भारतीय उष्णदेशीय मौसम विज्ञान संस्थान
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
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An Autonomous Institute of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India
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Recognitions to IITM Scientists
Dr. B. Padmakumari
- Executive Committee member of Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA).
Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll
- Reviewer of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Global Climate report, to be published in March 2027.
- Scientific Advisor (Non-Resident Fellow) for the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW).
- Member of the Advisory Board of the journal Frontiers in Science.
Dr. Aditi Modi
- Reviewer for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Global Climate report, to be published in March 2027.
- Selected as a Fresh Eyes Member on CMIP Steering Group.
- Early Career Reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report 7 (AR7), Working Group I.
- Nominated as the national focal point for the review of the WMO Regional State of the Climate Reports.
- Joins the Advisory Committee of the IIOE-2 Early Career Scientists Network (ECSN), effective January 2026.
Dr. Smrati Gupta
- Regional representative for South Asia in the Young Earth System Science (YESS) community.
- Selected as a scientific co-lead in the Fresh Eyes on CMIP Steering Group.
- Early Career Reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report 7 (AR7), Working Group I.
Dr. Bhupendra Bahadur Singh
- Received the “Editor of Distinction Award 2026” from Springer Nature for the second consecutive year, recognizing his achievements in scholarly publishing and editorial excellence.
Dr. Pramit Kumar Deb Burman
- Inducted into the iLEAPS Dry and Arid Lands Working Group as the Lead.
- Inducted as an Editor in the journal Scientific Reviews (https://www.nature.com/scirev/editors) by Springer Nature.
- Selected as an Early-Career Researcher (ECR) Reviewer for the first order draft of the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7), Working Group 1 (WG1).
- Appointed as the sole representative from South Asia to the AsiaFlux Science Steering Committee by the AsiaFlux Secretariat in Japan.
Dr. Atul Kumar Srivastava
- Member, Executive Committee, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA) for the term January 2026 – December 2028.
Dr. Kaustav Chakravarty
- Member of Working Group 1 (WG1) of the Global Precipitation Experiment (GPEX), an initiative under the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).
Prafull P. Yadav
- Won first prize in the S.K. Ghosh Memorial, Young Scientist Award 2026 from the Indian Meteorological Society, Kolkata, for the Best Research Paper.
Dr. Sachin Patade
- Editor of the journal Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics.
Dr. Ayantika Dey Choudhury
- Member of the CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoons Panel until December 2028.
Dr. Suvarna Fadnavis
- Expert Reviewer for IPCC AR7 Report on short-lived climate forcers.
Dr. Suryachandra Rao A.
- Received the Dr. H. N. Siddique Memorial Lecture & Gold Medal from Indian Geophysical Union in recognition of significant contribution in physical oceanography, coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics, and prediction of the Indian Summer Monsoon.
The award was presented during the 62nd Annual Convention of the Indian Geophysical Union (IGU), the Fourth Triennial Congress of Federation of Indian Geosciences Association 2025 (FIGA 2025) scientific conference held at INCOIS, Hyderabad (6–8 November 2025) on the theme “Geosciences for Blue Economy – Potential of the Indian Ocean.”
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