Professor Pradhan is a globally recognized expert in geospatial analytics and artificial intelligence applications in Earth and environmental sciences. Currently a Distinguished Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, he also leads the Centre for Advanced Modelling and Geospatial Information Systems (CAMGIS). With a PhD in GIS-based modeling, Prof. Pradhan has over two decades of experience in spatial data science, remote sensing, natural hazard modeling, and environmental monitoring. He has been listed among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University and received numerous international awards, including from IEEE and Elsevier. A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), he also serves on editorial boards of several top-tier journals. His research integrates geospatial AI and deep learning for disaster risk reduction, land use planning, and sustainability. Dr. Tripathi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna. He holds a Ph.D. in Remote Sensing from IIT Ropar, where he was the department’s first doctoral graduate, completing his degree in a record 2 years and 10 months. A distinction holder in both his B.Tech (SRM University) and M.Tech (IIRS–ISRO), Dr. Tripathi has served in various academic and research roles, including Postdoctoral Research Associate at IIT Kanpur and Postdoctoral Fellow at Tel Aviv University, Israel. His expertise lies in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing, multi-sensor integration, and AI-driven modeling for agriculture, and disaster assessment. He has published over 30 scholarly works and serves as Guest Editor for Springer and Frontiers journals, and Editor for Scientific Reports (Nature). He is also an active science communicator, poet, and columnist, with deep interests in geopolitics and heritage conservation.Dr. Reet Kamal Tiwari received his M.Sc. degree in geology, M.Tech. degree in remote sensing and geographic information systems, and PhD degree in Earth sciences from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India, in 2007, 2009, and 2015, respectively. In 2013, he joined the Centre for Glaciology, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India, as a scientist. Since March 2017, he has been an assistant professor with the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India. His research interests include geospatial technology applications in the fields of snow, ice and glaciers, climate change, natural resource management, environmental monitoring, and planetary sciences. He has secured over 15 Crore (INR) research funding, received multiple fellowships, held editorial positions, and is an IEEE Senior Member, advancing electronics, image processing, and geospatial intelligence. He is Senior IEEE member and an active member of various international and national societies, such as Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), and the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS).
