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Ms. Anam Sabir is a PhD candidate at the Satellite and Aerial Remote Sensing Lab, Department of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore. Her doctoral research focuses on the development of statistical change detection algorithms using time-series data. She applies these algorithms for efficient deforestation alerts, forest-fire scar monitoring and forest carbon monitoring.

Anam is an electronics and telecommunications engineer by training and has been awarded MTech degree in remote sensing and GIS with a specialization in satellite image analysis and photogrammetry from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing – ISRO, Dehradun, in 2022. Anam likes singing and sketching in her leisure time and likes to explore and experiment with world cuisines.

As a Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, Anam is working on 3D forest degradation mapping. She is using NASA’s LiDAR onboard Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) and NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) to monitor vegetation dynamics. Her study aims at combining the two powerful active remote sensing techniques for 3D monitoring of the forests.

Dr. Wairokpam Yaiphaba Chenglei is an Assistant Professor of English at Pravabati College, Manipur. He earned his BA from Manipur University, completed his MA in English from IGNOU, New Delhi, and received his PhD in English from Manipur University in 2024. He is now serving as an ICSSR Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of English & Cultural Studies, Manipur University, Imphal for the period 2024-26. His research focuses on indigenous folklore, oral traditions, cultural identity, eco-criticism, and comparative cultural studies. He has authored books and published several scholarly articles in reputed journals.

As a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Chenglei is undertaking a comparative philosophical study of the Meitei festival Lai Haraoba and the Cherokee Green Corn Ceremony as living expressions of indigenous metaphysics and embodied knowledge. His project examines how ritual, myth, and performance preserve shared values of kinship, sacred ecology, gratitude, and cultural resilience. Through this fellowship, he aims to contribute to global scholarship on indigenous philosophy and promote cross-cultural dialogue on traditional knowledge systems.