Prof. Sunil Kumar De : IAGR Conference 2024

Prof. Sunil Kumar De, Department of Geography, North-Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya Sunil Kumar DE is the President of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) for the term 2022-2026. He has also elected as the Publication Officer of the IAG for the period 2009–2013, Secretary General for the period 2013–2017, Vice President of the IAG for the period 2017–2022 and was the Vice-Chair of the IAG Working group on Geomorphological Hazards (2005–2013). He was the Chief Organizer (Convener) of the IAG Symposium of Landslides in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas, February 2004 and 9th International Conference on Geomorphology, New Delhi during 6-11 November 2017. He has served as the Indian Institute of Geomorphologists (IGI) as Executive Committee Member (2001–2004), Joint Secretary (2005–2008), and Vice President (2017–2018). Since 2008, he has been serving as the International Correspondence Secretary of the same Institute. Sunil Kumar De (M.Sc., 1989, & Ph.D., 1999, University of Calcutta, India) is a Professor & former Head of the Department of Geography, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. His major fields of interest are geomorphological hazards (especially landslide & soil erosion), fluvial dynamics, river health, and human impact on environment. His research outcome has been published in 78 research papers in different national and internationally reputed journals and book chapters. He has edited two books on Geomorphology and Environment and authored a book on River Health (Springer). He is the Editor of the journal ‘Hill Geographer’. He has successfully supervised 15 Ph.D. and 6 M.Phil. Theses; eight Ph.D. candidates are working under him at present. He has received Indian National (1987-89) and UNESCO (2002) Scholarships. Before joining the North-Eastern Hill University (2013), Prof. De taught in the Department of Geography and Disaster Management, Tripura University, India, as Reader during 2006–2013, later he became Head of the same Department for the period 2010–2012. He also taught in the Union Christian Training College, West Bengal, India, during 2000–2006. As a Visiting Fellow, he was associated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), University of Paris-Sorbonne, Abu Dhabi, and University of Gadja Madha, Indonesia. The Shanxi Institute of Geological Survey, China, has conferred him the honor as Distinguished Expert.