Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr. Deen Mani Lal

Designation

: Scientist E

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904478

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: dmlal[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Atmospheric electricity, Lightning, Cloud microphysics, Aerosol

Academic Records

Degree	University	Year	Stream
Ph.D.	Banaras Hindu University(BHU), Varanasi	2015	Physics
PGDCA	Kurukshetra University	1995	Computer Application
M.Sc.	Purvanchal University	1993	Physics
B.Sc.	Purvanchal University	1991	Physics, Mathematics

Research

Atmospheric Electricity(Thunderstorm and Lightning)

Cloud physics

Aerosol science

Ozone chemistry

Awards & Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Awarded For	Year

Scientific Careers

Year	Designation	Institute
2021-Present	Scientist E	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2016-2020	Scientist D	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2010-2015	Scientist C	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2005-2010	Scientist B	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
2003-2004	STA B	Defence Laboratory, Jodhpure(D.R.D.O.)
1998-2003	STA A	Defence Laboratory, Jodhpure(D.R.D.O.)

Patent:

Patent No.	267558
Grant Title	A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF IMPROVED ION- EXCHANGE MEMBRANE
Application No.	1444/DEL/2005 published 2007-08-24, filed 2005-06-03
Inventor	VENSI SHOWKATRAI VANGANI, SURENDRA KUMAR JAIN, ASHOK KACHHAWAH, RAK KISHAN MEENA, SANTOSH KUMAR, DEEN MANI LAL, JASWANT RAJ SINGHVI
Patented Office	Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks, Deportment of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India (https://ipindiaservices.gov.in/PatentSearch/PatentSearch/eRegistrationReport)

Technical Report

‘DEVELOPMENT OF DOMESTIC ELECTRODIALYZER BASE ON DC CONVERTER FROM AC MAIN AND SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANNEL’

Report No.DLJ/ Desalination/99/1 (DRDO, Ministry of Defence)

Technology transfer- Above Technology has been transferred to below five firms-

1. CIMPLEX Concrete Pvt. Limited 21,Kasha Major Road Egmor, Madras

2. Accept water, G2, Laxmi Complex 40/3, K.R. Road, Bangalore

3. Das-hiptachi 15/4, Asaf Road, New Delhi.

4. Trimurtri Steel Pvt. Limited E 78 A, Bashani, Jodhpur, Rajsthan.

5. Titanium Equipment and Anode Manufacturing company limited Team house, GST, Salay, Vendular, Madras

Field Experience

Installation of lightning sensor under Lightning Location Network over Indian regions
Sagar kanya cruise 261, duration- 14 July to 18 Aug 2009
Measurement Atmospheric electricity at IIT Kharagpur (15Apr to 28May 2009)
Electro Dialysis (ED) plant running in Police check post on India-Pakistan Border

Membership

Selected as Fellow in the ‘Society of Earth Scientists’ Gomati Nagar Lucknow, U.P., Fellow number - F/072.

Training:

Date	Organizer	Course/ training	Duration
13.04.2011-19.04.2011	Indian institute of Technology(IIT), Kharagpur	Observation and data analysis for STORM	One weak
27.01.2003-31.01.2003	Defence lab, Jodhpur, DRDO	Instrumentation for Radiation Detection and Measurement	One weak
11.02.2002- 15.02.2002	Defence lab, Jodhpur, DRDO	Water quality Assessment & Purification	One weak

Committee Chairman

Designing and printing the MoES Annual Report (English and Hindi) 2017-18’, No. - LL-17, 20 Dec.2017
Designing and printing the MoES Annual Report (English and Hindi) 2018-19’, No.- Comm./2018/64, 6 Dec. 2018

Member

Digital Screening committee member for Project Scientist and Project Associate (Latt. No- 06/67/2019)

Papers published in refereed journals

30. Lal D.M., Umakanth N., Lightning Association with Aerosol and Relative Humidity Over Andhra Pradesh and Adjacent Area in Southeast India: A General Prospection, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Online, May 2024, DOI:10.1007/s00024-024-03509-w, 1-17

29. Lal D.M., Umakanth N., Domkawale M.A., Gopalakrishnan V., Srivastava M.K., Pawar S.D., Association of lightning with LCL, EL, humidity at 850 mb and at 200 mb during various CAPE, over northern India, Science of The Total Environment, 915: 169947, March 2024, DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169947, 1-12

