Prof. Narayan Chandra Jana is an applied geographer with Post-Graduate and Doctoral degrees in geography, Post-Graduate degree in disaster mitigation, Post-Graduate Diploma in sustainable rural development and Diploma in tourism studies. He has published more than100 research papers in national and international journals and edited volumes and has authored three books and jointly edited five books. He has supervised 10 Ph.D. and 10 M. Phil students. He is a member of the editorial board of the Indian Journal of Landscape Systems and Ecological Studies and is a member of the advisory board of the journal Earth Surface Review. His research interests include applied geomorphology, hazards and disasters, environmental issues, land use and rural development. Prof. Jana recently has been nominated as a Steering Committee Member in the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Research Methods in Geography. He has visited 07 countries. Currently Dr. Jana is Professor (and former head) in the Department of Geography and Coordinator for M. Sc. Course in Geospatial Science, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India.Dr. Anju Singh is now serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi. Dr. Anju specialises in the field of climatology, land use and land cover study, urban geography, water resource management and coastal ecosystems. She has received international travel grants to present research findings at international forums. Dr. Anju has published 1 book and more than 10 chapters in edited books and in journals of national and international repute. She is currently actively associated with the National Association of Geographers, India (NAGI), and the Association of Geographical Studies (AGS). Prof. R. B. Singh was Professor & Head of the Department of Geography at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi, until February 2020. He is the first Indian and the second Asian elected as Secretary General & Treasurer of the International Geographical Union (IGU). At present, he is Chair of the Research Council for Scientific and Industrial Research — Central Food Technological Research Institute (CSIR-CFTRI), Government of India; a member of the International Science Council (ISC) Scientific Committee, elected as the President of the Earth System Science Section of the ISCA in 2019–2020. He has published 15 books, 35 edited volumes and more than 235 research papers. He has supervised 35 Ph.D. and 81 M. Phil students. He was awarded a fellowship by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and has visited more than 40 countries. The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, Government of India, invited him to be a member of the committee for preparing Vision India–2035.
