Shakeel Ahmad Bhat Editor

Mehraj U. Din Dar, PhD, holds a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering from Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, India, with specialization in climate change studies, crop modeling, groundwater management studies, watershed conservation, wastewater treatment, hydrological modeling, and agricultural drainage. He worked on nitrate movement dynamics through subsurface drainage system during his doctorate. Dr. Dar has been actively involved in research activities for the last several years. He has authored and published research articles, book chapters, and review articles in national and international journals, and he has presented and participated at various national and international seminars, conferences, and symposia. He was awarded a CSIR-SRF fellowship for his doctorate and has qualified ICAR JRF and SRF with 32 and 16 all India ranks respectively. Dr. Dar is a member of various scientific associations dealing with soil conservation, climate assessment, and wastewater treatment. He continues to explore new and innovative ways of wastewater treatment to meet the increasing demand for water in near future.

Aamir Ishaq Shah is currently pursuing a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. He is working on evaluating the performance of bio-retention cells on urban hydrology and water quality. He has published several research articles and book chapters in the field of water quality. He earned his MTech in Hydrology from IIT Roorkee, India, and is an ICAR- junior research fellowship holder for his PhD. He has qualified several national competitive exams including GATE, ASRB-NET, and ICAR-SRF

Shakeel Ahmad Bhat, PhD, holds a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering from the College of Agricultural Engineering at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-K), India. He has worked on hydroponics technology during his PhD program. He is an author of more than 15 scientific articles and five book chapters. He has presented and participated at numerous state, national, and international conferences, seminars, and workshops. He is also a reviewer of various international journals and holds lifetime memberships in various international organizations.

Syed Rouhullah Ali, PhD, holds a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Srinagar, J&K, India. He has qualified several national competitive examinations including ASRB-NET and ICAR-JRF & SRF. Mr. Ali has published several research/review articles and book chapters in national and international peer-reviewed journals in the field of surface/groundwater hydrology, climate change, and water quality. He has participated, presented, and organized several national and international conferences, seminars, consortiums, workshops, and training sessions. The author has expertise in the field of hydrological modeling (surface/groundwater), hydrogeology, remote sensing and GIS, climate change etc.