Kousik Das Malakar is a socio-ecological geographer, GIS analyst, and researcher with a specialization in climate change and policy. He currently holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, GDC Memorial College (Ch. Bansi Lal University), BRCM Vidyagram Campus, Haryana. Malakar earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Geography, Central University of Haryana. He also possesses a master''s degree in social science geography from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, and a bachelor''s degree from Vidyasagar University, Medinipur. His research interests encompass the climate crisis, socio-ecological systems, coastal environments and societies, sustainability, disaster studies, participatory policy planning, and geospatial technologies.

In his field of research, Malakar has participated in over 150 academic events and has published books and research articles in both national and international journals. He has received numerous certifications from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) in Dehradun, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) in Hyderabad, and the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in New Delhi, recognizing his ability to engage in and acquire research ideas and knowledge. Additionally, he serves as an active journal reviewer and a member of the Human Development and Capability Association (US), the Unequal World (US), and the International Society for Urban Health (US). Supriya Roy is a GIS analyst and socio-environmental geographer. She holds a master''s degree in social science geography from the Department of Geography, Institute of Humanities & Social Sciences, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, and a double bachelor''s degree in social science geography from the University of Gour Banga and Vidyasagar College of Education, West Bengal (India). In her field of research, she has participated in more than 100 workshops/seminars/conferences/webinars and has contributed research monograph and articles to both national and international journals. She has been awarded multiple certifications from NIDM (New Delhi) and IIRS (Dehradun) for her active participation in research and the acquisition of knowledge and research ideas. Her research interests encompass a diverse range of topics, including coastal indigenous communities, anthropo-environmental conflicts, climate justice, climate migration, society and politics, participatory policy planning, and the applications of geographic information science.

Manish Kumar is an Assistant Professor and the Programme Coordinator for the M.Sc. Geoinformatics Programme at the Department of Geography, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, India. Earlier, from January 2016 to February 2020, he served as an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Kalindi College, University of Delhi. Prior to that, from January 2009 to December 2014, he was a lecturer in the M.Sc. Remote Sensing and GIS course of Kumaun University, Nainital, India. He has also worked as a Research Associate in the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) project on "Rurbanization".

In addition, he has been a visiting faculty member at the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Kumaun University (Nainital) and a postgraduate diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dehradun. He is a steering member of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Modeling Geographical Systems. He led the Indian delegation to Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan, under the Indo-Japan (ICSSR-JSPS) Joint Research Program (2023). He has published more than 30 research papers in various national and international Science Citation Index such as Scopus, Web of Science etc. He has published 04 edited books and 02 monographs in Springer Nature.

His special area of research interest includes the application of remote sensing and GIS in urban and regional planning, land use and land cover dynamics, and Environmental monitoring and modeling among others.