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Dr. Shyam Kanhaiya is currently Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Professor Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) Institute of Physical Sciences for Study and Research, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He did his Ph. D. from the Department of Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. His area of interest is geochemistry of earth surface processes: river processes geochemistry, chemical weathering of rocks, sediment geochemistry, paleoclimatology and provenance studies besides fluvial sedimentology of the Ganga Plain. He has published a number of research papers in various national, international Journals. He received research grants from the various funding agencies i. e. University Grant Commission (UGC), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) and Department of Higher Education for working on the various aspects of geosciences. Currently, he is supervising three Ph. D.students working on the various aspects related to geomorphology and fluvial sedimentology. He is also engaged in various administrative works apart from the teaching and research.



Dr. Saurabh Singh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. He obtained his doctorate degree from the Department of Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi in 2017. His research area is applications of Remote sensing & GIS, Quaternary geomorphology and optically stimulated luminescent (OSL). Dr. Singh has authored numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals of his research areas.



Dr. Arohi Dixit has obtained her Master of Science and Master of philosophy from School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She earned her doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The area of his doctoral researchis "Biogeochemistry for