Scientist Profile

Dr. Kaustav Chakravarty

Designation
: Scientist F

Phone
: +91-(0)20-25904481

Fax
: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID
: kaustav [at] tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Doppler Weather Radar Meteorology, Remote Sensing and Severe weather events
Degree University Year Stream
Ph.D University of Calcutta 2011 Radio Physics and Electronics
Diploma in Advance Software Tech CMC India Ltd. 2004

 Radio Remote Sensing

 Doppler Weather Radar Meteorology

 Precipitation Microphysics

 Severe Weather Events

 Urban Meteorology

Award Name Awarded By Awarded For Year
Certificate of Merit Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune Outstanding Contribution to Weather and Climate Science 2022
NASA Visiting Scientist Grant NASA, USA Research in Radar Meteorology 2020
J. Das Gupta Award on Atmospheric Observations and Technologies (2017-2018) Indian Meteorological Society Co-Author of the Paper in the Journal Atmospheric Environment 2019
Best Paper Award Indian Meteorological Society, Pune Chapter Research Paper 2016
NCAR Visiting Scientist Fellowship National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA Doing Research in Radar Meteorology at NCAR, USA 2016
DST Travel Grant Award Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India Presenting Paper in the Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union (AGU)-2013, San Francisco, USA 2013
Best Paper Award National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi Research Paper 2009
IEEE Student Author Award IEEE-APMC-2009, IEEE Kolkata Chapter Research Paper 2009
Best Paper Award Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) at the National Space Science Symposium Research Paper 2008
URSI Travel Grant Award International Radio Science Union For delivering talk in the General Assembly of Radio Science at Chicago, USA 2008
Year Designation Institute
July 2024-Till Date Scientist F Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
July 2019-June 2024 Scientist E Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
January 2020-January 2020 Visiting Scientist Goddard Space Flight Centre, NASA, USA
September 2016 -November 2016 Visiting Scientist National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA
July 2015-June 2019 Scientist - D Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
March 2014 -May 2014 Visiting Scientist Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
January 2010-June 2015 Scientist C Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
April 2007 -January 2010 Research Fellow Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta
January 2004 -April 2007 Project Assistant Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta