Dr. Kasturi Mukherjee is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Geography at Adamas University, Kolkata, with over a decade of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership. She holds a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Calcutta, with research focusing on urban land-use change, urban environmental quality, and geospatial applications in sustainability and public health. A Gold Medalist in her postgraduate studies, she has served as a Visiting Researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and as Adjunct Faculty at Digital University Kerala. Her work is widely published in reputed international journals and edited volumes, and she actively contributes as an editor, reviewer, and resource person in national and international academic forums, with strong expertise in remote sensing, GIS, urban studies, and climate–society interactions.Dr. Bhadra received his master’s degree in Geography, an M.Phil. degree in Oceanography and Coastal Management, and Post Graduate Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS. He did his Doctoral research on Hydrology and Water Resource Management from Jadavpur University and received a Newton-Bhabha Fellowship to attend a Ph.D. internship at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His research interest includes fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, water resource management, climate change impact assessment, remote sensing, GIS applications, etc. In 2022, he received the prestigious Core Research Grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST as PI. Prof. (Dr.) Jitendra K. Pandey completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry (Polymer Science) in 2007 from National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. His research areas are in bio/nanocomposites, degradation, and stabilization of polymer composites, nano-material for water treatment, synthesis, characterization, and analysis of reinforced composites. He has 70+ Research articles, 6 Books, and 17 Patents to his credit. He has been associated with Research and Development in Adamas University, University of petroleum and energy studies Dehradun, Manav Rachna University, Brain Pool Fellow Seoul National University, South Korea, The University of Tokushima, Japan, Max Planck Institute of Colloid and Interfaces, Glom Germany in various roles. Dr. Pratik Dash is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, at Khejuri College. He had more than twelve years of research experience including more than seven years of teaching experience. He is expertise in remote sensing and GIS, disaster management and policy, hydrological modeling, flood modeling, etc. He has published several articles in Scopus-indexed journals and books.Dr. Rajib Sarkar is a geographer who has completed his graduation, post-graduation, and Ph.D. from the University of Burdwan. He completed his post-graduation in Geography in 2007 with a specialization in Advanced Geomorphology. He joined as a junior research fellow (CSIR-UGC) in 2011 and was awarded Ph.D. in 2016. He also completed his Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Remote Sensing and GIS from Jadavpur University in 2013 and his Postgraduate Diploma in Urban Management and Planning in 2017. Prior joining to as an assistant professor at Adamas University, he acted as a guest faculty and Resource Person at Jadavpur University, Kalyani University, and Diamond Harbor Women’s University. Dr. Rajib Sarkar is currently working on applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in urban planning and management. He has also an interest in Urban Growth Modeling (UGM), Geostatistics.