Tashi Dorjee Lama is a Principal Scientist (Soil Science) at ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Regional Research Station, Canning Town, West Bengal, India. He completed his Ph.D. in Agricultural Physics from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India and his undergraduate and postgraduate from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal India. His current research interests are in the area of soil and water management in coastal saline ecosystems and mapping of coastal saline soils using remote sensing and GIS.