Dr. Brototi Biswas is an associate professor at the Department of Geography and Resource Management, Mizoram(Central) University, India. Her research interests include physical geography, climate change, urban planning, applied climatology, hazards and disasters, oceanography, social geography, natural resource management, remote sensing, GIS, and environmental issues. She has delivered invited lectures at academic seminars and colleges in India, which were sponsored by the University Grants Commissions (UGC). She was awarded the Best Teacher award in 2013 by Maharashtra Dalit Sahitya Academy. She has organized 4 conferences and 1 three-day workshop. She has also completed 4 outreach programmes sponsored by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS). She has carried out 4 research projects as the principal investigator, and she currently has another research project. She has served as a reviewer for many international journals. She has published 46 research papers, 1 authored book, 7 book chapters, and 10 conference proceedings articles. Dr. Bhagwan B. Ghute is an assistant professor at the Department of Geology, Toshniwal Arts, Commerce, and Science College, India. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in geology from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University (SRTMU) in India in 2006 and 2008, respectively. He was awarded the Dr. Bhimrao Pingale First Merit Award. The SRTMU recognized him as a post graduate teacher and Ph.D. research supervisor. He is a life member of various academic societies and was nominated as a member of the board of studies in geology at the SRTMU for 2023-2027. His primary research areas include quaternary geology, groundwater, remote sensing, and GIS. Dr. Ghute has published more than 20 research papers in national and international journals. At present, he works as an editor for the book series GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling published by Springer.
