Author: Vishwambhar Prasad Sati

Vishwambhar Prasad Sati (b. 1966), D.Litt. and Ph.D., a professor of Geography and Resource Management, is currently working at the Mizoram University (A Central University), Aizawl, India. With a teaching career of about three decades, he has served in several higher education institutions within and outside India, some of them being Eritrea Institute of Technology, Asmara, Eritrea (NE Africa), Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chengdu, China, Madhya Pradesh Higher Education, and HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal. In the same field, he has deeply been involved in research, and has worked as a Visiting Professor and Visiting Scholar in the worlds various renowned research and academic institutions, including The World Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, Indian Council of Social Science Research, and Indian Institute of Advanced Studies. Besides, he has travelled widely 36 countries and all over India. He has an impactful expertise in the fields of Natural Resource Management, Environment-Development Interface, Climate Change, Rural Livelihoods, Disaster-Related issues, and Culture of the Himalayan region. He has developed several models and action plans for environmental conservation and economic development of the fragile Himalayan ecosystems/landscapes. More than a dozen of national individual projects and projects with international collaboration have been conducted by him. With more than 150 research papers and articles, and more than 30 books published, his academic contribution is well-documented at national and international levels.