Avijit Gupta received his B.A. (Honours) degree in Geography in 1962 and M.A. in 1964 from Presidency College, Kolkata, and his Ph.D. in 1973 from the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. His research topics include high magnitude floods and channel response, large rivers, effect of climate change on large rivers and deltas, urban geomorphology, remote sensing in geomorphology, and water and development in the tropics. He has taught in Presidency College, Kolkata, Southern Illinois University, Temple University, National University of Singapore, and University of Leeds. He has authored and co-authored 10 books and about 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He has served as the chair of the International Association of Geomorphologists Working Group on Large Rivers, 1997-2009 and as the Publication Secretary, International Association of Geomorphologists, 1993-1997. He was a Committee Member, International Geographical Union Commission on Measurement, Theory and Application in Geomorphology (COMTAG), 1988-92. He has been a Visiting Senior Scientist in Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP), National University of Singapore from 1998, and a Trainer for United Nations Development Programme in–house Environmental Management Training Workshops in the Asia-Pacific Region. 1993-94. He is currently an Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Australia.