Prof V.K. Sehgal has 28 years of professional experience in the field of agricultural research including 15 years of post-graduate teaching. His research interests are: remote sensing of crops and residue burning, drought monitoring, climate change & vulnerability, water use by crops, yield forecasting and crop insurance. He is involved in analytics of spatio-temporal weather and satellite data for use in crop applications. He is the coordinator of ICAR’s “Space Technology Cell” and was co-author of “Drought Manual of India 2009 & 2016”. He has published 110 research papers and delivered 119 technical presentations in international and national symposia. The detailed profile and publications can be seen on: (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vinay_Sehgal). His lab website is http://creams.iari.res.in