Dr. Bhagwan B. Ghute is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geology, Toshniwal Arts, Commerce, and Science College, Sengaon, Dist. Hingoli (Maharashtra), India. He has been working there since 2011. Dr. Ghute completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Geology from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University in Nanded in 2006 and 2008, respectively, with first-class. He has been awarded Dr. Bhimrao Pingale first merit award during his M.Sc. geology. In December 2010, he secured the first rank from Maharashtra for the State Eligibility Test for the Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean, and Planetary Sciences for the lectureship. Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, recognized him as a Post-Graduate (PG) teacher and Ph.D. Research supervisor. Dr. Ghute has completed two MRPs funded by Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, and Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission, Mumbai. He is a life member of various societies and Journals and was nominated as a Member of the Board of Studies in Geology at SRTM University for 2023-2027. His primary research areas include Quaternary geology, groundwater, remote sensing, and GIS. Dr. Ghute has published more than 25 research papers in national and international journals. Dr. Pranaya Diwate is currently working as an Assistant Professor at UDBAS, MGM University, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Maharashtra). He previously worked as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur. He is also working as a MANAGING EDITOR at International Journal of Suresh Gyan Vihar University of Climate Change. He did his Ph.D. degree in Earth Sciences from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology Dehradun (DST Autonomous Institute) and the University of Jammu, Jammu, in 2020. He has more than 30 research publications, including research papers, and book chapters. He has more than 8 years of research and teaching experience working in the area of Climate change, Water resources, Paleoclimatology, Remote Sensing and GIS etc. He has attended and organized around 26 national and international conferences. He has completed several national and international certification courses from University of Geneva, Switzerland, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States and American Museum of Natural History etc. He was also course coordinator of different modules of EDUSAT based distance learning program organized by IIRS (Indian Institute of Remote Sensing), ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization), Govt. of India. He was also awarded a research award and an INSPIRE fellowship.
