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management. He has visited 24 countries for professional reasons and holds a vast National and International experience.



Pavan Kumar is an Assistant Professor (Wildlife Biology) in the Department of Forest Biology and Tree Improvement, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, U.P., India. He obtained his Ph.D. degrees from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He did B.Sc (Botany) and M.Sc (Environmental Science) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, and subsequently obtained a Master's Degree in Remote Sensing (M.Tech) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India. His current research interests include forest, resilient agriculture and climate change studies. He is recipient of Innovation China National Academy Award for Remote Sensing. Dr. Kumar has published more than 60 research papers in international journals as well as authored several books and presented more than 40 papers in national and international conferences. He has visited countries like the USA, France, the Netherlands, Italy, China, Indonesia, Brazil, and Malaysia for various academic/scientific assignments, workshops, and conferences. Dr. Kumar is member of the International Associations for Vegetation Science, USA, and the Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing, Malaysia.



S. S. Singh is Director of Extension Education, Rani Laxmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, U.P. He has served as director of ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kolkata (2017-2020). Dr. Singh has handled 16 foreign/externally funded projects on natural resource management, crop management, livelihood development, and crop improvement funded by DFID, IFAD, USAID, BMGF, IRRI, CIMMYT, Ford Foundation, and European Union. As an agronomist, he has contributed to the development of five rice varieties which have been released by CVRC and Bihar SVRC and are suitable for aerobic drought prone, late direct seeding, contingency cropping, and rainfed lowland conditions. He has published 115 research papers, 6 books, 20 book chapters, 15 technical bulletins, 135 papers in proceedings/ symposiums/seminars, 50 popular articles, and 40 extension folders. He has visited the USA, the UK, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, and Nepal. He is recipient of Rajeev Gandhi Gyan Vigyan Award from the Ministry of Home Affairs, FAI award, Senior Research Fellowship of ICAR, and Excellent Team Research Award of ICAR in Social Science.



Bambang Hendro Trisasongko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, and a member of the Geospatial Information and Technologies for the Intelligent and Integrative Agriculture (GITIIA) research program at Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, Indonesia. Dr. Trisasongko has 14 years of research teaching experience with a publication record in research articles, review papers, conference papers, and book chapters. Dr. Trisasongko is reviewing research articles for a number of scientific journals and has handled research projects in his capacity as PI and Co PI. His research areas have been in remote sensing for agriculture, environment and forestry. His current research focus in plant productivity from remote sensing and proximal sensors.



Meenu Rani is a Researcher in the Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. Dr. Rani received her M.Tech degree in remote sensing from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India. She got working experience in the major disciplines of agriculture and forestry while working with Haryana Space Application Centre, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development. Dr. Rani has authored several peer-reviewed scientific research papers and presented works at many national and international conferences in the USA, Italy, and China. She has been awarded with various fellowships from the International Association for Ecology, Future Earth Coast, and SCAR Scientific Research Programme. She received an early career scientists' achievement award in 2017 from Columbia University, New York, USA.