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About the Author
Abhijit Mitra associate professor and former head, Department of Marine Science,
University of Calcutta (India), has been active in the sphere of Oceanography since
1985. He obtained his PhD as NET qualified scholar in 1994 after securing Gold
Medal in MSc (Marine Science) from the University of Calcutta. Since then, he
joined Calcutta Port Trust and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) in various
capacities to carry out research programmes on environmental science, biodiversity
conservation, climate change and carbon sequestration. Presently, he is serving
Techno India University, West Bengal, as the director of Research. He has to his
credit about 508 scientific publications in various national and international journals
and 36 books of postgraduate standards. He is presently the member of several committees like PACON International, IUCN, SIOS, etc., and has successfully completed about 19 projects on biodiversity loss in fishery sector, coastal pollution,
alternative livelihood, climate change and carbon sequestration. He also visited as
faculty member and invited speakers in several foreign universities of Singapore,
Kenya, Oman and the USA. In 2008, he was invited as visiting fellow at the
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, USA, to deliver a series of lecture on
Climate Change. He also successfully guided 38 PhD students. Presently, his
domain of expertise includes environmental science, mangrove ecology, sustainable
aquaculture, alternative livelihood, climate change and carbon sequestration.
About the Author
Abhijit Mitra associate professor and former head, Department of Marine Science,
University of Calcutta (India), has been active in the sphere of Oceanography since
1985. He obtained his PhD as NET qualified scholar in 1994 after securing Gold
Medal in MSc (Marine Science) from the University of Calcutta. Since then, he
joined Calcutta Port Trust and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) in various
capacities to carry out research programmes on environmental science, biodiversity
conservation, climate change and carbon sequestration. Presently, he is serving
Techno India University, West Bengal, as the director of Research. He has to his
credit about 508 scientific publications in various national and international journals
and 36 books of postgraduate standards. He is presently the member of several committees like PACON International, IUCN, SIOS, etc., and has successfully completed about 19 projects on biodiversity loss in fishery sector, coastal pollution,
alternative livelihood, climate change and carbon sequestration. He also visited as
faculty member and invited speakers in several foreign universities of Singapore,
Kenya, Oman and the USA. In 2008, he was invited as visiting fellow at the
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, USA, to deliver a series of lecture on
Climate Change. He also successfully guided 38 PhD students. Presently, his
domain of expertise includes environmental science, mangrove ecology, sustainable
aquaculture, alternative livelihood, climate change and carbon sequestration.