Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Ph.D., Post Doc., has obtained her Ph.D. from Division of Environmental Sciences, SKUAST-K, India. Her specialization is in environmental monitoring, environmental awareness, ecology, soil biology, wetland restoration, and carbon sequestration. She has authored 7 books with International publishers, has published more than 60 scientific research articles/book chapters in the journals/books of international reputation. She is recipient of many prestigious awards and felicitations for her dedicated accomplishments. Her focus has remained on many facets of society especially on environmental conservation and women empowerment. She has been felicitated by state government (J & K Department of Ecology. Environment and Remote Sensing) for her outstanding contribution in mass environmental awareness and conservation through electronic media. So far, she has extended nine years of dedicated service towards Environmental Awareness and conservation through a weekly radio programme "Soun Aoundh Pukk" on All India Radio (2015 till date). She was recently awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship by Ministry of Education (ICSSR), Government of India (2022-2024). Currently, she is working in a project on "Identification of potential Rainwater Harvesting sites using Geospatial technologies in Kandi region of Punjab" funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) at Punjab Agricultural University - Regional Research Station, Ballowal Saunkhri, SBS Nagar, Punjab.

Abrar Yousuf, Ph.D., pursued his Ph.D. from Department of Soil and Water Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Presently, he is working as a Scientist (Soil and Water Engineering) at Punjab Agricultural University - Regional Research Station, Ballowal Saunkhri, SBS Nagar, Punjab. His field of specialization is watershed hydrology, soil erosion modeling, watershed management, remote sensing and GIS, rainwater management, and dryland agriculture. He is involved in continuous monitoring of runoff and sediment yield from various watersheds located in Kandi region of Punjab. He has been involved in several research projects funded by various funding institutes such as; ICAR New Delhi, DST New Delhi, GIZ New Delhi, IPRO consult Germany, Drpartmrnt of Soil and Water Conservation, Govt. Of Punjab and SERB, New Delhi. He is working on ex-situ management of rainwater in farm ponds and its judicious use through micro irrigation systems. He has constructed farm ponds in various adopted villages. Dr. Abrar has authored a number of many research articles in journals of national and international repute, technical bulletins, and two books. He is a member of several scientific associations and actively participates in scientific conferences, workshops, summer and winter schools, training programs for building up high scientific temper and technical skills. Recently, he has been felicitated with "Best Thesis Award" for his doctoral research work by Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi.

Dr. Mohammad Amin Bhat, PhD., received his [...] (Agriculture) degree from SKUAST-Kashmir and [...] and PhD in Soil Science from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. He was awarded ICAR-Junior Research Fellowship during Masters' programme and fellowship from University Grants Commission, New Delhi during doctoral programme. Dr. Bhat is working as Soil Scientist at Regional Research Station, Punjab Agricultural University, Ballowal Saunkhri, Punjab. He has authored/co-authored more than 30 articles in refereed Journals of National and International repute and several technical bulletins, book chapters and popular articles. His field of specialization is soil chemistry and soil fertility. Presently, he is working on soil fertility management under dryland agroecosystems of Northwest India. He is member of various scientific societies and an active participant in conferences, seminars, workshops summer and winter schools. Moreover, he is involved in teaching soil

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