Rural Futures

Pushan Kumar Dutta is a distinguished assistant professor in the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at ASETK, Amity University Kolkata. He earned his PhD (2015) in electronics and telecommunication engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and later pursued a post-doctorate from the Erasmus Mundus Association. He has served as a research coordinator and assistant professor in the Andhra Pradesh Engineering College and has been honored with the Young Faculty in Engineering Award in 2018. He is the ATL Mentor of Change from NITI Aayog Mentor of Change for the Eastern Zone. Dr Dutta's research interests are diverse, including data mining, big data, AI, edge computing, federated learning, predictive analytics, earthquake precursor study, computer hardware, sustainability, electronic devices, design thinking, industry 5.0, machine ethics, and intelligent systems for biomedicine. He has edited multiple books in the field of healthcare, signal processing, industry 4.0, digital transformation for IET, IGI Global, De Gruyter Brill, CRC, Elsevier, and Springer, with over 40 book chapters. He has also been a reviewer for Springer, Wiley, CRC, Apple Academic Press, and Taylor and Francis. In addition, he has published more than 108 articles in Scopus-indexed journals, book chapters, and conferences in total. By 2022, Dr Dutta had completed 50 book editorials, demonstrating his prolific contribution to academic literature in different areas. His expertise is recognized through his membership in the technical programming committees of various significant conferences, where he delivers keynote speeches. He also holds an Indian copyright titled "Innovative Digital Teaching and Learning for Professional Readiness," and two Indian patents. As part of his mentoring role, Dr Dutta regularly coordinates sports and innovation competitions at Amity University Kolkata and teaches subjects such as IoT, robotics, basics of electronic devices, and neural networks.Sonal Trivedi is an assistant professor at VIT Business School, VIT Bhopal University, Madhya Pradesh, India. She earned her PhD (2017) in management (finance), titled ‘A study on risk management tools and techniques in life insurance industry in India,’ from the University of Kota, Rajasthan. She has more than 12 years of teaching experience, including being a teaching assistant in S. V. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surat, an institute of national importance under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. She has published three books in national publications and edited two Scopus-indexed books. She has written 27 chapter reviews as well as 5 research papers in Scopus-indexed journals, published 22 research papers in UGC-approved journals, and presented 15 papers in international and national conferences. She has also chaired five international conferences, is a reviewer for four reputed journals, and holds seven patents. Her areas of interest are blockchain technology, finance, banking, and insurance.

• 1. Social Capital Perspective in Rural Development Policy: Analysis on Indonesia Village Regulatory 2. Digital Innovations for Transforming Agricultural and Rural Economies: A Review from West Africa 3. Rural Livelihoods and Unemployment amongst Youth in Botswana 4. A Paradoxical View of Resilient and Sustainable Growth in Post-Conflict Rural Areas: The Case of Iraq 5. Understanding Environmental Sustainability and Rural Resilient Best Practices in West African Countries 6. Information and Communication Technology Enabled Modern Governance Model for Rural Sustainability Development 7. Cultural Sustainability: A Pathway to Building Resilient Rural Communities 8. ICT for Rural e-Governance and Development: Legal and Policy Research on the Deployment of ICTs in Rural e-Governance 9. Health and Well-Being in Rural Communities 10. Rural India: The Next Frontier of Economic Development 11. Assessing Health Infrastructure for Providing Sustainable Healthy Living of Rural Communities in India 12. Impact of Child Labor on the Health and Well-Being of Children in Rural Communities 13. Is MGNREGA Capable of Achieving all the SDGs: A Study on India’s Rural Population 14. Reengineering the Rural Economy by Leveraging the Use of Financial Services: A Lynchpin 15. K-Shaped Recovery in India: Prosperity for the Wealthy and Hardship for the Underprivileged, concerning Economic Development in Rural Areas 16. Promotion of Entrepreneurship in Menstrual Hygiene: Case Study of Local NGOs in Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand 17. Revisiting Environmental Sustainability and Rural Resilience in Indigenous Worldview: An Ethnoecological Study in Santal Society 18. Exploring Environmental Sustainability and Rural Resilience through the Lens of Selected Indian Indigenous Women 19. Rural Resilience Upon Environmental Sustainability: A Study on Birbhum 20. Fostering Rural Entrepreneurship: Leveraging Bamboo for Sustainable Development and Economic Growth in India