Dr. V.Venkat Ramanan is currently Assistant Professor (Environmental Studies), SOITS, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Agriculture from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, M.Sc. degree in Environmental Sciences from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar and Ph.D. degree in Environmental Sciences from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He is presently coordinating the Post Graduate Certificate in Climate Change and M.Sc. (Environmental Science). His areas of interest areClimate Change Studies; Climate-resilient agriculture; Climate Policy; Environmental Microbiology; and Biodegradation. He has many publications in his credit including research papers and book chapters.