28. Ghude S.D., Jenamani R.K., Kulkarni R., Wagh S., Dhangar N.G., Parde A.N., Acharja P., Lonkar P., Govardhan G., Yadav P., Vispute A., Debnath S., Lal D. M., Bisht D.S., Jena C., Pawar P.V., Dhankhar S.S., Sinha V., Chate D.M., Safai P.D., Nigam N., Konwar M., Hazra A., Dharmaraj T ., Gopalkrishnan V., Padmakumari B., Gultepe I., Biswas M., Karipot A.K., Prabhakaran Thara, Nanjundiah R.S., Rajeevan M., WiFEX: Walk into the Warm Fog over Indo-Gangetic Plain Region, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104, May 2023, DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0197.1, E980–E1005

27. Dhangar N., Parde A.N., Ahmed R., Svvdprasad D., Lal D.M., Fog nowcasting over the IGI airport, New Delhi, India using decision tree, Mausam, 73, October 2022, DOI:10.54302/mausam.v73i4.3441, 785-794

26. Lal D.M., Mahakur M., Gopalakrishnan V., Srivastava M.K., Ghude S.D., Pawar S.D., Lightning over Tibetan Plateau and its relation with winds associated with CAPE, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 134: 93, September 2022, DOI:10.1007/s00703-022-00930-5, 1-14

25. Yadav P., Parde A.N., Dhangar N.G., Govardhan G., Lal D.M., Wagh S., Prasad D.S.V.V.D., Ahmed R., Ghude S.D., Understanding the genesis of a dense fog event over Delhi using observations and high‑resolution model experiments, Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, Online, July 2022, DOI:10.1007/s40808-022-01463-x, 1-12

24. Parde A.N., Dhangar N.G., Nivdange S., Ghude S.D., Pithani P., Jena C., Lal D.M., Gopalakrishnan V., The analysis of pre‑monsoon dust storm over Delhi using ground‑based observations, Natural Hazards, 112, May 2022, DOI:10.1007/s11069-022-05207-z, 829–844

23. Jnanesh S.P., Lal D.M., Gopalakrishnan V., Ghude S.D., Pawar S.D., Tiwari Suresh, Srivastava M.K., Lightning characteristics over humid regions and arid regions and their association with aerosols over Northern India, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 179, April 2022, DOI:10.1007/s00024-022-02981-6, 1403–1419

22. Mudiar D., Pawar S.D., Hazra A., Gopalakrishnan V., Lal D.M., Srivastava M.K., A laboratory investigation of electrical influence on the freezing of water drops: A cloud physics perspective, Journal of Earth System Science, 130: 222, November 2021, DOI:10.1007/s12040-021-01736-6, 1-6

21. Dhangar N.G., Lal D.M., Ghude S.D., Kulkarni R., Parde A.N., Pithani P., Niranjan K., Prasad D.S.V.V.D., Jena C., Sajjan V.S., Prabhakaran Thara, Karipot A.K., Jenamani R.K., Singh S., Rajeevan M., On the conditions for onset and development of fog over New Delhi: An observational study from the WiFEX, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 178, September 2021, DOI:10.1007/s00024-021-02800-4, 3727-3746

20. Mudiar Dipjyoti, Pawar S.D., Hazraa Anupam, Gopalkrishnan, D.M. Lal, Chakravarty Kaustav, Domkawale Manoj A., Srivastava Manoj K., Goswami B.N., Williams Earle, Lightning and precipitation: The possible electrical modification of observed raindrop size distributions, Atmospheric Research, 259, September 2021, 105663, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105663

19. Verma, S., Yadava, P.K., Lal D.M. et al. Role of Lightning NOx in Ozone Formation: A Review. Pure Appl. Geophys. 178, 1425–1443 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-021-02710-5

18. Pawar P.V., Ghude S.D., Jena C., Móring A., Sutton M.A., Kulkarni S., Lal D.M., Surendran D., Van Damme M., Clarisse L., Coheur P.-F., Liu X., Govardhan G., Xu W., Jiang J., Adhya T.K., Analysis of atmospheric ammonia over South and East Asia based on the MOZART-4 model and its comparison with satellite and surface observations, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, April 2021, DOI:10.5194/acp-21-6389-2021, 6389–6409

