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ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Chairman, ESSO & Secretary, MoES
Prof. Arun K. Grover, Vice Chancellor, PU, Chandigarh
Dr. L.S. Rathore, DGM, IMD, New Delhi
Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, President, IMS & Adviser, DST
AVM (Dr.) Ajit Tyagi, MoES, Delhi
Dr. S.S Singh, DDGM, IMD, New Delhi
Sh. A. B Aggarwal, Chairman BBMB,Chandigarh
Prof A. K. Bhandari, DUI, PU, Chandigarh
Sh. Rajeev Sharma, Finance Advisor, W.C, Chandimandir
Secretary, Revenue, Govt of Punjab
Secretary, Revenue, Govt of Haryana
Dr.K.K. Khandelwal, Prinicipal Secretary, Govt of Haryana
Secretary,Science& Technology,Haryana
Director General, Agriculture, Haryana
Ms. Bhawna Garg, MD. CITCO, Chandigarh Administration
Registrar, PU, Chandigarh
Dr Balwinder S. Sidhu, Commissioner Agriculture, Punjab
Shri Santosh Kumar, Director, Science & Tech., Chandigarh
Dr Neelima Jerath, Executive Director, PSCST, Chandigarh
Coordinator: Dr K. J. Ramesh, Secretary, IMS, Delhi
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Chair:
Shri Ashwagosha Ganju, SASE, Chandigarh
Co-Chair:
Prof. Karanjot Kaur Brar, PU, Chandigarh
Members: Prof Smita Bhutani, PU, Chandigarh
Prof Dhian Kaur, PU, Chandigarh
Prof Krishna Mohan, PU, Chandigarh
Prof Karamjit Singh, PU, Chandigarh
Prof Naval Kishore, PU, Chandigarh
Prof Naresh Tuli, PU, Chandigarh
Prof Keshav Malhotra, PU, Chandigarh
Dr S.K Jainl Director ,CGWB ,Chandigarh
Er. Ashok Gupta, Secretary, BBMB,Chandigarh
Prof. L.K Dhaliwal, PAU, Ludhiana
Prof. Raj Singh, HAU, Hisar
Prof Jind Kaur, PGGCC-11, Chandigarh
Er M.P Singh, CWC, Chandigarh
Gr.Capatin S.K Bisht IAF, Chandigarh
Dr. Surinder Kumar, PGGC-42, Chandigarh
Dr. Ravinder Kaur, PU, Chandigarh
Dr. Gaurav, PU, Chandigarh
Dr. Suman Mor, PU Chandigarh
Dr. Navneet Kaur, PU, Chandigarh
Dr. R.S. Solanki, Agri. Dept. Haryana
Dr. Rajesh, PGI, Chandigarh
Dr. Laddar, PSCST, Chandigarh
Er. Kuldip Takshi, Chief Engineer, Punjab
Dr Vinayak Sinha, IISER, Mohali
Mr. Vivek Dhawan, IMD, Chandigarh
Mr. S.K. Jain, IMD, Chandigarh
Mr. J.S. Nain, IMD, Chandigarh
Mr. Arun Bansal, PU, Chandigarh
Mr. Ashwini Kumar, SASE, Chandigarh
Mr. Kamlesh Kumar, SASE, Chandigarh
Mr. Neeraj Kumar, SASE, Chandigarh
Convener
Mr. Surender Paul, IMD, Chandigarh
Co-convener Dr. Ravindra Khaiwal, PGI, Chandigarh
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs:
Dr. L. S. Rathore, DGM, IMD, Delhi
Dr. K.J. Ramesh, MoES, Delhi
Members:
Prof. S. K. Dash, IIT, Delhi
AVM (Dr.) Ajit Tyagi, MoES, Delhi
Dr. Swati Basu, NCMRWF,Noida
Dr.M Rajeevan,MOES,New Delhi
Mr. B. Mukhopadhyay, IMD, Pune
Prof Yogesh Chawla, Director, PGI, Chandigarh
Dr. A. Kumar, Director, CSIO, Chandigarh
Prof. Manoj K. Arora, Director, PEC, Chandigarh
Prof. Atul Sachdev, Director, GMCH, Chandigarh
Prof. M. K. Surappa, Director, IIT, Ropar
Prof. Girish Sahni, Director IMTECH, Chandigarh
Prof. N. Sathyamurthy, Director, IISER, Mohali
Prof. K.K. Bhutani, Director, NIPER, Mohali
Prof. M.P. Poonia, Director, NITTTR, Chandigarh
Dr. Manjit Singh, Director, TBRL, Chandigarh
Prof. Ashok K. Ganguli, INST, Mohali
Prof. A.K. Tyagi, Director, NABI, Mohali
Prof. Rajesh Gill, Fellow, PU, Chandigarh
Prof. Ronki Ram, Dean, PU, Chandigarh
Prof. A.S. Ahluwalia, PU, Chandigarh
Dr. M. Ravichandran, INCOIS, Hyderabad
Dr. R Venkatesan, NIOT, Chennai
Dr. Sarat Kar, NCMRWF, NOIDA
Dr. Surya Chandra Rao, IITM, Pune
Director Remote Sensing Punjab
Director Remote Sensing, Haryana
Prof. Rakesh Sehgal,PGI, Chandigarh
Dr. Shusanta Padhy,PGI,Chandigarh
Conveners:
Dr. Simrit Kahlon (Chandigarh)
Shri S.C.Bhan (New Delhi)
Co-conveners: Dr. Vishwa B.S. Chandel, PU, Chandigarh
Dr. M. S. Shekhar, SASE, Chandigarh
TR PMET 2015
National Symposium on
WEATHER & CLIMATE EXTREMES
Feb. 15-18, 2015, Chandigarh
Last date for submission of abstracts
30 Nov. 2014
Acceptance for oral presentation
15 Dec. 2014
Last date for pre-registration & confirmation of participation
31 Dec. 2014
Registration and submission of papers is also available online
on Website: www.tropmet2015.org
In case of any difficulty you may contact Dr. Amreek Singh/Mr. Arun
Bansal : 09417406958/09855443849
CONTACT INFORMATION
All correspondence relating to TROPMET 2015 may be
addressed to:
Shri. Surender Paul, Convener, TROPMET 2015,
India Meteorological Dept, Meteorological Centre,
Sector-39C, Chandigarh-160037, India
Ph: +91-172-2629981, Fax: +91-172-2629984,
Mobile:+919417777557; E-mail: [email protected]
Or
Shri Arun Bansal (9855443849)
Joint Secretary
E-mail: [email protected]
Jointly Hosted by
INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (IMS)
and
PANJAB UNIVERSITY, CHANDIGARH
