BULLETIN OF IMSP - (IMD), Pune

CONGRATULATIONSIndian Meteorological Society, Pune Chapter congratulates Prof. D. R. Sikka,former Director, IITM for being awarded MOES “Life Time Achievement” award forthe year 2006. He is the first person to get this award. He conducted a large partof his research work in meteorology while he was associated with IMD/IMC andIITM for well over four decades. He is presently associated with planning anddevelopment of atmospheric sciences both in research and operational mode in thecountry. We wish him a long and active academic life.CONGRATULATIONSIndian Meteorological Society, Pune Chapter congratulates Dr M. Rajeevan,Director, India Meteorological Department and Dr K. Krishnakumar, Scientist ‘E’,Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune for being awarded the “Certificateof Merit” of the Ministry of Earth Sciences. They received the award on 27 thJuly2007 at a function celebrating the Foundation Day of MoES at Vigyan Bhawan, NewDelhi. As a mark of excellence in the Sciences, Ministry of Earth Sciences givescertificates of merit to young scientists/engineers who have made significantcontribution fructified in the previous year in the field of Ocean Sciences andAtmospheric Sciences.24