geographers, India (NAGI), and the Association of Geographical Studies (AGS).



Ram Pravesh is working as a GIS professional. He obtained his B.Sc. Physical Sciences degree from the University of Delhi and his M.Sc. in GIS and remote sensing from Kumaun University, Nainital. His current affiliations include being a senior GIS analyst in MapmyIndia, a leading GIS products and services company on the Indian subcontinent. Mr. Pravesh has expertise in analytics, designing, integrating, and developing GIS processes and databases through various software technology platforms. He has carried out various research projects over the period of his academic and professional careers and has published research papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He spends his time doing research, exploring, learning, and developing the thoughts underlying location-based technologies.



Syed Irtiza Majid, a scholar with a commitment to geographical research, is pursuing a doctorate degree in geography at the Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, India. From the same institution, he received a master's degree in geography with honors that included a gold medal for outstanding academic performance. He also holds a bachelor's degree in life sciences from the University of Jammu, India. He has received numerous certifications from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, and Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad, in order to further his passion for geospatial technologies (remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems) used for research in the understanding and resolution of contemporary geographic phenomena and problems.



Akash Tiwari is a young researcher and a geographer. He currently works at the Central University of Haryana, India, as a Ph.D. doctoral researcher. He is specialized in the field of ground water hydrology, machine learning techniques, GIS, and remote sensing. He has been selected for the Junior Research Fellowship, Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Fellowship, and Science Talent Search Scholarship. He is an alumnus of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj.