Arun Kumar SHARMA teaches in the department of geology at Kumaon University in Nanital, India. He specializes in hill slope stability with regard to landslides, erosion and sedimentation in the watersheds of the Himalayan region. As co-principal investigator under the Ministry of Science and Technology, he is entrusted with monitoring and studying seismicity in the Kumaon Himalayas. He received an undergraduate degree in science and a Ph.D. in environmental geology from Kumaon University and a post-graduate degree in applied geology from the University of Roorkee.