Current Weather Status and Extended range Forecast for next two weeks (05th to 18th December 2024)

Campaign page for 150 Years of IMD is live

IMD@150 Competitions: Challenge yourself

Met-Olympiad: Meteorology-based knowledge competition

सर्दियों की ऋतु (दिसंबर 2024 - फरवरी 2025) के दौरान तापमान और दिसंबर के दौरान वर्षा और तापमान का पूर्वानुमान

Outlook for the Temperatures during Winter Season (Dec.2024- Feb.2025) and Forecast for the Rainfall and Temperatures during December 2024

Subject: Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users' Conference (AOMSUC-14) New Delhi, India

IMD@150

Press Release: Postponement of the National Media Workshop

popular talk by Dr. Michael R. Farrar, Director, NCEP on “NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP): Mission overview and challenges for the future ”

popular talk by Prof Sishir Kumar Dube, former Professor, IIT Delhi on “Operational forecasters-Academia interaction: A case study of Storm surge forecasting

IMD 150th Year Lecture Series - Talk by PS Goel Hosted by ISSD DGM HQ

MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY (CABINET SUMMARY) FOR THE PERIOD 01.10.2024 TO 31.10.2024

Current Weather Status and Extended range Forecast for next two weeks (07th – 20th November 2024)

IMD issues Brief report on Severe Cyclonic Storm "DANA" over the Bay of Bengal during 22nd-26th October

India Meteorological Department is organising NATIONAL MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP 2024.

Tropical Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and Objective Methods for Prediction of Track and Intensity” by Prof U C MOHANTY on November 05, 2024 AT 1600 HRS

An invitation for an upcoming lecture on Climate Change and Sustainability

VIRTUAL PRESS CONFERENCE ON “MONTHLY RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER 2024” AT 1600 HRS IST OF 01ST NOVEMBER, 2024.

"Request to volunteers for wall painting"

PRESS RELEASE DATED 24.10.2024: LAUNCH OF WEATHER FORECAST AT GRAM PANCHAYAT LEVEL

Modelling of Coastal Inundation due to Tropical Cyclones: A Comprehensive Approach by Prof. A.D. Rao on 23 Oct 2024 at 1500 IST

Current Weather Status and Extended range Forecast for next two weeks (17-23 Oct, 2024)

AOMSUC-14 conference

ONLINE WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE SERVICES FOR THE NATIONAL ADAPTATION PLANS 9 - 12 Dec 2024

7ᵗʰ Conference on India Radar Meteorology (iRAD2025)

VinFuture Prize 2025- Call for nominations

Call for abstracts for the Science and Technology (S&T) workshop

Call for abstracts regarding TROPMET 2024

Hon'ble Secretory MoES

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Dr. M. Ravichandran

Personal Info:

Date of Birth: 18 May 1965

Present Affiliation: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), October 11, 2021 onwards

Present Address: Prithvi Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003

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Email: secretary@moes.gov.in

Education:

Ph.D degree in Physics from University of Pune
Director at NCPOR, Goa (2016-2021)
Scientist in Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (ESSO-IITM), Pune (1988 to 1997)
National Institute of Ocean Technology (ESSO-NIOT), Chennai (1997-2001)

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Important Positions held:

Years Institution Position held
October 11, 2021 onwards Ministry of Earth Sciences, Prithvi Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003 Secretary
2018-present Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) of International Science Council (Capacity Building) Vice-President
2016-present International Arctic Science committee (IASC)
Alternate Delegate-India, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Indian Rep: Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs
Alternate Delegate-India, Antarctic Treaty System
Council Member
2012 to 2016 Indian Ocean Panel of GOOS/CLIVAR, Climate Research program of WCRP Co-Chair
2005 to 2016 International Argo Steering Team & Regional Argo Co-ordinator for the Indian Ocean Member
2010- 2017 SIBER (Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemical and Ecological Research ) Scientific Steering Committee Member

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Pre and Applied Geophysics (Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences) (2015 to present)