17. Sachin D. Ghude, Rama Krishna Karumuri, Chinmay Jena, Rachana Kulkarni, G.G. Pfister, Veeresh S. Sajjan, Prakash Pithani, Sreyashi Debnath, Rajesh Kumar, B. Upendra, Santosh H. Kulkarni, D.M. Lal, R.J. Vander A, Anoop S. Mahajan, What is driving the diurnal variation in tropospheric NO2 columns over a cluster of high emission thermal power plants in India?, Atmospheric Environment: X 5, (2020)100058

16. Parde A.N., Ghude S.D., Pithani P., Dhangar N.G., Nivdange S., Krishna G., Lal D.M., Jenamani R., Singh P., Jena C., Karumuri R., Safai P.D., Chate D.M., Estimation of surface particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10 ) mass concentrations from ceilometer backscattered profiles, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 20: 1640–1650, (2020) DOI:10.4209/aaqr.2019.08.0371

15. D. M. Lal, Sachin D. Ghude , M. Mahakur , R. T. Waghmare , S. Tiwari, Manoj K. Srivastava, G. S. Meena, D. M. Chate (2018) Relationship between aerosol and lightning over Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), India, Climate Dynamics, 50:3865–3884, DOI 10.1007/s00382-017-3851-2

14. Sachin D. Ghude,G. S. Bhat, Thara Prabhakaran, R. K. Jenamani, D. M. Chate, P. D. Safai, A. K. Karipot, M. Konwar, Prakash Pithani, V. Sinha, P. S. P. Rao, S. A. Dixit, S. Tiwari, K. Todekar, S. Varpe, A. K. Srivastava, D. S. Bisht, P. Murugavel, Kaushar Ali, Usha Mina, M. Dharua, J. Rao, B. Padmakumari, A. Hazra, N. Nigam, U. Shende, D. M. Lal, B. P. Chandra, A. K. Mishra, A. Kumar, H. Hakkim, H. Pawar, P. Acharja, Rachana Kulkarni, C. Subharthi, B. Balaji, M. Varghese, S. Bera and M. Rajeevan (2017) Winter fog experiment over the Indo-Gangetic plains of India, Current Science, Vol. 112, NO. 4, 25.

13. G. S. Meena & D. M. Lal (2016) Analysis of sunlight absorption spectra related to atmospheric trace gases in the tropics, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 37, March 2016, DOI:10.1080/01431161.2016.1151569, 1362-1375

12. Chinmay Jena, Sachin D. Ghude ,G. Beig, D.M. Chate, Rajesh Kumar, G.G. Pfister, D.M. Lal, Divya E. Surendran, S. Fadnavis, R.J. van der A (2015) Inter-comparison of different NOX emission inventories and associated variation in simulated surface ozone in Indian region, Atmospheric Environment, 117, September 2015, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.06.057, 61-73

11. Chinmay Jena Sachin D. Ghude , G.G. Pfister , D.M. Chate, Rajesh Kumar, G. Beig, Divya E. Surendran, S. Fadnavis, D.M. Lal (2015) Influence of springtime biomass burning in South Asia on regional ozone (O3): A model based case study, Atmospheric Environment, 100, 37-47

10. S.D.Pawar, V. Gopalakrishnan, P. Murugavel, A.Sinkevich and Deen Mani Lal (2014) Effects of environmental conditions on inducing charge structures of thunderstorms over Eastern India, Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:54

9. Deen Mani Lal, Sachin D. Ghude, Jagvir Singh, and Suresh Tiwari (2014) Relationship between Size of Cloud Ice and Lightning in the Tropics, Advances in Meteorology, Volume 2014, Article ID 471864, 7 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/471864

8. B.P. Singh, A. K. Srivastava, S. Tiwari, S. Singh, R. K. Singh, D. S. Bisht, D. M. Lal, A. K. Singh, R. K. Mall, andManoj K. Srivastava (2014) Radiative Impact of Fireworks at a Tropical Indian Location: A Case Study, Advances in Meteorology, Volume 2014, Article ID 197072, 8 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/197072

7. D. M. Lal , S. D. Patil ,H. N. Singh , Sachin D. Ghude , S. Tiwari , Manoj K. Srivastava (2013) Influence of aerosol on clouds over the Indo-Gangetic Plain, India, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-013-1775-z

