Urban Dynamics, Environment and Health An International Perspective

Dr. Braj Raj Kumar Sinha has been Professor of Geography at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Presently, he is Pro Vice-Chancellor of Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya (Bihar). He obtained B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. from Patna University, India and Ph. D. from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. He has previously worked at Visva-Bharati (a Central University), Santiniketan, West Bengal from 25th Sept. 1988 to 3rd June 2007 (last appointment as professor). Professor Sinha's areas of academic interest are population geography, cartography, resource geography and development studies. He has more than 80 research papers/articles and three books to his credit with national and international publishers. Prof. Sinha has been the Vice-President and member of the Executive Council of the National Association of Geographers of India. He is currently member of the Editorial Board of Human Geographies--Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, the Scientific Annals of theAlexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania) and a member of the International Board of Directors of the Asian Urban Research Association (AURA, Akron, USA). He is the recipient of national and international level prize/awards. He has visited Czech Republic, South Korea, Romania, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam for academic purpose.