Assistant Professor  Sumanta  Das
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI),  India

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Dr. Sumanta Das is an Assistant Professor at the School of Environment and Disaster Management, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), India. With a background of M.Tech. in Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technology, he holds a Ph.D. in Agriculture and Food Sustainability from The University of Queensland, Australia. Prior to joining RKMVERI, Dr. Das served as a Postdoctoral Scientist at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, Australia, where his research focused on advancing remote sensing and geospatial analytics integrated with statistical and machine learning modeling to predict quantitative agronomic traits in dryland farming systems across tropics and subtropics. Besides, Dr. Das has received several prestigious awards, including the Australian Government RTP Scholarship (2018), the CAS–TWAS President’s Award (2016), and the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award (2016). He is also an Honorary Individual Fellow of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Germany. His interdisciplinary research focuses on the critical intersections of environment, agriculture, climate change, disaster risks, and sustainability. He develops innovative geospatial and AI/ML-enabled decision-support tools to improve agricultural productivity, strengthen food security, enhance environmental resilience, and support sustainable natural resource and disaster risk governance. His expertise spans Remote Sensing, Geospatial Intelligence, quantitative modelling, with applications in Soil–Crop–Environment interactions, Hydro-Climatic extremes, Land–Atmosphere dynamics, the Water–Energy–Land–Food Nexus, Precision Agriculture, Forestry, and urban–regional sustainability. His contributions directly support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15).