6. D. M. Lal, Sachin D. Ghude, S. D. Patil, Santosh H. Kulkarni, Chinmay Jena ,S. Tiwari and M.K. Srivastava, (2012), Tropospheric ozone and aerosol long-term trends over the IGP region, India. Atmospheric Res., 116 , 82–92

5. S.D. Pawar, D.M. Lal, P. Murugaveland (2012), Lightning characteristics over central India during Indian summer monsoon, Atmospheric. Res. 106, 44–49

4. D.M. Lal and S.D. Pawar, (2011), Effect of urbanization on lightning over four metropolitan cities of India. Atmospheric Environment 45, 191- 196

3. Sachin D. Ghude, D. M. Lal,G. Beig, Ronald van der A. and Dipali Sabale, (2010), Rain-induced soil NO_x emission from India during onset of the summer monsoon: A satellite perspective, J. Geophys. Res., , VOL. 115, D16304, doi: 10.1029/2009JD013367, 2010

2. D.M. Lal, S.D. Pawar, (2009), Relationship between rainfall and lightning over central Indian region in monsoon and pre-monsoon season , Atmospheric Research 92 402–410

1. S.D. Pawar, P. Murugvel and D.M. lal, (2009), Effect of relative humidity and see level pressure on electric conductivity of air over Indian Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., VOL. 114, D02205, doi: 10.1029/2007JD009716.

Papers published in Proccedings/ Books//Reports

22. D. M. Lal1*, S. P. Jnanesh, Manoj K. Srivastava, S. Tiwari, P. K Hopke,(2020) Aerosol-Lightning association in humid, semi-humid and arid regions over Northern India, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) 14-16 Sep.2020, HNBGU, Garhwal, Uttarakhand

21. S. P. Jnanesh, D.M. Lal, S.D. Ghude, S. Tiwari, Manoj K. Srivastava, (2019). Lightning and Aerosol Relationship: Similarities and Differences Between Humid, Semi-humid and Arid Regions of North-india, (AS47-A004) AOGS, Singapore 28 Jul to 02 Aug 2019

20. Deen Mani Lal, M. Mahakur and Manoj K. Srivasatava (2018), Surface wind and Lightning association over Himalayan regions (A-457) INTRAMET, BHU Varanasi, 24-27 October 2018

19. M.K. Srivastava, D.M. Lal, M.Mahakur, Sachin D.ghude (2018) Lightning Activity over North Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau: Long Term Trends and Their Association with Regional Wind Dynamics, AOGS 15^th Annual Meeting,03-08 Jun 2018 at the Hawaii

18. D.M. Lal (2017) Aerosol-Cloud-Lightning interaction over IGP, foothill of Himalaya, India, Workshop & Science‐Policy Dialogue ‘Air pollution, Climate and Health in Southern Asia and the Hindukush Himalaya (HKH)’ ICIMOD Headquarters in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Nepal during 27‐30 November 2017

17. D. M. Lal, V Gopalkrishana and S.D. Pawar. (2017) Aerosols over Bay of Bengal and their relationship with wind speed and humidity, Aerosol Climate Change Connection (AC3), Bose Institute, Darjeeling, India, 25-27 April, 2017

16. Deen Mani Lal and Manoj K. Srivasatava, Association between Lightning and Surface wind over the Bay of Bengal, India, TROMET- 2016, Bhubaneswar, 18 - 21 December, 2016

15. Deen Mani Lal, Sachin D. Ghude, S. Tiwari and Manoj K. Srivasatava(2014) Relationship between aerosol and lightning over Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP), India IASTA-14 BHU, Varanas1-11-13Nov, 2014

14. दीन मणि लाल (2014) गंगा बेसिन में मानव निर्मित वायु प्रदूषण का वहाँ के बादलो पर प्रभाव IITM, Pune.

