Biographical note

Dr. Pravat Kumar Shit is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, Vidyasagar University, India and also works in the Postgraduate Department of Geography, Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College, India. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Geomorphology from Vidyasagar University in 2013, M.Sc. in Geography and Environment Management from Vidyasagar University in 2005 and PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS from Sambalpur University in 2015. His main fields of research are soil erosion spatial modelling, water resource and natural resource mapping, and geospatial modelling, and has published over 50 international and national research articles in various renowned journals. He has published three books and is an associate editor or on the editorial board of three international journals in geography and environmental science. Dr. Dilip Kumar Datta is a professor in Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh, where he has been a faculty member since October 1997. He started his professional career as a museologist at the Bangladesh National Museum and spent around seven years in the position of Assistant Keeper in the Department of Natural History. Dilip Kumar Datta has also contributed to many universities' policy issues as a member of the relevant committees. His research interest encompasses a wide range of Environmental Science of the Bengal Drainage Basin, emphasizing the Lower Bengal Delta. His research areas include hydrogeochemistry and water resource management in a deltaic environment Dr. Biswajit Bera is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Sidho Kanho Birsha University, West Bengal (India). He completed an M.Sc and Ph.D. from the University of Calcutta, West Bengal (India), and a P.G. Certificate course in groundwater hydrology from IISWBM, Kolkata. Dr. Bera has rich experience teaching in different core areas of geography in various colleges and universities over the last 10 years. He is the recipient of the prestigious Young Geomorphologist Award and International Young Geomorphologist scholarship. He has published five books for school, college, and university students and several research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. His research interests include fluvial geomorphology, hydrology, and environmental geography. Dr. Bera regularly appears in debate/talk in both national print and electronic media. Recently, he has completed the ICSSR Major Research Project awarded by the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. Dr. Aznarul Islam is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Aliah University, Kolkata, India. He completed a Master of Science in Geography from Kalyani University, India and an M.Phil and Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Burdwan, India. He has published more than twenty-five research papers in different national and international journals, edited volumes, and conference proceedings. He is an editorial board member of five international journals and acts as the reviewer of eight international journals. He is an editor of Neo-Thinking on Ganges Brahmaputra Basin Geomorphology and Quaternary Geomorphology in India - Case Studies from the Lower Ganga Basin under Springer International Publishing. His principal area of research includes geomorphology of the Bengal Basin, especially riverbank erosion, channel migration, flood, anthropo-geomorphology, and channel decaying. Dr Partha Pratim Adhikary, is presently a Senior Scientist in Soil Physics and Soil and Water Conservation at ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, India. He obtained his Bachelors’ degree in Agriculture from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Masters’ degree in Soil Science from Chaudhury Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, and Ph.D. in Agricultural Physics from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute. Dr Adhikary has over 100 publications in journals, and has worked on many edited books, and book chapters. Dr Adhikary has over 12 years’ experience in research, training and extension in the field of soil physics, spatial variability, soil and water conservation and watershed management. He has successfully used non-parametric spatial interpolation techniques such as indicator kriging and probability kriging to determine heavy metal pollution in soil and groundwater.