Author: Onkar Singh

Onkar Singh (b. 1941), Professor of Environment and Head, Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, is currently engaged with a few research projects, including one under Indo-Dutch collaboration, related to environmental degradation and management. Besides several research papers he has authored a monograph on India Urban Environment. He has been to Germany and Hungary where he delivered lectures in important institutions on environmental issues in India. Prithvish Nag, (b. 1951), M.Sc. (Gold Medalist), Ph.D., is the Director of the National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has been the President of the Indian National Cartographic Association, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centre, Institute of Indian Geographers, Indian Institute of Geomorphologists, Professor S.P. Chatterjee Memorial Foundation and Indian Geographical Foundation. At the international level, he was the Chairman of the International Cartographic Association (ICA), Commission on Population Cartography, UN/PCGIAP Committee on Institutional Strengthening for Asia and the Pacific, International Steering Committee on Global Mapping (ISCGM), and Working Group on Data Standardization. He is an author and editor of over 35 books and 110 research papers. Dr. Nag was UN Consultant in Cartography in the Sultanate of Oman and the Surveyor General of India. V.K. Kumra (b. 1954), Reader in Geography, Banaras Hindu University, took his M. Sc. (1975) and Ph. D. (1978) from B.H.U. He has published a number of books and research papers on environmental issues. Dr. Kumra has been recipient of Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship during 1989-90 at the University of Cambridge, U.K. Jagadish Singh (b. 1952) is a Senior Lecturer in Geography, Banaras Hindu University. Dr. Singh has to his credit about two dozen research papers and four books including a monograph on Upper Damodar Valley. His major fields of interest are Settlement Geography and Environmental Studies. Recently he has been to Japan and U.K. in connection with conferences on Environmental Aspects.