Dr. Jayanta Das is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography in Rampurhat College, University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. He has completed his Post Graduate and PhD degrees from the Department of Geography and Applied Geography, University of North Bengal, India. Dr. Das’s broad area of PhD thesis is covering the broader theme of applied geography and GIScience. His research interest includes geomorphology, hydro-geomorphology, mountain geomorphology, coastal geomorphology, groundwater, flood, drought analysis, climate change, watershed management, hydrological modeling, water quality, geospatial data analysis, data mining, and GIS applications with more than 17 academic years of experience. Dr. Jayanta Das has published more than 70 scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals, focusing mainly on: climate change, agricultural suitability analysis, natural and man-made hazards analysis, risk management, and spatial data analysis. Recently, Dr. Das has published an edited book entitled Monitoring and Managing Multi-hazards: A Multidisciplinary Approach jointly with Dr. Sudip Kumar Bhattacharya from Springer Nature, and Advancement of GI-Science and Sustainable Agriculture: A Multi-Dimensional Approach and New Advancements in Geomorphological Research: Issues & Challenges in Quantitative Spatial Science with Dr. Somenath Halder from Springer. Dr. Das has led special issues in journals like Environmental Science and Pollution Research and contributed to multiple volumes with Springer.Dr. Somenath Halder is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography in Kaliachak College, University of Gour Banga, West Bengal, India. He has completed his PG from Department of Geography and Applied Geography, University of North Bengal, India, and PhD from Department of Geography, Visva-Bharati, India. Dr. Halder’s field of interest includes multi-dimensional data modeling connecting to socio-political agenda, conflicting issues with laws and ecology, community practices, crisis management, spatio-temporal analysis, environmental management, policy science, climate change, watershed management, hydrological modeling, geospatial data analysis, and GIS applications with more than 15 academic years of experience. Dr. Halder has published more than 48 research articles in peer-reviewed reputed journals. Meanwhile, he performs his academic endeavor as peer-reviewer in number of Scopus and Web of Science indexed prestigious journals like, Modeling Earth System and Environment, Journal of Environment, Development and Sustainability, Internal Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, GeoJournal, South Asian Survey, Research in Globalization, Current Psychology, Sage Open, and may more. Recently Dr. Halder published an edited book entitled Advancement of GI-Science and Sustainable Agriculture: A Multi-Dimensional Approach and New Advancements in Geomorphological Research: Issues & Challenges in Quantitative Spatial Science jointly with Dr. Jayanta Das from Springer.
