Remote Sensing of Ocean and Coastal Environments

Dr. Meenu Rani received her MTech degree in remote sensing from the Birla Institute of
Technology, Ranchi, India. She is currently affiliated with the Department of Geography,
Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. She has worked on remote-sensing
applications as a junior research fellow at the Haryana Space Applications Centre, as a
research associate on the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and at the G.B. Pant
National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development. Dr. Rani
has authored and coauthored several peer-reviewed scientific research papers and
presented work at many national and international conferences, including in the United
States, Italy, and China. She has been awarded various fellowships from the International
Association for Ecology, Future Earth Coasts, and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic
Research Scientific Research Programme. She was awarded an Early Career Scientist
achievement in 2017 from Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.

Dr. Kaliraj Seenipandi is a scientist at the Central Geomatics Laboratory, National
Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram. He received his MSc in remote
sensing and geoinformation technology with a first from Madurai Kamaraj University,
Madurai, and his MTech in geomatics from the Indian Institute of Surveying and
Mapping, Survey of India, Hyderabad. He was awarded the DST-INSPIRE Fellowship
(both JRF and SRF) for his PhD in remote sensingegeotechnology from the Centre for
GeoTechnology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
He has specialized in remote sensing, geoinformatics, and GIS modeling of earth and
environmental processes. He has published over 30 research papers in the earth and
environment fields and more than 25 proceedings in national and international conferences.
He was awarded the Young Scientist of the Year 2016 award by the
International Foundation for Environment and Ecology, Kolkata, in association with the
Confederation of Indian Universities, New Delhi, and the Green Technologist of the Year
2017 award by the Scientific and Environmental Research Institute, New Delhi, in association
with the Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, New Delhi. His research
interests are in the fields of remote sensing, geoinformatics, GIS modeling, earth and
environmental dynamics, coastal vulnerability assessment, and natural resource monitoring
and management.

Ms. Sufia Rehman is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. She has completed her Bachelors in Geography and subsequently obtained her Master’s degree in Geography from Jamia Millia Islamia. She is a recipient of Gold medal in Master of Arts. She specialized in remote sensing and GIS and hydrological studies. Her area of interest includes coastal ecosystem conservation and management, climate change and disaster management. She has made a remarkable contribution in water related researches such as coastal landscape vulnerability and flood vulnerability. She has presented her research in national and international conferences. She has many research papers in Journals of International repute and book chapters to her credit. Ms. Rehman has been awarded many scholarships from various agencies.

Dr. Pavan Kumar is a Faculty of College of Horticulture and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, U.P., India. He obtained his Ph.D degrees from Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He did B.Sc. (Botany) and M.Sc. (Environmental Science) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India and subsequently obtained Master’s degree in Remote Sensing (M.Tech) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India. His current research interests include Climate Change and coastal studies. He is recipient of Innovation China National academy award for Remote Sensing. Dr. Kumar has published fifty research papers in international journals and authored a number of books. He has visited countries like USA, France, the Netherlands, Italy, China, Indonesia, Brazil and Malaysia for various academic/scientific assignments, workshop and conferences. Dr. Kumar is member of International Associations for Vegetation Science, USA and Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing, Malaysia.

Prof. Haroon Sajjad is Professor in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He obtained his B.Sc, M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D degrees all from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. His present research interests include environmental management, sustainable development, watershed management and applications of remote sensing and GIS. He has four books to his credit. He has published more than hundred research papers in journals of repute. Prof. Sajjad has presented fifty research papers at national and international conferences including at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, University of British Columbia, Canada, University of Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa, and University of Brighton, U.K. He has delivered invited talks at various universities. Ten doctoral degrees to the scholars have been awarded under his supervision. He has chaired academic sessions at various conferences. He is the reviewer of many scientific research journals and member of scientific bodies.