Mrs Meenu Rani received her M. Tech degree in Remote Sensing from Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, India. She is currently affiliated to Department of Geography, Kumaun University, Nainital. She worked on remote sensing applications as a Junior Research Fellow in HARSAC, Research Associate in Indian Council of Agricultural Research and GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development. Mrs Rani has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed scientific research papers and presented works at many national and international conferencesincluding USA, Italy and China. She has been awarded with various fellowships from the International Association for Ecology, Future Earth Coast and SCAR Scientific Research Programme. She specializes in Hydrology, Geomorphology and Oceanography.Her current research interests include watershed modelingand land use planning.She awarded early career scientists achievement in 2017 at Columbia University, NewYork, USA.