Dr. M. PALANIYANDI, M.Sc., M.Tech., Ph.D., is a Medical Geographer, Cartographer, Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) specialist, who has acquired 27 years research experience in the field of Geographical Analysis of Environmental Health and his research has mainly focus on Health Geography, Spatial Eidemiology. He has developed the GERM (Geo-Environmental Risk Model) spatial model for predicting the vector borne disease transmission risk, and developed the rapid epidemiological mapping and surveillance of vector borne diseases, rapid epidemiological survey methods, mapping of dengue vector prevalence, and web mapping GIS for epidemic control, and the expert member of the vector borne disease epidemic investigation group of the institution.