Dr. K. M. Hati: Soil Scientist with Specialization in Soil Physics. Presently he is working as Principal Scientist at IISS, Bhopal in the Division of Soil Physics. He has more than 20 years of experience in research and training in the field of Soil Physics, remote sensing and conservation agriculture. During his period of service he has worked on conservation agriculture, carbon sequestration mechanisms, soil quality, water and nutrient dynamics. He also worked on application of remote sensing principles for improving input use efficiency. He published more than 30 peer reviewed research papers in international and 20 papers in national journals of repute. Besides this, he also authored 3 books, 15 book chapters, 10 review articles and 6 papers in national and international conference proceedings.