Agricultural Growth, Productivity and Regional Change in India: Challenges of Globalisation, Liberalisation and Food Insecurity

Surendra Singh is formerly Professor at North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India. He is Visiting Professor at several premier organisations, including the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, and the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto. He has published both books and research papers in reputed international journals on various aspects of Indian agriculture. He was formerly coordinator of the Indo-Polish Inter-Governmental Program on the study of degraded landscape in extremely humid areas of Northeast India. He is also the recipient of the Career Award from the University Grants Commission New Delhi (1982–1985).

Prem Chhetri is Professor of Logistics and Geographic Systems at RMIT University, Australia. He was Deputy Head for Industry Engagement and Program Director for Open Australia Universities. He has received a number of Australian Research Council and federal and state government grants. His recent publications include articles in Transportation Research Part E, European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research and International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. He is the recipient of several awards, including the RMIT University 2013 Research Excellence Award, and the RMIT 2009 Learning and Teaching Award. His research focuses include city logistics, urban modelling, tourism potential mapping, emergency response and the application of GIS in transport, infrastructure and logistics planning.