“Dr. Madhusmita Dash is an Assistant Professor of Economics with Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India. She has completed her PhD in Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. She is an expert on biodiversity conservation and has been doing research on issues related to Renewable Energy contribution to Sustainable Rural Livelihood and Trans-boundary Water Conflict. She has published her works in ABDC/Scopus indexed journals of repute like Land Use Policy, Natural Resources Forum, Forest Policy and Economies, Journal of Forest Economics, Journal of Rural Development, etc. ”