Dr Pradeep Kumar Thapliyal,

Dr Pradeep Kumar Thapliyal,

Head of the Geophysical Parameters Retrieval Division SAC, Ahmedabad, India Dr Pradeep Kumar Thapliyal obtained M.Sc. in Physics and Ph.D. from IISc, Bangalore in 2004. His research interest is in Satellite Meteorology at SAC, Ahmedabad since 1995. He is heading the Geophysical Parameters Retrieval Division. Dr Thapliyal has major contributions in the development of operational…

Dr. Suryachandra Rao

Dr. Suryachandra Rao

Senior-scientist, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune Dr. Suryachandra Rao is a senior-scientist at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, and is leading “Monsoon Mission”  program of India as Associate Mission Director. “Monsoon Mission” is an ambitious mission mode program to improve the skill of Indian Summer Monsoon weather and climate. As a result of this…

Dr Raj Kumar

Dr Raj Kumar

Former Director, National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO, Hyderabad Dr Raj Kumar, presently as Director, National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO, is leading the team of scientists and engineers from various disciplines, with the mandate of satellite data acquisitions by establishment of ground stations, generation of data products, dissemination to the users, development of techniques for remote sensing…

Dr. Thara Prabhakaran

Dr. Thara Prabhakaran

Project Director and Scientist F Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX) /Physics and Dynamics of Tropical CloudsIndian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, PuneDr. Thara Prabhakaran is the Project Director of Cloud Aerosol Interaction and     Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX) /Physics and Dynamics of Tropical Clouds Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. She obtained her MSc…

Dr. M. Ravichandran

Dr. M. Ravichandran

Member, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022. Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Earth Sciences Dr. M. Ravichandran is the Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Earth Science, sinceOct 2021. He was Director, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goaduring 2016-2021. He obtained his Ph.D degree in Physics from University of Pune. He workedas…

Dr. B. N. Suresh

Dr. B. N. Suresh

Member, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022. Chancellor, Indian Institute of Space science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Honorary  Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ, Bangalore. Dr. BN Suresh  is presently, Chancellor, Indian Institute of Space science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram and Honorary  Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ, Bangalore. He was President for Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Delhi,…

Dr. S. N. Omkar

Dr. S. N. Omkar

Member, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022. Adjunct faculty, IARSc, Bangalore and Chief Research Scientist (CRS) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. He has a B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University, M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.His research interests include Satellite image processing, Biomechanics, Unmanned Aerials Vehicles (UAV)…

Prof. Pendyala Balarama Rao

Prof. Pendyala Balarama Rao

Member, International Advisory Committee, WASAMSA2022. Distinguished Faculty for Research, IARSc , Bangalore Received B.Sc (Hons) Physics (1958), M.Sc. Radio Physics (1959) and Ph.D. Ionospheric Physics (1963), all from Andhra University, Waltair, India. Worked as Research Associate – Electroscience Laboratory, Ohio State University, USA: 1964 – 1965 and National Center for Ionosphere and Astronomy, Cornell University,…

Prof. Kenji Nakamura

Prof. Kenji Nakamura

Department of Economics on Sustainability, Faculty of Economics in Dokkyo University, Japan Kenji Nakamura is Professor at Department of Economics on Sustainability, Faculty of Economics in Dokkyo University, Japan.  Before Dokkyo University, he was a professor at Nagoya University, Japan, and he was the Director of the Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University during 2001-2005 and…