User:Dr. Pravat Kumar Shit

Dr. Pravat Kumar Shit is an Assistant Professor at the PG Department of Geography, Raja N. L. Khan Women’s College (Autonomous), West Bengal, India. He received his M.Sc & Ph.D. degrees in Geography from Vidyasagar University and PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS from Sambalpur University. His research interests include applied geomorphology, soil erosion, groundwater, forest resources, wetland ecosystem, environmental contaminants & pollution, and natural resources mapping & modelling. Dr. Shit has published twenty five books (Springer, Elsevier, CRC Press) and more than 100 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and 90 book chapters. He is also the guest editor of “Environmental Science and Pollution Research” and “Applied Water Science”. He is currently the editor of the GIScience and Geo-environmental Modelling (GGM) Book Series, Springer-Nature.