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Volume : 4, No. 2Volume : 4, No. 24BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON WRF MODELA Brainstorming Session on Indian WRF Model wasconducted by NWP Division during 28‐29 April, 2011 atMausam Bhavan, New Delhi to discuss the issues andconceptualize research opportunities for an Indian WRFmodel. The session was chaired by DGM and attended byvarious operational and research organizations in India suchas IMD, NCMRWF, IAF, IITM, IIT Delhi, SAC Ahmedabad, NARLGadanki, Andhra University, CDAC Pune, CMMACS Bangalore.ACHIEVEMENTSSmt. Aasiya receiving the prize‣ Smt. Aasiya Aasif Bhat, S.A. of MeteorologicalCentre Srinagar was awarded First Prize in HindiReading Competition while participating in HindiWorkshop organized by Town Official LanguageImplementation Committee, Srinagar on 20 th April2011.‣ Dr. D. P. Dubey, Sc. ‘E’ M.C. Bhopal was nominated asa panel member for selection of research fellows forPh.D. in Physics in the Barkatullah University Bhopal on30th April 2011.‣ Dr. S. D. Attri, Scientist ‘E’ evaluated Ph.D. thesisentitled “Physico‐chemical characterization of Aerosolsand Precursor Gases in and around Delhi” and conductedviva‐voce examination on 6th April, 2011at Jamia MilliaIslamia University, New Delhi. He also conducted Vivavoceexamination of M. Tech students at IIT Delhi on 31 stMay, 2011 and 24 th June, 2011.‣ Dr. Medha Khole, Scientist ‘E’ worked as a Memberof the panel of paper setters for the subject ‘EarthScience’, for the State Eligibility Test (SET) examination tobe conducted by University of Pune.‣ Dr. V. Rajeswara Rao, Sc‐E was on tour to AndhraUniversity, Visakhapatnam as External Examiner toconduct Examinations for M.Sc.‣ Dr. R. Suresh, Scientist ‘E’ has been appointed as amember of Board of Studies in Atmospheric Science,Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi.TRAINING WORKSHOP‣ Nine officials of Administration, RMC Chennaiwere imparted a training – “Centralised e‐adminsupport system” conducted by HQ at RMC Chennaiduring 18‐19, April 2011.‣ Three days training workshop on “DWRProducts, their interpretation and utilization” wasconducted from 11‐13 May 2011 at DWR Kolkata.Six forecasters from RMC Kolkata and AMO Kolkataattended the workshop.‣ A training on Seismic Instruments andequipments was given to the trainees ofIntermediate course (Instrumentation) MeteorologyTraining Batch No. XXXVI by Officers fromSeismology Division during 23‐27 May, 2011.‣ A Training Workshop on Doppler WeatherRadar was organized at DWR Chennai for eight IAFpersonnel (JCOs and NCOs), from 20 th to 24 th June2011.‣ Under the auspices of M.C. Bhopal, 25personnel from the Water Resources Deptt., Govt.of M.P. were imparted basic training in installation,inspection and validation of Met. Data. The trainingwas arranged at Water And Land ManagementInstitute (WALMI) Bhopal during 20‐29 June 2011.The trainees were awarded certificates afterundergoing meticulous training test and vivaexamination.NORTH EAST TELEMETRY TRAININGDGM with the participant traineesA two week’s training program on North EastTelemetry Network highlighting the hardware andsoftware related aspects of the field stations andCentral Receiving Stations was held during 27 thJune to 9 th July, 2011. Senior officers and staff ofSeismology and EREC and a few officers from CSO,Shillong and other North East field stationsparticipated in the training program. DGM alsoaddressed the trainees during the course oftraining.APR – JUN 2011Shri G. Sudhakar Rao, Sc. ‘E’, Shri Y. K. Reddy, Sc. ‘E’, Shri K. Seetaram, Director, Shri S. B. Tyagi, Director andShri R. V. Subba Rao, Assistant Meteorologist Gr‐I delivered a lectures on Aviation and General Meteorology to ATCTrainees at Begumpet Airport on 20 th & 21 st April 2011.Shri B. K. Bandyopadhyay, DDGM (S) and Dr. M. Mohapatra, Sc. ’E’, attended the Interrelation Conference onEnvironmental knowledge for Disaster Risk Management, {EKDRM‐2011} organized by National Institute; of Disaster,Management (NIDM) in collaboration with GIZ Germany on 10‐11 May 2011 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.Dr. M. Mohapatra, SC. ‘E’, delivered a presentation on "Cyclone Hazard Risk Profile of Coastal Districts of India".Dr. Somenath Dutta, Sc. ‘E’ delivered lecture on “A Proposed Nowcasting Method of different meso‐scale weatherorographic barrier” in the SERC School “CONMED” at AFAC, Coimbatore on 16 th May 2011.Dr. R. Suresh, Sc. ‘E’ delivered a guest lecture on the topic ‘Basis of Radar Meteorology and Importance in WeatherPrediction’ in the national level training Programme on ‘Concepts of Nowcasting and Mesoscale disturbances’(CONMED‐2011) held at AFAC Coimbatore on 17 th May 2011.Dr.Geeta Agnihotri, Director has delivered lecture on ‘Weather Forecasting system during floods’ on 18 May 2011 tothe trainee officers of 63rd All India Watermanship Course at Home Guards and Civil Defence Academy, Bangalore.Ms. Reva Sharma, Senior Hindi Officer, Mrs. Sarita Joshi & Mrs. Anuradha, Senior Translators, delivered lectures inHindi Workshop organized by M. O. Palam on 20 th May 2011.Shri Anand Kumar Sharma, Sc. ‘E , M C, Dehradun deliveredlecture on “Concepts in meteorology and climatology, tropicaland extra tropical systems and application of satellite inoperational meteorology” to the participants of NNRMS‐ISROcertificate course conducted by Indian Institute of RemoteSensing on 31 st May 2011.Shri S. Sudevan, Director delivered a lecture on “Role of IMDin disaster preparedness” for revenue officials in the trainingprogramme “Techno Legal Regime” on 8 th June 2011.Shri S. B. Thampi, Sc. ‘E’, DWR Chennai delivered five lectureson maintenance and calibration aspects of DWR in thetraining Workshop specifically arranged for officers and stafftrained in Metstar Radar, held at MC Hyderabad on 21 ‐ 22June 2011.Dr. M. Satya Kumar, Sc. ‘E’, Shri K. Seetharam, Director, Shri S. B. Tyagi, Director and Shri R. V. Subba Rao, AM ‐ Idelivered lectures on Aviation and General Meteorology to ATC Trainees of AAI, Hyderabad during the period from23‐ 24 June, 2011.Shri K. Santhosh, Sc. ‘E delivered a lecture on “Assessment and attribution of climate change and its impact onAgriculture” in project envisioning workshop on “Climate change” organized by College of Agriculture, Vellayani,Thiruvananthapuram as part of developing Vision 2030 document on 28 th June 2011.Dr. Kamaljit Ray, Director & Mrs. Manorama Mohanty, Meteorologist – I attended Weekly weather watch groupmeetings under the chairmanship of commissioner of Relief, Government of Gujarat, with representation from CWC,Agriculture, Gujarat State Disaster Management agency (GSDMA), State irrigation department, Gujarat MaritimeBoard on 7 th & 21 st June‐2011.Dr R. K. Jenamani, Scientist‐E M.O. IGI Airport deliverd lecture on “Synoptic system during monsoon” in the SERCSchool organized at CAS, IIT Delhi on 30 th June 2011.APR – JUN 2011Shri A. K. Sharma delivering lecture at IIRS9
Volume : 4, No. 2Volume : 4, No. 2MoU BETWEEN IMD AND CWCA meeting was held between senior officers of IMD andCentral Water Commission on 5 th April 2011 at IMD, NewDelhi. CWC, under the Union Ministry of Water Resources,collects hydro‐meteorological data and issues flood forecastson major river and their tributaries in the country. IMDunder the Ministry of Earth Sciences collects rainfall data.CWC & IMD agreed upon to exchange meteorological andrainfall data being collected by each department foreffective use of these data. An MoU between CWC and IMDregarding exchange of Real Time Rainfall Data was signed.On behalf of Central Water Commission, the Chairman CWC,and on behalf of IMD, DG IMD signed the memorandum.MoU Signing Ceremony between IMD and CDACDG, IMD, signing the MoU with CWCMoU BETWEEN IMD AND CDAC, PUNEA MoU between India Meteorological Department andCentre for Development of Advanced Computing(CDAC), Pune was signed by AVM (Dr.) Ajit Tyagi,Director General of Meteorology, IMD, New Delhi andProfessor Rajat Moona, Director General, CDAC, Punefor Technology