Dr. Mohd Akhter Ali is an Assistant professor, Department of Geography & Joint Director, Directorate of Admissions at, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He obtained his bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Osmania University. He specializes in environmental geography, urban and regional geography, cartography, rural development, GIS and remote sensing. He is the editor of many renowned journals in India and has some 18 years of experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students.He is a life member of a number of academic organizations, including the National Association of Geographers, India, and the Indian National Cartographic Association, among others. Dr. Ali has published 3 books and more than 120 journal articles. Presently Six research scholars are pursuing research under his supervision and one Scholar has completed Ph.D. Mr. M. Kamraju is a Former lecturer ,an Urban Researcher  Research Associate, ICSSR Major Project, Ministryof Education, New Delhi. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Gauhati University with honors in Geography and a Postgraduate Degree from Osmania University. He has worked on two major projects by the Indian Council of Social Science Research and the Telangana Biodiversity Department. He has 4 years of experience teaching undergraduate and Intermediate students . He has also guided 120 undergraduate students (B.A. geography) for their final-year project in various fields (agriculture, urban studies, economics, GIS and remote sensing). He completed a 3-month internship with the Indian Institute of Surveying and Mapping, Hyderabad, India, in 2017. Mr. M.Kamraju has also contributed chapters for eight edited books and more than fifty Five research journals of National and international standards.He has qualified 4 UGC NET Examinations ( Geography,Sociology, International Area Studies & Population Studies)  and APSET (Geography) examination. He is a life member of many academic organizations including the National Association of Geographers, India( NAGI), Indian National Cartographic Association(INCA),Deccan Environmental Research Organisation (DERO), Agriculture and Food e-Newsletter, etc.  Mr. Kamraju has contributed chapters to 8 edited books and published more than 55 journal articles.