Professor, Department of Physics
Department of Physics Jadavpur University Kolkata-700 032
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Degree	Year	University
Ph.D. 1994 IIT, Kharagpur M.Sc 1987 University of Burdwan M.Tech 1989 IIT, Kharagpur

Name Of The Institution Position Held Period Jadavpur University Associate Professor 2006 to Till date Jadavpur University Assistant Professor 2003 to 2006 Jadavpur University Sr. Lecturer 1998 to 2003 Jadavpur University Lecturer 1996 to 1998 I.I.T., Kharagpur Scientific Officer 1994 to 1996

Atmospheric Science

Numerical Methods and Fortran Programming, Numerical Weather Prediction

Mesoscale meteorology, Mesoscale meteorological modelling, Climate change, thunderstorm dynamics, monsoon studies

Title of the paper Conference Year Role Vol Number-Page Name History and development of weather forecasting National Seminar on "Challenges in weather forecasting with special emphasis on local issues like flood, tropical cyclone etc." 2012 -1-4 Initiation of Nor’westers as derived from METEOSAT-5 images Proceedings of SAARC seminar on "Norwesters and Tornadoes over the SAARC region and their forecasting and preparedness" 2008 First Author -61-69 Fundamental hydro-dynamical equations for atmospheric flows Basics of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Engineering Analysis & Applications (NWCFD’08) 2008 -193-201 Seventh WMO Scientific Conference on weather modification 1999 -

Title of the paper Journal of publication Year Role Vol Number-Page Name Organizational modes of squall- type Mesoscale Convective Systems during premonsoon season over Eastern India Atmospheric Research 2012 Second and corresponding author 106-120-138 Interpolation of climate variables and temperature modeling Theoretical and applied climatology 2012 Third author 107-35-45 Assessing Impact of a Thermal Power Plant Installation on the Surrounding Using Landsat-7, ETM+ Satellite Data Asian Journal of Geoinformatics 2011 Third author 11- Modelling of temperature and rainfall of West Bengal through Remote sensing and GIS techniques Internation Journal of Geoinformatics 2011 Third author 7-31-40 Preparation of digital data sets on land use/ land cover, soil and digital elevation model for temperature modeling using remote sensing and GIS techniques Indian Journal of Science and Technology 2011 Third author 6-636-642 More

Book Title Publisher Name Year Role Disasters in West Bengal - An Interdisciplinary Study ACB Publications 2010 Third Author

Awarded By Award Name Year Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun Best paper award 2005 Indian Meteorological Society, New Delhi V. Bhavanarayana Award 1996

Name Of The Scholar Title Of The Thesis Co-Superviser Status Year Sailesh Samanta Climatological modeling of temperature and rainfall through GIS techniques Dr. D. K. Pal of Vidyasagar University Complete 2012 Prasanta Roy The aspects of tropical cyclone forecasting using Weather Research Forecasting (WRF-ARW) model Dr. G. C. Debnath Ongoing 2011 Arindam Ghosh A study of clouds during Indian pre-monsoon season by using weather satellite imagery and meteorological parameters Prof. J. Das of ISI, Kolkata Complete 2009 Lalu Das Climate change: Future scenario development and its implications on agriculture for eastern India Complete 2005 Indrajit Sadhukhan Land use/ land cover alterations and its possible impact on premonsoon climatic variables over Gangetic West Bengal and its neighbourhood Complete 2001

Name Of The Scholar Title Of The Thesis Co-Superviser Year Swagata Payra A hybrid modeling approach for simulation of pollutant concentration in and around Santaldih Thermal Power Station 2001

Project Title Worked As Funding Agency Amount Duration Period Status Bias estimation and effort for removal of UM/CFS coupled model output with adaptive techniques for improving forecast skill of Indian summer monsoon Co-Investigator MOES, Govt. of India 37 Lakhs (approx.) 3 years 2013 to 2015 Ongoing MICRODIS-JU Co-Investigator European Commission Rs. 45.6 Lakh (approx.) 10 months 2010 to 2011 Complete Simulation of wind field over Kalpakkam using Regional Atmospheric Modelling System (RAMS) Principal Investigator BRNS-DAE Rs. 2.3 Lakh (approx.) 1year 6 months 2010 to 2011 Validation of Varsha Model output during Monsoon season over India Principal Investigator CSIR, New Delhi Rs. 16.7 Lakh (approx.) 2 years 2009 to 2010 Completed The role of land surface processes towards initiation of thunderstorms over Principle Investigator DST, New Delhi Rs. 77.5 Lakh (approx.) 4 years 2007 to 2011 Completed More

Title Organised By Venue Year Climate Model: Its strengths and limitations UGC Sponsored National Seminar Calcutta University 2013 Norwesters of Bengal: Redefined as Mesoscale Convective system Indian Meteorological Society Alipore Meteorological Office 2012 Mesoscale structure of thunderstorms DST sponsored Training programme IIT, Kharagpur 2011 Mesohigh, Wake Low and Heat Burst.......study using STORM data The Asia Oceania Geosciences Society International Convention Centre, Hyderabad 2010 Recent convective developments over Santiniketan: A case study using AWS and other routine observations DST Sponsored training workshop Visva Bharati, Santiniketan 2008 More

Title Life Member, Indian Meteorological Society

Program Name Organised By Venue Year International symposium on Interdisciplinary studies and promotion of research on natural disaster MICRODIS-JU Hyatt Regency, Kolkata 2011

Program Name Organised By Venue Year Type Of Participation TROPMET-2010 Indian Meteorological Society Kolkata Information Centre Complex 2010 Paper presentation International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC Davos, Switzerland Global Risk Forum (GRF) Davos Davos, Switzerland 2010 Represented MICRODIS-JU in the special session of MICRODIS Asian symposium on Disaster impact and assessment, University of Hue, Vietnam University of Hue Hue, Vietnam 2010 Paper presentation

Type of Professional Activity Period Executive Member, Indian Meteorological Society 2010 to 2011 Secretary, Indian Meteorological Society 2007 to 2009 Back To Top

Work Title Organization Name Amount Year Capacity building for model-based forecasting Express Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd. 66180 2010

Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Calcutta University