development for applications of weatherand climate information in Agriculture, Hydrology,Aviation etc. using interdisciplinary computationaltechnologies such as GIS, networking, Indian languagesoftware and HPC.MoU BETWEEN IMD AND ANDHRA UNIVERSITYA Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed on 15 th June 2011 between the Andhra University andIMD for conduct of an M. Tech course in atmospheric science for the officers of IMD. Andhra University will offerthe course exclusively for the IMD officers.The MoU is a landmark to help develop capacity buildingbetween the two institutions. The memorandum wassigned by DG, IMD, AVM (Dr.) Ajit Tyagi and Registrar,Andhra University Shri P.V.G.D. Prasad Reddy. Thesigning took place in the presence of Vice‐ChancellorDr. B. Satyanarayana, Principal of University Colleges,Dr. V. Veeraiah, Dr. G.S.N. Raju, and Dr. S.S.V.S.Ramakrishna, and Chairman of Board of StudiesDr. K.V.S.R. Prasad.AVM (Dr.) Ajit Tyagi, Director General of Meteorology was the Chief Guest in the inaugural function of internationalconference on environmental knowledge for disaster risk management organized by National Institute of DisasterManagement (NIDM) and delivered an inaugural address.Shri A. K. Sharma, Sc. ‘E’, M. C., Dehradun participated in the workshop on “Mountain Agriculture in HimalayanRegion” on 2‐3 April 2011 at Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Dehradun. TheWorkshop was inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Agriculture Shri Harish Rawat.Dr. Y. E. A. Raj, DDGM and Dr. S. R. Ramanan, Sc.‘ E’ participated in the inaugural function of the RegionalWorkshop on “Establishing a Co‐operative mechanism for protection of Met. Ocean data and Tsunami Buoys in theNorth Indian ocean region” at NIOT, Chennai on 6 th May 2011.CONFERENCE FOR HINDI MEDIAIMD organized a round table conferenceexclusively with Hindi Weather Media Reporters,Editors/Producers of Weather relatedprogrammes, Science Correspondents, Editors ofScience Magazines etc. on the theme “Weathersystems during the summer season” on 7 th Aprilat Conference Hall, Mausam Bhawan, New Delhi.About 50 media personnel attended theconference. The queries raised by them aboutensuing monsoon, thunderstorms and duststorms were replied by Dr. Ajit Tyagi, D. G., IMDand Shri B. P. Yadav, Sc. ’E’. A WORKSHOP ON SEASONAL DG, PREDICTIONIMD briefing to Hindi media reportersSEASONAL PREDICTION OF SW MONSOON RAINFALLA training workshop on “Seasonal Prediction of SW Monsoon Rainfall” for participants from the south Asiancountries was conducted at IMD, Pune during the period from 8‐12 April, 2011. The training workshop wasattended by representatives from six South Asian countries, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal,and Sri Lanka. Experts from the IMD and IITM, Pune and international experts from National Center forEnvironmental Prediction (NCEP), USA, Meteo France, France, International Research Institute for Climate andSociety (IRI), USA, participated in the training workshop.fgUnh dk;Z’kkyk dk vk;kstuekSle dk;kZy; ikye esa fnukad 20 ebZ 2011 dks nwljh fgUnhdk;Z’kkyk dk vk;kstu fd;k x;kA dk;Z’kkyk dk mn~?kkVuMkW- vks- ih- flag] mi egkfuns’kd] izknsf’kd ekSle dsUnz] ubZfnYyh us fd;kA vius mn~?kkVu Hkk"k.k esa MkW- flag us ekSledk;kZy;] ikye ij fgUnh dk;Z’kkyk dk vk;kstu djus ds fy,/kU;okn fn;k ,oa vk’kk O;Dr dh fd dk;Z’kkyk esa O;k[;kuksa lsizfrHkkxh ykHk mBk,axsaA dk;Z’kkyk esa ikye ds 42 izfrHkkfx;ksa ,oaO;k[;kunkrkvksa lfgr dqy 50 dfeZ;ksa us Hkkx fy;kA dk;Z’kkykdk lekiu lekjksg MkW- jktsUnz dqekj tsuke.kh] funs’kd ekSledk;kZy;] ikye }kjk /kU;okn izLrko ,oa dk;Z’kkyk ds vk;kstuij ppkZ vkSj vuq’kalk ds ckn gqvkAThe IMD and AU will be involved in the design of thecourse work, conduct of lectures/practical/field work,examination and evaluation, project guidance and otheraspects of the programme in conformity with rules andregulations.Exchange of MoU between IMD and AUfgUnh dk;Z’kkyk8APR – JUN 2011APR – JUN 20115
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