Er. Mahendra S. Lodhi has been the Head of the North East Regional Centre, Itanagar (A.P.) of GBPNIHE since 2016 and the Indian nodal person of the ‘Landscape Initiatives for Far-Eastern Himalaya (Hi-LIFE) – India’ project. He has over 13 years of experience working in the North-Eastern Indian Himalaya. He is associated with several scientific societies. He has to his credit one book and more than 50 research articles on natural resources management, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and sustainable development.