About the Speaker:

Dr. V.S. Prasad has obtained his Ph.D in Meteorology and Oceanography from Andhra University and carried out Post doctoral Studies at Kyoto University, Japan. Presently, he is heading NCMRWF, MoES. He Played significant role in developing state-of art data assimilation systems and operational ensemble forecasting systems in India. Under his leadership NCMRWF successfully carried out first ever global reanalysis project in India. His main areas of research are Data processing, satellite data retrieval and data assimilation. Dr. Prasad published more than 100 scientific papers in various national and international journals. He received many awards such as B.N Desai Medal, N Melatchthon Phillip prize, Mausam Biannual award, MoES Merit Certificate, JSPS fellowship and also elected as IMS fellow.