Vol. 2, No. 1 January 2017 e-News Letter of IMS

Designed by :

India Meteorological DepartmentDinesh Khanna

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* TROPMET 2016 * IMS Life Time Achievement Awards * IMS Diamond Jubilee Lecture

* IMS GB Meeting * IMS Diamond Jubilee Celebrations * Membership

* Pisharoty Distinguished Lecture and Diamond Jubilee Mausam Utsav by Pune Chapter

* Met Aware and SIMPLE Programmes by Ahmedabad Chapter * Joint Programmes

* Election of Local Chapters * IMS Annual Report *Programmes for 2017

TROPMET 2016 on theme 'Climate Change and Coastal Vulnerability' was held at Bhubaneswar between

th st18 and 21 December. It was organized by IMS Bhubaneswar Chapter jointly with Government of Odisha and Siksha 'O' University. Dr Devendra Pradhan Minister of State (Independent- in-charge) for Petroleum and Natural Gas was Chief Guest at the inaugural function.

TROPMET was a greeat succes. It received record number of research papers with overwhelming participation of younger researchrs. Following are the highlights of TROPMET 2016.

Number of Papers received : 546Nine Plenary Talks : 9Number of Technical Sessions : 23Number of Oral Presentations : 222Number of Posters : 324Research Scholars' Presentations : 11

IMS Life Time Achievement Awards :

Shri D.R SikkaShri S. RaghavanProf. P.V. Joseph

Shri Sikka could not attend TROPMET because of health issues.

TROPMET 2016 : ( Inputs from Dr S.C. Sahu and Prof Nihar Ranjan Das)

Special Attraction

New Year Greetings

IMS NEWS

IMS Fellowship

IMS Diamond Jubilee Lecture : As a part of Diamond Jubilee Celebration series of Public Lectures on topics of popular interest have been planned. First lecture in this series on 'Climate Change and Agriculture' was delivered by Dr T. Mohapatra, Director General, ICAR

thon 19 December at Bhubaneswar.

Power Point presentation of the Lecture is available on IMS Website.

Special Evening Lectures

Two following Special Evening Lectures were conducted thon 19 December :

“International Forum of Meteorological Societies (IFMS)” by Dr. H. S. Alhuwalia

“Physics, Meteorology and Social Sciences” by Shri S. Raghavan

IMS Awards

Following Young Scientist and Biennial Awards were presented at the inaugural function of TROPMET 2016 :

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IMS Young Scientist Award for the best research paper published on “Tropical Meteorology” (2014 & 2015)

IMS Biennial Award - 2013-2014

IMS Award for best paper published on; (2013-2014)

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Dr. Prashant Kumar

“Atmospheric Observations and Technology”

(Formerly J Das Gupta Award)

Dr. S. D. Kotal

“Weather and Climate Services” (Formerly Bhavanarayana Award)

Shri M. Mahakur

“Application of Satellite Data in Meteorology and Remote Sensing” (Formerly P. Krishna Rao Award)

Dr. D. R. Pattanaik

Dr. R.S. Maheskumar

“Monsoon Research” (Formerly B. N. Desai Award)

Dr. Ashish Routray

“Modelling Study on Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences”

(Formerly A D Vernekar Award)

Dr. Roxy Mathew Koll

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General Body Meeting

IMS Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

IMS Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

1. Membership Drive

2. Starting College Chapters of IMS

3. Launch of Public Awareness and Met Education Programme

4. Diamond Jubilee Popular Lectures

5. Popular Book Series

thIMS General Body meeting was held on 18 December at Bhubaneswar. Following decisions were taken.

£Oraganisation of IMS Diamond Jubilee Celebrationsth

£INTROMET 2017 : Venue : Ahmedabad : 13 to 15 September 2017£Standing Committees£Electronic Voting and simultaneous election of NC and RC pf Local Chapters

Minutes of GB meeting have been forwarded to all IMS members by email.

First Announcement of INTOMET 2017 is available on IMS Website.

IMS General Body decided to celebrate Diamond Jubilee Year in befitting manner. Following activities have been planned during Diamond Jubilee Year.

