Vinod K. Tripathi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Farm Engineering at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Vinod Kumar Tripathi, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Farm Engineering at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has worked at the ICAR–Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, and the Centre for Water Engineering and Management at the Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India. Dr. Tripathi has developed a methodology to improve the quality of produce with drip irrigation by utilizing poor quality water. His areas of interest are geo-informatics, hydraulics in micro irrigation, and development of suitable water management technologies for higher crop and water productivity. Dr. Tripathi acts as organizing secretary for one national and two international conference. He has published 32 peer-reviewed research papers in national and international journals with high impact factors, eight books, 25 book chapters, and several bulletins. He has received the Rekha Nandi and Bhupesh Nandi Prize from The Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata; Jain Irrigation Award; and Distinguish Service Certificate Award from the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers, New Delhi, India. He obtained his MTech (Irrigation and Drainage Eng.) from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India, and his PhD from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

Megh R. Goyal, PhD
Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Senior Acquisitions Editor, Biomedical Engineering and Agricultural Science, Apple Academic Press, Inc.

Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico–Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, and was proclaimed as the “Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century” by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of over 50 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 70 books.