Khan Women’s College, Midnapore, West Bengal, India. He has worked in the area of Applied Geomorphology consisting Hazards, Risk and related Community Responses. He has over 20 publications in various journals. He is currently a principal investigator of research projects funded by the University Grant Commission.Dr. Ramkrishna Maiti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment Management at Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India. His significant contributions have been in the area of Geomorphology, Hydrology, Environment, Ecology and Sociology. He heads several research projects funded by the UGC and ICSSR. He had over 60 publications to his credit.