He also served as visiting fellow at Florida State University. His research interests include
climate variability, Indian Ocean dynamics and variability, annual to decadal climate
prediction and variability, ocean modelling, air–sea interaction, monsoon variability and
teleconnection, and data assimilation. He has authored over 100 research papers in
peer-reviewed journals. He has successfully guided 15 Ph.D. and 30 Master’s students and
presently guiding many doctoral and postdoctoral students and also contributed considerably
to human resource development by teaching Master’s and Ph.D. students at Pune University,
IITM, University of Hyderabad, IIT Bhubaneswar, and IIT Delhi and trainees of India
Meteorological Department. He is an Associate Editor of Journal of Earth System Science and
Editor of Ocean Digest, the quarterly newsletter of Ocean Society of India. He is also an
Adjunct Professor of Pune University.
Dr. Milind Mujumdar is a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Climate Change Research
(CCCR), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. He is currently engaged in the field
scale soil moisture monitoring using Cosmos Ray Soil-Moisture Monitoring System (COSMOS)
and wireless network of various surface hydro-meteorological sensors to study the soil water
dynamics. He has carried out diagnostic and modelling studies to understand the Asian
monsoon variability and its response to warming climate. He completed his education up to
M.Sc. (Mathematics) from Khandwa (M.P.). He obtained his M.Phil. with focus on “Mathematical Modelling” during 1989 and Ph.D. on studies related to “Climate Modelling” during
2002, from the University of Pune. He has published more than 30 research articles in national
and international journals. He is also associated with Universities and Institutes for guiding
M.Sc./M.Tech. and Ph.D. students. During his research career, he had scientific visits to the
University of Tokyo, Hokkaido University, Nagoya University Japan; University of Hawaii,
USA; University of Reading and European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast
(ECMWF), UK; CSIRO (Melbourne, Australia); University of Cape Town (South Africa).
Ashwini Kulkarni has a Ph.D. in Statistics (1992) from the Pune University. She has 30
years of research experience in the field of Atmospheric Science. Her main research interests
include climate variations and teleconnections over South, East, and Southeast Asia; Asian
monsoon variability in coupled and regional climate model simulations and projections;
applications of statistics in climate research. She has published more than 50 research papers
in reviewed scientific international journals. She received the 10th IITM Silver Jubilee award
for best research contribution in 1997, and she is “Adjunct Professor” of Department of
Atmospheric and Space Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University since 2000. She has been
providing guidance to Ph.D., M.Tech./M.Sc. students for their thesis/projects and has a vital
contribution into human resource development of IITM, IMD, and SPPU. She is a member of
international committees, viz. Empirical Statistical Downscaling Group-Asia and Upper Indus
Basin Network. She is also a Senior Scientist at International CLIVAR Monsoon Project
Office at IITM. She is a contributory author of Chapter 14 of IPCC AR5 and Reviewer of
IPCC special reports.
Supriyo Chakraborty Scientist-F, is presently Head of the Mass Spectrometry Group and
the MetFlux India Project that investigates the atmosphere–biosphere exchanges of CO 2 and
energy fluxes at various ecosystems across the country. He obtained his B.Sc. (Hons) from the
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1984, and M.Sc. in Exploration Geophysics
from the same institute in 1986. He worked as a graduate student at the Physical Research
Laboratory, Ahmedabad, and obtained his Ph.D. in 1995 of M.S. University of Baroda. He
undertook postdoctoral work at the University of California, Santa Barbara, during 1995-1996
and also at the University of California, San Diego, during 1996-1998. Afterwards, he worked
at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, and Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleosciences,
Lucknow, and currently at IITM since 2007. He has been working in the fields of monsoon
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climate variability, Indian Ocean dynamics and variability, annual to decadal climate
prediction and variability, ocean modelling, air–sea interaction, monsoon variability and
teleconnection, and data assimilation. He has authored over 100 research papers in
peer-reviewed journals. He has successfully guided 15 Ph.D. and 30 Master’s students and
presently guiding many doctoral and postdoctoral students and also contributed considerably
to human resource development by teaching Master’s and Ph.D. students at Pune University,
IITM, University of Hyderabad, IIT Bhubaneswar, and IIT Delhi and trainees of India
Meteorological Department. He is an Associate Editor of Journal of Earth System Science and
Editor of Ocean Digest, the quarterly newsletter of Ocean Society of India. He is also an
Adjunct Professor of Pune University.
Dr. Milind Mujumdar is a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Climate Change Research
(CCCR), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. He is currently engaged in the field
scale soil moisture monitoring using Cosmos Ray Soil-Moisture Monitoring System (COSMOS)
and wireless network of various surface hydro-meteorological sensors to study the soil water
dynamics. He has carried out diagnostic and modelling studies to understand the Asian
monsoon variability and its response to warming climate. He completed his education up to
M.Sc. (Mathematics) from Khandwa (M.P.). He obtained his M.Phil. with focus on “Mathematical Modelling” during 1989 and Ph.D. on studies related to “Climate Modelling” during
2002, from the University of Pune. He has published more than 30 research articles in national
and international journals. He is also associated with Universities and Institutes for guiding
M.Sc./M.Tech. and Ph.D. students. During his research career, he had scientific visits to the
University of Tokyo, Hokkaido University, Nagoya University Japan; University of Hawaii,
USA; University of Reading and European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast
(ECMWF), UK; CSIRO (Melbourne, Australia); University of Cape Town (South Africa).
Ashwini Kulkarni has a Ph.D. in Statistics (1992) from the Pune University. She has 30
years of research experience in the field of Atmospheric Science. Her main research interests
include climate variations and teleconnections over South, East, and Southeast Asia; Asian
monsoon variability in coupled and regional climate model simulations and projections;
applications of statistics in climate research. She has published more than 50 research papers
in reviewed scientific international journals. She received the 10th IITM Silver Jubilee award
for best research contribution in 1997, and she is “Adjunct Professor” of Department of
Atmospheric and Space Science, Savitribai Phule Pune University since 2000. She has been
providing guidance to Ph.D., M.Tech./M.Sc. students for their thesis/projects and has a vital
contribution into human resource development of IITM, IMD, and SPPU. She is a member of
international committees, viz. Empirical Statistical Downscaling Group-Asia and Upper Indus
Basin Network. She is also a Senior Scientist at International CLIVAR Monsoon Project
Office at IITM. She is a contributory author of Chapter 14 of IPCC AR5 and Reviewer of
IPCC special reports.
Supriyo Chakraborty Scientist-F, is presently Head of the Mass Spectrometry Group and
the MetFlux India Project that investigates the atmosphere–biosphere exchanges of CO 2 and
energy fluxes at various ecosystems across the country. He obtained his B.Sc. (Hons) from the
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 1984, and M.Sc. in Exploration Geophysics
from the same institute in 1986. He worked as a graduate student at the Physical Research
Laboratory, Ahmedabad, and obtained his Ph.D. in 1995 of M.S. University of Baroda. He
undertook postdoctoral work at the University of California, Santa Barbara, during 1995-1996
and also at the University of California, San Diego, during 1996-1998. Afterwards, he worked
at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, and Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleosciences,
Lucknow, and currently at IITM since 2007. He has been working in the fields of monsoon
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