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Dr. A.K. Bhagabati is Professor and Head of the Department of Geography, Gauhati University, Guwahati. A recipient of the Commonwealth Nuffield Fellowship, dr. Bhagabati has visited some of the leading universities of U.K. and received training in Environment and geography education. His fields of interest include agricultural geography, environment and biodiversity. An active member of Assam science Society, Dr. Bhagabati has to his credit a large number of books, research papers and monographs. Currently, he is serving as the working President of Assam Science Society.

Dr. M.C. Kalita is a reader in the Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati University. His fields of interest include environmental biotechnology and mosquito vectors. A recipient of National Biotechnology Associateship of the Department of Biotechnology, Govt of India, he had carried out research on DNA fingerprinting on Indian Mustard in NRC on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi. A devoted worker for promotion of biodiversity conservation in North-East and former General Secretary of Assam Science Society, Dr. Katila has participated in several training courses ad conferences including the International Biotechnological Congress held AT California, USA in 2004.

Mr. S. Baruah is post-graduate in Zoology from Gauhati University. He worked n the UNDP/GEF sponsored project –National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) –India launched by MoEF, Govt. of India for the preparation of the State Report. An active member of Assam Science Society, Mr. Baruah also worked n the Indian Institute of Science, Banglalore as a short –term fellow of Indian Academy of Science. He as recently submitted his Ph.D. thesis in Gauhati University on Ecology & Wildlife.