13. Deen Mani Lal and S. Tiwari (2014) Impact of anthropogenic activities on climate over Himalayan foothill, India, Second Annual Regional Atmospheric Science (SARAS) workshop Pokhara, Nepal, on 7 – 9 June 2014

12. D. M. Lal, S. D. Patil, H. N. Singh and Sachin D. Ghude (2014) Influence of aerosol on clouds over the Indo-Gangetic Plain, India, INTROMET – 2013, SRM University, Tamil Nadu

11. Deen Mani Lal and Sachin D. Ghude (2014) Relationship between aerosol and lightning over Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), India(2014), PS1-67,NSSS-2014, 29^th January, Dibrugarh

10. D. M. Lal, S.D. Patil and Sachin D. Ghude (2013) Association between the size of cloud ice and lightning over the tropical region, Davos Atmosphere and Cryosphere Assembly DACA-13, July 8-12, 2013, Davos, Switzerland

9. D. M. Lal, S. D. Patil and H. N. Singh, (2012), Aerosol-climate interaction over Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), India,3rd International Conference on Earth System Modeling, Vol. , 3ICESM-20, 2012, 17-21 Sep. 2012, Hamburg, Germany.

8. D. M. Lal , S. D. Patil and Sachin D. Ghude, Effect of aerosol on changing climate over Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), India, Abstract No: 1480134 Paper No: A21A-0019, December 3-7(2012), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.

7. D. M. Lal, S. D. Patil and H. N. Singh, (2012), Influence of aerosol on clouds over the Indo- Gangetic Plain, India. National Space Science Symposium (NSSS), Tirupati, 14-17 Feb. 2012.

6. S.D. Patil, D.M. Lal and S.D. Ghude (2011), Long-Term Trend in Tropospheric Ozone and aerosol over the northeastern Gangetic Plain, India., National Conference on Science of Climate Change and Earth’s Sustainability: Issues and Challenges ‘A Scientist-People Partnership’ 12-14 September, 2011, Lucknow.

5. S. D Pawar, V. Gopalakrishann, P. Murugavel, D. M. Lal.(2011), Inverted Polarity Charge Structure in a Severe Thunderstorm over the Eastern part of India, XIV International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, August 08-12, 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

4. D. M. Lal and S. D. Pawar, (2010), The Relationship between aerosols and lightning over Indian. AEROSOLS & CLOUDS: CLIMATE CHANGE, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association, March 24-26, Bose Institute, Darjeeling

3. S. D. Patil, D. M. Lal and H. N. Singh, Cloud-aerosol interaction and climate change over the Indo-Gangetic region, India., EBI 2012, National Conference on Environment and Biodiversity of India, New Delhi, during 29-30th December 2012 at New Delhi.

2. S. D. Patil, B. Preethi, S. D. Bansod, H. N. Singh and D. M. Lal, Deposition of aerosol over the Indo-Gangetic Plain/Bay of Bengal and its association with Indian summer monsoon rainfall.,TROPMET-2012, Nov. 20-22, 2012,National Symposium On Frontiers of Meteorology with special reference to the Himalaya, Dehra Dun.

1. S. D. Patil, D. M. Lal, H. N. Singh and Sachin D Ghude, Influence of aerosol on the clouds and tropospheric ozone over the IGP region, India., IASTA-2012, during Dec. 11-13, Fortune Select Exotica, Mumbai

Ph.D. students guided

Sr. No.	Name of Student	Name of University/ Institute	Title of the thesis	Year	Degree
3	Narendra G. Dangar	Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh	Study of Physical & Thermodynamical features of FOG over NCR Delhi	2018	Ph.D.
2	Dipjyoti Mudiar	Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi	Effect of atmospheric electric forces on rain formation process in tropical clouds	2017	Ph.D.
1	Jnanesh S. P.	Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi	Lightning Activities Over Indian regions: Its relationship with variegated weather phenomena and environmental parameters	2016	Ph.D.

M.Tech. students guided

Sr. No.	Name of Student	Name of University/ Institute	Title of the thesis	Year	Degree
3	Nutan Nandan Patel	Central University, South Bihar, Gaya	Association of Convective Available Potential Energy (CAPE) with Wind Shear Over Bhubaneswar Odisha, India”	2019	M.Sc.
1	Pravin MadhukarUttekar	H.V. Desai College, Pune	Lightning Discharge In Atmosphere By Satellite Data	2011	M.Sc.

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भारतीय उष्णदेशीय मौसम विज्ञान संस्थान
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr. Deen Mani Lal

Designation

: Scientist E

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904478

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: dmlal[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Scientist Profile

Dr. Deen Mani Lal

Designation : Scientist E

Phone : +91-(0)20-25904478

Fax : +91-(0)20-25865142

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

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Designation

: Scientist E

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904478

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: dmlal[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in