Kaushalendra Kumar Jha is a forester with high administrative and academic skills in forest management and environmental science. He holds degrees, research and teaching position from Indian Universities and Management Institute (Botany and forestry: aquatic, afforestation, avian and raptor ecology; forest produce management; climate change and international conventions). He acquired skill upgradation degree and trainings from European and North American Universities (sustainable tropical forest management with specialization in environment, tree improvement and geoinformatics). He has considerable number of publications.
Michael O'Neal Campbell is an environmental scientist with expertise in geomatics, applied ecology and conservation biology. He holds degrees, research and teaching positions in applied biogeography, geomatics, conservation biology and landscape ecology, from the Universities of London (Imperial College), Manchester Metropolitan, Leicester and Lancaster (all in the UK) and Carleton University in Canada. He has published widely in the environmental sciences.