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2023 October, 5

I delivered a talk "NFCS initiative in India: Background and potential roles of central and state agencies" at the stakeholder consultation workshop for the establishment of the National Framework for Climate Services in India (NFCS-India) at Pune during 5-6 October 2023. 

2023 October, 5

As a I am a co-convenor,  IMD, MoES, Government of India, organized the first stakeholder consultation workshop for the establishment of the National Framework for Climate Services in India (NFCS-India) at Pune during 5-6 October 2023. 

2023 September, 11

As a course coordinator, I have designed and organized a week long training program "Climate Data Analysis and Visualization with Python" for the IMD officials at CRS, IMD, Pune during 11-15 September 2023.

2023 July, 21

Two students (integrated M.Sc.) from BITS-Pilani, Ms. Shaheen Ali and Mr. Atharv Joshi, completed an 8-week internship under my guidance at CRS, IMD, Pune.

2023 June, 27

A meeting with delegates from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), American Consulate Mumbai, was organized at CRS, IMD, Pune, on 27 June 2023.

2023 June, 16

Presented "Weather Map Discussion for the Week 10th - 16th June 2023" at the weekly map discussion forum at the office of the Climate Research and Services, India Meteorological Department, Pune on 16 June 2023.

2023 June, 14

Delivered a talk on "ENSO and IOD:  Current Status and Outlook for JJAS 2023” at the 25th Session (update) of South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF-25)  held online on 14 June 2023.

2023 June, 1

I joined the 'Media Workshop on Southwest Monsoon 2023' organized at CRS, IMD, Pune on 1 June 2023.

2023 May, 16

Delivered a talk on "MJO in conjunction with Large Scale Features and its impact on Rainfall over India ” at the Southwest Monsoon 2023: Preparedness Training Workshop (Online)  16-20 June 2023.

2023 April, 27

Delivered a talk on "Seasonal climate outlook of South Asia for JJAS 2023 Global and Regional Perspectives” at the 25th session of South Asian Seasonal Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF25) and Climate Services User Forum (CSUF) held online during 27-29 April 2023.

2023 March, 18

Delivered the Distinguished Alumni Lecture "Seasonal forecast activities at the India Meteorological Department” at the Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Odisha, India on 18 March 2023.

2022 December, 16

Presented "Weather Map Discussion for the Week 10th - 16th December 2022" at the weekly map discussion forum at the office of the Climate Research and Services, India Meteorological Department, Pune on 16 December 2022.

2022 December, 6

Delivered a talk on "ENSO forecast at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)” at the Scoping Workshop on the WMO recognized entity supporting El Niño/La Niña information organised by WMO at Pune during 6-8 December 2022.

2022 November, 30

Recognised as a research guide for M.Phil (by Papers & Research) and Ph.D (Research) in Atmospheric & Space Science (Science and Technology) at the Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune.

2022 November, 29

Delivered a invited keynote talk on "Development of National Framework for Climate Services in India: (NFCS – India)” at the national symposium TROPMET-2022 held in IISER, Bhopal during 29 November - 2 December 2022.

2022 November, 24

Delivered a talk on "Seasonal Prediction over South Asia for DJF 2022/23 Season - Global and Regional Perspectives” at the 24th session of South Asian Seasonal Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF24) held online on 24 November 2022.

2022 October, 31

Presented "Regional Climate Center (RCC-Pune) Operational Activities” to the experts from World Bank and delegates from Bangladesh at the "Hydromet and Early Warning Joint Learning Exercise" at CRS, IMD, Pune on 31 October 2022.

2022 September, 26

Delivered a talk on "Seasonal Prediction of South Asia for 2022 OND Season - Global and Regional Perspectives” at the 23rd session of South Asian Seasonal Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF23) held online on 26 September 2022.

2022 September, 16

Presented "Weather Map Discussion for the Week 10th - 16th September 2022" at the weekly map discussion forum at the office of the Climate Research and Services, India Meteorological Department, Pune on 16 September 2022.

2022 August, 26

Delivered a talk on "ENSO and IOD - Current Conditions and Outlook" at the weekly map discussion at the office of the Climate Research and Services, India Meteorological Department, Pune on 26 August 2022.

2022 July, 15

Delivered an invited talk (Online) on "Indian Summer Monsoon Variability: Teleconnections and Prediction" at Institute of Marine Sciences, National Research Council (CNR-ISMAR), Italy on 15 Jul 2022.

2022 July, 10

Recognised as a research guide for guiding Ph.D students in the Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam.

2022 June, 30

Delivered a talk on "ENSO and IOD: Current Conditions and Outlook" at IITM seminar (Monsoon Discussion) organized by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India on 30 June 2022.

2022 May, 23-27

Participated in the training on “Seasonal Prediction to Operational Services in South Asia: Combining Forecasts using R and Skill Assessment using FOCUS” organized by India Meteorological Department, UK Met Office and RIMES, Thailand during 23rd to 27th May 2022 at Hotel Ramee Grand, Pune, India.

2022 April, 26

Delivered a talk on “Seasonal climate outlook of South Asia for JJAS2022 -Global and Regional Perspectives” at the 22nd session of South Asian Seasonal Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF22) on 26 April 2022.

2022 March, 2

Delivered a talk on "Weather and Climate Prediction in India" for the UGC-Refresher course on Environmental Sciences for university faculties, organized by Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on 2 March 2022.

2021 November, 25

Delivered a talk on “Seasonal climate outlook of South Asia for DJF 2021/22 -Global and Regional Perspectives” at the 21st session of South Asian Seasonal Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF21) on 25 November 2021.

2021 November, 8-19

Completed a training on "Integrating Climate Information for Adaptation (ClimAdapt)" during 8-19 November 2021 organized by World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

2021 October

New paper "Climate change projections for sustainable and healthy cities" published in Buildings and Cities journal.

2021 August, 23-27

Completed "Digital Training of Trainers on Climate-related Loss and Damage within Climate Risk Management" during 23-27 August 2021, organised by Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Thailand.

2021 August

New paper "Indian Ocean Dipole influence on Indian summer monsoon and ENSO: A review" published in Indian summer monsoon variability - El Nino Teleconnections and beyond.

2021 August

Completed training on “Directly Recruited Scientist Course” organized by Meteorological Training Institute, India Meteorological Department, Pune during April-August 2021.

2020 June, 29-30

Delivered a talk on "East Asian surface temperature variability and its teleconnections with AMO and PDO in the CMIP5 simulations", at the 6th Climate Dynamics Workshop (Virtual) organized by BAS, Cambridge, UK (29-30 June 2020).

2020 April, 20-21

Delivered a talk on "Patterns of Arctic amplification in CMIP5 and CMIP6 Projections". Online presentation at CMIP6 Poster Seminars (organised by the Met Office, UK), 20-21 April 2020. https://ukesm.ac.uk/cmip6/uk-cmip6-analysis-workshop-20-21-april-2020-met-office-exeter/ (VIDEO)

Delivered a talk on "Response of South and East Asian summer climate to North Atlantic SST anomalies: sensitivity to SST patterns". Online presentation at EGU General Assembly 2020 (4-8 April 2020).