Pengarang: Haroon Sajjad

Er. Pavan Kumar is a doctoral candidate at Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He is working on the topic “Carbon stock estimation using Geospatial Approach in Sariska Tiger Reserve (Rajasthan)”. He did B.Sc. (Botany) and M.Sc.  (Environmental Science) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India and subsequently obtained Master’s degree in Remote Sensing (M.Tech) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India. His current research interests include Forest Resource Management, Crop Forecasting, Climate Change and coastal studies. He is recipient of Innovation China National academy award for Remote Sensing. Er. Kumar has published fifty research papers in National journals and authored a number of books.He has visited countries like USA, France, the Netherlands, Italy, China, Indonesia, Brazil and Malaysia for various academic/scientific assignments, workshop and conferences. Er. Kumar is member of International Associations for Vegetation Science, USA and Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing, Malaysia. Mrs Meenu Rani received her M. Tech degree in Remote Sensing from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India. She is currently affiliated to Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital. She worked on remote sensing applications as a Junior Research Fellow in HARSAC, Research Associate in Indian Council of Agricultural Research and GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development. Mrs Rani has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed scientific research papers and presented works at many national and international conferencesincluding USA, Italy and China. She has been awarded with various fellowships from the International Association for Ecology, Future Earth Coast and SCAR Scientific Research Programme. She specializes in Hydrology, Geomorphology and Oceanography.Her current research interestsinclude watershed modelingand land use planning.She awarded early career scientists achievement in 2017 at Columbia University, New York, USA. Dr Prem Chandra Pandey is associatedwith Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University India.He received his M.Sc. degree in Environmental Sciences (2007) from Institute of Sciences, Banaras Hindu University and M.Tech in Remote Sensing (2009) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India. He was awarded Ph.D degree in Remote Sensing Technology (2015) from CLCR Department of Geography, University of Leicester, United Kingdom under Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. Dr Pandey also visited Tel Aviv University Israel (2016-2017) for Post Doctoral research. His research interests include forestry, environmental pollutant modeling, urban and agricultural studies.He worked on remote sensing applications as Professional Research Fellow in NUIS (National Urban Information System) funded by NRSC, Government of India at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. He has been a recipient of several awards including Commonwealth fellowship UK, INSPIRE fellowship, MHRD and UGC fellowships, SERB-NPDF from government of India. Dr Pandey has many research papers, edited books andbook chapters to his credit. He is also member of scientific bodies including ISG (Indian Society of Geomatics), ISRS (Indian Society of Remote Sensing), SPIE, and AAG. Haroon Sajjad is Professor in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He obtained his B.Sc, M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D degrees all from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. His present research interests include Environmental Management, Sustainable Development and Watershed Management. He has three books to his credit. He has published ninety research papers in journals of repute. Prof. Sajjad has presented thirty-six research papers at national and international conferences including at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, University of British Columbia, Canada, University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa, and University of Brighton, U.K. He has delivered invited talks at various universities. Many students have been awarded doctoral degree under his supervision. He has chaired academic sessions at various conferences. He is the reviewer of many scientific research journals and member of scientific bodies. Prof. (Dr.) Bhagwan Singh Chaudhary is presently working as Chairman, Department of Geophysics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. He obtained his M. Tech. degree in Applied Geophysics in Kurukshetra University and subsequently obtained his Ph.D degree from University of Rajasthan. Prof. Chaudhary was awarded DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) fellowship at University of Freiburg, Germany from 1997-1999 and worked on applications of Indian Remote Sensing Satellite data usage for various aspects in Black Forest region of south-west Germany. He got best paper award at 18 th International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Conference held at Vienna, Austria in 1996. Prof. Chaudhary specializes in water resources, geo-environmental studies and disaster management. He has more than 80 publications in various national/ international journals and conference proceedings.He has supervised many Ph.D students. He was founder Registrar of Chaudhary Bansi Lal University (CBLU), Bhiwani (2014-17).He is the fellow of Indian Water Resources Society, South Asian Association of Economic Geologists and the Society of Earth Scientists and life member of a dozen national/international scientific societies/academic associations.  He is member of the Editorial Board of many prestigious journals. He is also reviewer of many international journals.Prof. Chaudhary visited countries like USA, Canada, UK, Austria, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, China, South-Africa, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Thailand for various academic/ scientific assignments and conferences.