ÜStudent MembershipÜInstitutional MembershipÜCorporate Membership

ÜMet Aware ÜWeather, Environment and Climate In School Education (WISE)ÜAwareness about Climate Change and Environment is Schools, Colleges and Society (ACCESS)

For students and general public at IMS Chapters by Fellows/eminent Scientists and IMS members

For students and general public by Fellows/eminent scientists

Some of the topics for which IMS members have agreed to contribute

¢History of Meteorology in India ¢Monsoons ¢Weather Satellites/Satellite Meteorology¢Weather Radars/Radar Meteorology¢Radio Meteorology ¢Climate Change

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6. National Seminar

7. Proposed Regional Seminars

8. Annual Seminar/Workshop/meeting by Local Chapters

9. Vayumandal

10. Industry Interaction

11. Brainstorming Session on Aviation Met Services

12. Media Workshop 13. Make In India' Conference

14. National Quiz on Climate Change

15. IMS Statements on :

16. Diamond Jubilee Fund for Students and Young esearchers

17. Felicitation of Senior (80 years and above) IMS Members

18. Felicitation of Past Presidents

19. Meeting of IMS Fellows :

20. Developing Linkages with other National Professional Societies

21. Generation of Long term funding

22. Coffee Table Book

23. Developing IMS Vision 2030

24. Initiating Research Proposals and Outreach Programmes

25. IMS Diamond Jubilee Directory of Members

on Heat Waves : Early Warning and Preparedness

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¤Norwesters : Kolkata ¤Cyclones : Visakhapatnam¤Lightning : Mumbai/Pune ¤Urban Floods : Chennai ¤Floods : Guwahati ¤Cloud Burst : Dehradun

Seminar/workshop/meeing on a topic of local importance. Participation : Academic Institutions, Government officials, media, NGOs

¤New Editorial Board¤Online¤Proposed to make Vayumandal Quarterly

: Public Private Participation

¤Meteorology in School and College curriculum¤National Metrological Observational Network¤Certification for Industry¤Interdisciplinary Linkages in Meteorology and allied fields

In the year 2016, IMS has 110 Life Members and Annual Members.IMS is launching membership drive by starting IMS University/College Chapters, Student membership and Corporate membership. Details of different types of new IMS membership is available on IMS website.All Chapters and IMS members are requested to make membership drive a great success by making maximum number of members. Efforts should be made by each chapter to to have institutional and corporate membership.

Membership

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IMS Pune Chapter

(Inputs from Dr. S. Mahapatra and Shri Sikandar Jamadar)

thProf. Pisharoty Distinguished Lecture : Pune Chapter organized Prof. Pisharoty Distinguished Lecture on 17 November by th stProf. C. K. Shum of Ohio State University on 'Improved Estimates of 20 and early 21 Century Global Seal Level Rise.

Power Point presentation of the Lecture is available on IMS Website.

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Mausam Utsav

As a part of celebration of Diamond Jubilee year of Indian Meteorological Society, IMS Pune Chapter organised the “Quiz and Poster thCompetition of students in 15 Kendriya Vidyalayas in Pune Region in on 16 November 2016 at school level. More than 3000+ students

rdin 15 KVs in Pune Area participated in this Quiz and Poster competition at School level. On 3 December, 2016 the grand finale of Quiz competition was held in the Meghdoot Auditorium, IITM, Pune. All the selected 15 students for final quiz competition and 15 winners students of poster competitions along with their parents and teachers attended the function. Prizes to the students in Quiz and Poster competitions were awarded with the hands of Mr. Rajesh R. Mali, Chairman, IMS Pune Chapter and Dr. R. Krishnan, Director, IITM, Pune. The participation certificates were also given to all the 60 students. Also the letters of appreciation were given to the Principals and teachers who rendered their valuable services to conduct this competition process.

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IMS Ahmedabad Chapter

Toward Meteorology at Student's Door Step

(Inputs from D. Ram Rajak, Indrani C. Singh, P. Jayaprasad and Manorama Mohanty)

A meteorological awareness program, Met-Aware-2016, aimed to create public awareness towards different aspects of weather and climate was held on July 16, 2016 at Anand & Vallabh Vidyanagar (VV). The program had three parts: (i) Two popular lectures followed by an 'Open House', (ii) Weather Observatory and Museum visit at AAU, and (iii) Educational visit to Amul Dairy.

