Dr. M. V. Ramana

Dr. M. V. Ramana

Head, Land and Atmospheric Physics Division (LAPD), Earth and Climate Sciences Area (ECSA), National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad, India. He is currently heading Climate Studies Group of Earth and Climate Studies Area at the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad. He was Assistant Project Scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, US (2001-2010) and…

Dr. Theodore (Ted) G. Shepherd FRS

Dr. Theodore (Ted) G. Shepherd FRS

Member, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022. Grantham Professor of Climate Science, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading Ted Shepherd is a large-scale dynamical meteorologist. Trained at MIT and Cambridge University, Ted worked at the University of Toronto from 1988-2012, where he initiated and led the Canadian national climate modelling effort focused on ozone-climate coupling. Since moving…

Mr. Manu Gowda

Mr. Manu Gowda

Member, Organizing committee, WASAMSA2022 Project Associate, Mithra Increst Private Limited, Bangalore Mr. Manu Gowda V. is working at present as Project Associate for Mithra Increst Private Limited. His role at work, is to assist the Laboratory scale experimentation work, to provide and review basic process flow diagrams, to develop heat and mass balance diagram for…

Dr. Prasad K. Bhaskaran

Dr. Prasad K. Bhaskaran

Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India Prof. Prasad K. Bhaskaran is a Professor and former Head of Department, Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture at IIT Kharagpur. Primary research interest of Prof. Prasad K Bhaskaran is on Ocean Wave Modelling having practical relevance in Ocean Engineering problems, coupled wave-hydrodynamic models,…

Prof. Richard Anthes

Prof. Richard Anthes

President Emeritus, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR),Boulder, Colorado, USA Richard Anthes is President Emeritus of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). He received in PhD degree in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles in atmospheric sciences. He was President of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in…

Dr. Scott Braun

Dr. Scott Braun

Member, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022 Project Scientist for GPM, AOS, and TROPICS. Laboratory for Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD Dr. Scott A. Braun, a research meteorologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, is the project scientist for NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), TROPICS, and Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) missions. He…

Dr. Riko Oki

Dr. Riko Oki

Member, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022. Deputy Director, Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan. Dr. Riko Oki is an Associate Principal Researcher and the Deputy Director of the Earth Observation Research Center in Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). She received the Dr.Sci. degree in geophysics from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan…

Shri Somanath S

Shri Somanath S

Member, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022 Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, ISRO Shri Somanath S is a Distinguished Scientist and Secretary, Department of Space, Chairman, SpaceCommission and Chairman, ISRO since 14 January 2022. Shri. Somanath, spanning a distinguishedcareer of nearly 36 years, has made significant contribution in the area of space technology. ShriSomanath is an…

Shri A. S. Kiran Kumar

Shri A. S. Kiran Kumar

Chairman, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022. Vikram Sarabhai Professor, ISRO, Bangalore Shri A. S. Kiran Kumar is Vikram Sarabhai Professor at ISRO, Bangalore. During 2015-2018, he has served as Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation. Shri Kiran Kumar, born on October 22, 1952 in Karnataka (India), holds M.Sc. Degree in Physics (Electronics)…