Debasish Pandit is now working as a Ph.D. Fellow in the Dept. of Aquatic Resource Management at Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh. He also worked in WorldFish. He achieved the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence (Gold Medal) in the First Convocation of Sylhet Agricultural University for outstanding result in MS. He has a strong academic and research background in fisheries management, biodiversity conservation, and socio-economic perspectives of fishers. His research interests also include fish biology, small-scale fisheries, water pollution, coal mine drainage, heavy metals, and climate change.