Professor B. Srinagesh is a professor at the Department of Geography, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He specializes in the areas of urban geography, health geography, and climate change. He has authored books, including Urban Health Risk and Resilience in Asian Cities. He has published around 50 research papers and articles in various international and national journals.
Professor R. B. Singh was a professor at Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. He was the first Indian geographer to become both IGU Secretary General and Treasurer and International Council for Science (ICSU) Scientific Committee Member. He has to his credit 15 books, 37 edited research volumes and more than 240 research papers published in national and international journals.