First part of the program i.e. a Scientists-Students interactive session along with 2 lectures by experts in the field of weather/climate/satellite meteorology was arranged at G.H. Patel College of Engineering & Technology (GCET) auditorium and co-organized with NV Patel College of Pure & Applied Sciences (NVPAS), Sardar Patel University (SPU), VV. This event was attended by around 340 participants including students and faculty members from SPU. Two popular lectures full of information on general meteorology and satellite meteorology were delivered by Dr. C. M. Kishtawal, Group Director (AOSG), SAC and Dr. Manorama Mohanty, Senior Meteorologist, IMD Ahmedabad. The most vibrant and interactive session of the event i.e. ''Open House'' received huge response from the students. The Panel of Experts consisting of Shri Rajeev Jyoti, Dr. P. K. Pal, Dr. Raj Kumar, Dr. C. M. Kishtawal, Dr. Vyas Pandey, Dr. A. S. Rajawat, Dr. Manorama Mohanty, Dr. S. M. Bhandari and Dr. R. P. Singh answered the questions asked by the participants. They solved a number of thought provoking queries from diversified field raised by the students. The program was supported by Dr. Basudeb Bakshi (Principal – NVPAS), Dr. Himanshu J Trivedi (HOD, Physics department, NVPAS), and volunteered by Dr. Mehul Pandya (SAC).

The second part of the program comprised of a Visit to weather observatory and museum at Anand Agriculture University (AAU) followed by an educational visit of IMSA members and their family members to Amul Dairy (Anand). Participants saw various instruments used to collect different meteorological parameters at AAU weather observatory. Dr. Vyas Pandey, HoD (Agrometeorology, AAU) and Dr. Manoj Lunagaria comprehensively explained the working of the instruments and importance of the in-situ observations of the weather parameters.

The Indian Meteorological Society – Ahmedabad Chapter (IMSA) organized 'SIMPLE-2016' ( tudent nvolvement in eteorological arameter earning - 2016) program for students of various schools of Ahmedabad's rural and urban areas on August 10, 2016 in

collaboration with Vikram Sarabhai Space Exhibition (VSSE) and District institute for Education and Training (DIET) Ahmedabad at VSSE Auditorium. Chairman – ISRO, Shri A. S. Kiran Kumar was the Chief Guest of the program.

(1) Two popular lectures followed by an 'Open House'

(2) Weather Observatory and Museum at AAU and visit to Amul Dairy

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Students and teachers from 44 schools from different parts of Ahmedabad district were invited. Meteorological parameter measurement Kit (MetKit) units were distributed to the participant schools where students will be involved in collection of meteorological parameters and their analysis. This Metkit will be used to collect three parameters i.e. temperature (instantaneous, minimum and maximum), relative humidity, and rainfall. Chairman ISRO interact with students and clarify different innovative questions from students during ''Open House'' interaction session of the program. Shri Tapan Misra, Director – Space Applications Centre (SAC) also addressed the students and encouraged them to involve them in science. Dr. Raj Kumar, Chairman – IMSA said that this program is the brain-child of ISRO Chairman who proposed this activity some years back. IMSA has taken this initiative to realize his vision into reality by distributing Metkit units for schools in Ahmedabad district. The activity will be expanded to Gujarat and India in different phases

The IMS participated in joint programmes on Heat Wave management with by Global Change and Sustainable Health Institute of Taru Leading Edge (TARU), Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), Understanding Climate and Health Associations in India (UCHAI), Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar (IIPH-G), National Resource Defence Council.

stFirst event National Consultation on Roadmap for Planning Heatwave Management in India was held in New Delhi Wednesday 21 September, 2016 in which Dr D.R. Pattanaik, Treasurer, IMS presented operational Early Warning Mechanism for Heat Waves in India.

NRDC and partners the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar (IIPH) convened a discussion at the TROPMET 2016 Summit under the leadership of the Indian Meteorological Society (IMS), to review city-level resilience activities and scale to leading states across the country. International experts from NRDC and key leadership from India's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), state disaster management authorities (SDMAs), health departments and meteorological offices from Gujarat, Odisha, Maharashtra and Telangana attended the discussion..

Election of new Executive Council (EC) of many chapters was abnormally delayed. After constant reminders from the NC, chapters other than Visakhapatnam and Gwalior completed their elections before TROPMET. Undue delay in selecting new council does not speak well of chapters. It hampers activities of the IMS. It is matter of concern that despite of repeated reminder and personal calls from National Headquarters election for new council was not conducted till the end of December by Visakhapatnam and Gwalior chapters. Efforts will be hold simultaneous elections for the NC and EC of local chapters in 2018.

The NC is planning to bring out Annual Report of IMS for the year 2016. All chapters are requested to forward report of their chapters for including in the Annual Report. It should cover all activities of the chapters with photos.

The IMS will be carrying out various programmes during 2017 as part of Diamond Jubilee Celebrations as given in News Letter. These will be planned in consultation with Local Chapters. The exact details of each programme/activity will be communicated to all chapters and IMS members. Chapters are requested to participate in these programmes actively to make these great success.

Joint Programmes

Election of Local Chapters

IMS Annual Report

Programmes for 2017