Dr. Narendra Kumar earned his PhD degree in Plant Physiology from G.B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. His research work is focused on the response of plants to abiotic stresses. Later, he served as Assistant Professor in various reputed academic institutes especially Surajmal Aggarwal (Pvt.) Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Kichha US Nagar; Dev Bhoomi Group of Institute, Dehradun, India; Uttaranchal University, Dehradun, India. He has published various research articles, book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals. Currently, he is working as Research Associate at Forest Ecology and Climate Change Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India. Dr. Hukum Singh, Scientist at Forest Ecology and Climate Change Division, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun - India has been actively involved in research and teaching. He received several awards i.e. SERB-DST fast track young scientist research award, UCOST young scientist award, AsiaFlux Japan travel fellowship, VIFRA young scientist research award and VIFA outstanding faculty award. He is a member of various national and international scientific societies/organizations. His research areas focus primarily on ecophysiology, plant response to abiotic stresses, green technology, climate change adaptation and mitigation functional traits, carbon-water-energy flux, and climate change modeling. His previous research was funded from ICFRE, SERB-DST, DST, ISRO, NMHS, MoEF&CC and SFDs. He has supervised many MSc and PhD students and Post-doctoral Fellows and many more are under supervision. He has published various papers/chapters/articles in national and international peer-reviewed reputed journals with high impact factors. Mr. Amit Kumar is pursuing his PhD in Forestry at Forest Research Institute (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, India. His research work is mainly focused on characterizing plant functional traits of forestry species. Earlier, He worked as Assistant Professor in many organizations i.e. Dolphin P.G. Institute of Biomedical and Natural Sciences, Dehradun; Alpine Group of Institutions, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. He has published several research articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals.
