Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

The Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi

Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra is the Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department and Permanent Representative of India with WMO & Member of Executive Council, WMO. With a Ph. D in Physics and 28 years of experience in meteorology, he has made significant contributions in improvement of early warning services of IMD. He brought laurels to the country from international agencies for effective cyclone warning. He is popularly known as “The Cyclone Man of India”. He is the author of more than 105 research papers in peer reviewed national/international journals. He edited 18 books and 7 Journals. He received awards/recognitions from different agencies including Honorary D.Sc. from FM University and Kalinga Institute of Technology, Fellow, Indian Meteorological Society, Certificate of Merit for Young Scientist by Ministry of Earth Sciences, 25^th Biennial Mausam Award, and appreciations from press/electronic media & social organizations. He is (i) President, Indian Meteorological Society,  (ii) Chairman, Regional Sub-project Management Team of Severe Weather Forecast Programme for South Asia, and was Chairman of (iii) WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones for 2017-18, (iv) Task Team for finalization of Meteorological Payloads of INSAT-4 satellites to be launched in 2025, (v) Committee for revision of NDMA Guidelines for cyclone management, (vi) Technical Evaluation Committee for Consultancy on National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project.