Prof. Ranjan Roy is a well-known academician in Geography in West Bengal as well as in India, and is a professor and former HoD at the Department of Geography & Applied Geography of the University of North Bengal. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees in Geography & Applied Geography from the University of North Bengal and specialized in Cartography. His research interests are in Applied Cartographic techniques, Agricultural Geography, Urban Geography, Population problems, Rural Development, Regional Planning, and expert in Remote Sensing and GIS. Prof. Roy has supervised a total of twenty-nine (29) scholars for Ph.D. degree (19-Awarded, 4-Submitted and 6-Registered) and six (06) scholars for the M.Phil degree. He has acted as a 6 projects investigator and 4 refresher course coordinators. He was a member of the 12 U.G., P.G., & Others Committees. He has the honour of different Geographical life member. Prof. Roy has already published 142 articles in different reputed national and international journals and edited books. He has organized different national seminars and workshops till now. He attended 64 national and international seminars, workshops and keynote speeches across India. He has examined 58 Ph.D. and M.Phil. degrees