Applications and Challenges of Geospatial Technology ― Potential and Future Trends

Dr Prem Chandra Pandey is associatedwith Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development (IESD), Banaras Hindu University India.He received his M.Sc. degree in Environmental Sciences (2007) from Institute of Sciences, Banaras Hindu University and M.Tech in Remote Sensing (2009) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India. He was awardedPh.D degree in Remote Sensing Technology (2015) from CLCR Department of Geography, University of Leicester, United Kingdom under Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. Dr Pandey also visited Tel Aviv University Israel (2016-2017) for Post Doctoral research. His research interests include forestry, environmental pollutant modeling, urban and agricultural studies.He worked on remote sensing applications as Professional Research Fellow in NUIS (National Urban Information System) funded by NRSC, Government of India at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. He has been a recipient of several awards including Commonwealth fellowship UK, INSPIRE fellowship, MHRD and UGC fellowships, SERB-NPDF from government of India. Dr Pandey has many research papers, edited books andbook chapters to his credit. He is also member of scientific bodies including ISG (Indian Society of Geomatics), ISRS (Indian Society of Remote Sensing), SPIE, and AAG.

Haroon Sajjad is Professor in the Department of Geography, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. 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 and Watershed Management. He has three books to his credit. He has published ninety research papers in journals of repute. Prof. Sajjad has presented thirty-six research papers at national and international conferences including at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, University of British Columbia, Canada, University of the Western Cape Bellville, South Africa, and University of Brighton, U.K. He has delivered invited talks at various universities. Many students have been awarded doctoral degree 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.

Prof. (Dr.) Bhagwan Singh Chaudhary is presently working as Chairman, Department of Geophysics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. He obtained his M. Tech. degree in Applied Geophysics in Kurukshetra University and subsequently obtained his Ph.D degree from University of Rajasthan. Prof. Chaudhary was awarded DAAD (German Academic Exchange Services) fellowship at University of Freiburg, Germany from 1997-1999 and worked on applications of Indian Remote Sensing Satellite data usage for various aspects in Black Forest region of south-west Germany. He got best paper award at 18^th International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Conference held at Vienna, Austria in 1996. Prof. Chaudhary specializes in water resources, geo-environmental studies and disaster management. He has more than 80 publications in various national/ international journals and conference proceedings.He has supervised many Ph.D students. He was founder Registrar of Chaudhary Bansi Lal University (CBLU), Bhiwani (2014-17).He is the fellow of Indian Water Resources Society, South Asian Association of Economic Geologists and the Society of Earth Scientists and life member of a dozen national/international scientific societies/academic associations. He is member of the Editorial Board of many prestigious journals. He is also reviewer of many international journals.Prof. Chaudhary visited countries like USA, Canada, UK, Austria, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Poland, China, South-Africa, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Thailand for various academic/ scientific assignments and conferences.