Dr. Antony Joseph Raj has good teaching and research experience and presently working as Associate Professor (Forestry) in Department of Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection of Mekelle University, Ethiopia. Earlier he was working as Associate Dean of College of Forestry & Environment of Allahabad Agricultural Institute-Deemed University, Allahabad. He possesses B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Forestry and has published many research papers in international and national journals. He has guided many B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. students for research works and project works in the field of Forestry,  Environmental  Science  and  Natural  Resources  in  both  India and Ethiopia. Dr. Antony has received many prestigious awards: Young Scientist Award, Bharat Jyoti Award and Best Research Paper Presentation Award in University of Tehran, Iran. He has visited Iran, New Zealand, Malaysia, Ethiopia and Germany for training, job and presenting research papers in International Conferences.