Dr. Kirtikumar R. Randive is Professor and Head of the Department at the Post-Graduate Department of Geology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur. He served the Geological Survey of India before joining the university. He published more than 130 research papers in the national and international journals and books. So far, he authored 3 monographs and edited 8 books for renowned publishers including Springer, Elsevier and De Gruyers. He is the Editorial Board member of the Springer-Nature Journal Mineralogy & Petrology, the De Gruyter’s Journal Open Geosciences, Associate Editor of Scilite Journal Earth Science Perspectives and Dy. Editor-in-Chief of the Nagpur University Science Journal. He is an editor of the Springer- Nature book series “Geohealth: The impact of geology on environment and human health”. Prof. Randive was a member of 31st Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica in year 2011- 2012. He was invited as a Visiting Fellow to the University of Portsmouth, UK in 2018. His contributions were applauded on various forums including the Best Teacher Award (Researcher) award of the RTM Nagpur University in 2017. He was the conference Chair for the 4th edition of International Students Conference on Medical Geology and Environmental Health, South Asia, 2025 which was under the auspices of the International Union of Geosciences (IUGS) in collaboration with International Medical Geology Association (IMGA), Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH), IUGS-Commission on Global Geochemical Baselines (CGGB) and International Environmental and Health Sciences Consortium (IEHSC). He is currently representing India at the International Environmental and Health Sciences Consortium (IEHSC). He is member of various academic societies including Board of Research and Management Council (2021-2022) RTM Nagpur University.· Dr. Shubhangi Pingle [Scientist E, ICMR-ROHC(S)] is working in the field of occupational disease biomarkers from past nineteen years. She acquired research experience in proteomics, immunology and cell culture biology, histopathology particularly in the area of occupational diseases. She has 107 publications in her credit. She worked on silicosis, Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Coal Workers p- Pneumoconiosis (CWP), which are very closely associated lung diseases. She received Travel award from Department of Biotechnology and European Science Foundation to attend international deliberations.She is resource person for international and national conferences. She established multidisciplinary research in biology and expanded into newer areas of R&D. She has three Indian Patent granted and 8 submitted. She is a member of scientific committees with many awards in her credit. She is a reviewer of the Journal BMC Complementary and alternative medicine and an editorial member of the journal European Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences. She has completed projects cost around Rs 13.89 Cr. There are many areas which were first time implemented in the diagnostic field of research by her differing approach. She has expertise in preventive measures of occupational health diseases used for beneficiation of industry workers. Her expertise will be utilized in this project. She has collaboration with many institutes of national importance, namely IISc Bangalore, CIIMS, Nagpur, Datta Meghe institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, PIET, Nagpur ISM-Dhanbad, IIT- Gandhinagar, REVA University. She has also received funding from various agencies like Ministry of Mines, Coal Ministry, DST, DBT, SERB, CMPDI, ICMR etc. She has guided post- Doc and five Ph.D. scholars and fifty-seven dissertation students for their research.· Dr. Sanjeevani Ashokrao Jawadand is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Geology at Shri Mathuradas Mohota College of Science, Nagpur, India. She holds a Ph.D. in Geology from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. Her research interests include economic geology, mineral economics, critical and strategic minerals, environmental geoscience, and sustainable mining. She has published over 35 research papers and book chapters in reputed national and international journals and edited volumes, and has authored and edited scholarly books with international publishers.· Pratik Godbole is currently working as an Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) in the Post Graduate Department of Geology, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU), Nagpur. He completed his M.Sc. Tech. in Applied Geology in 2022 from RTM Nagpur University with distinction and second order of merit. He is presently pursuing his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. K. R. Randive. He is a Fellow of the Pangea Society, Mumbai, and has published more than 50 research papers and book chapters in reputed national and international journals and edited volumes. He has actively presented his research work at several national and international conferences and seminars. He is the author of the book “Medical Geology for Beginners”, published by Springer Nature. He has served as a guest reviewer for journals including Mineral Economics (Springer Nature), Open Geoscience (De Gruyter, Warsaw, Poland), the International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology, and the Nagpur University Science Journal. He served as the Organizing Secretary of the 4th International Students Conference on Medical Geology and Environmental Health – South Asia Edition (ISCMGEH–South Asia 2025), organized by RTM Nagpur University and conducted under the auspices of IUGS, in collaboration with SEGH, IMGA, IUGS-CGGB, and IEHSC. He is the member of International Medical Geology Association (IMGA) and Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH). He is an active member of Maharashtra Youth for Climate Action and regularly publishes scholarly and outreach articles on climate action and environmental sustainability. His current research interests include Critical Minerals, Economic Geology, Mineral Economics, Mining Geology, Geochemistry, Environmental Sustainability, Geo- education, Forensic Geology, and Medical Geology.