Organised by
INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
New Delhi, India
Co-Sponsors:
Government of India (MoES, DST, MoAg, MoEF, MoWR, DRDO, ISRO)
Government of Haryana, Government of Punjab
Chandigarh (UT) Administra on
FCI, BBMB, IFFCO, KRIBHCO
CITCO, Chandigarh Municipal Corpora on
Meteorology contributes immensely to the safety and security of life and property,
protection of the environment and thus helps in the socio-economic development
of the society. The increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events
such as oods, droughts, heat waves, heavy and intense rains etc. pose
potentially disastrous consequences for agriculture, food security and
biodiversity. Climate variability and change are impacting agriculture and other
socio-economic sectors in most parts of the world. Despite considerable
improvements in the observational systems and advancement in the weather
forecast, accuracy of quantitative prediction several days in advance remains a big
challenge for meteorologists across the globe. Moreover, translation of forecast
into warnings and implementation of warnings into action by the disaster mangers
need considerable improvement. Public perception including those of media about
climate change and its impact also needs attention. Planning for appropriate
adoption of the latest developments in science & technology to mitigate the
economic and ecological impacts of extreme events is need of the hour.
Knowledge sharing, critical thinking and proper understanding of user-priorities
are urgently needed for formulating solutions to issues which range from the
global to local.
With this background, the Indian Meteorological Society is organizing a National
Symposium TROPMET 2015 on “Weather & Climate Extremes”. It will provide a
unique opportunity to operational meteorologists, researchers, planners,
hydrologists, agriculturists, disaster managers, instrumentation scientists and
technology developers to exchange their views on the subject.
VENUE:
REGISTRATION FORM: TROPMET 2015
Panjab University, Chandigarh
ACCOMMODATION AND TRANSPORT
entitlement and choice of the delegates as far as possible. Travel support is limited
to 3-AC train fare for retired IMS members with no institutional attachments. Local
transport from hotel/guest house to the venue will be arranged. Limited
accommodation on first-come-first-served basis is available.
REGISTRATION
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(by Nov. 30, 2014)
By Dec. 31, 2014
On-Spot
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Rs 2500
Rs 3000
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Res. Scholar/Students
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Foreign Nationals
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$150
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Accompanying Person
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Forecasting weather extremes on different time scales
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Dynamics and Predictability of weather & climate extremes
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Numerical Weather Prediction for Extreme Weather Events
INDUSTRY PRESENTATION & EXHIBITION
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Climate change with a focus on extremes
Special sessions are planned to provide a platform for industry/entrepreneurs. A
Presentation slot of 15-20 minute duration will be allowed on for select
industry/entrepreneurs. Provision is also made for vendors to exhibit their
products and services as well. For detailed information contact: Dr. Ravinder
Khaiwal, Contact number- 09803227786.
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Impact of weather and climate extremes on urban environments,
mountainous & coastal regions and other sensitive eco-systems
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Sectoral applications: Agriculture, Water, Health, Disaster Risk
Reduction, Aviation, Surface Transport, Power/Energy, Tourism and
other socio-economic sectors, Remote Sensing and Extreme
Weather Events.
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Observing Systems and Technologies for Extreme Weather Events
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Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
A soft copy of the abstract of the paper, indicating the theme and not exceeding
500 words may be uploaded on the website www.tropmet2015.org preferably or
sent by email [email protected] in MS Word format (Office 97 or higher)
by November 30, 2014. Acceptance for presentations will be communicated
through e-mail by December 15, 2014.
Note: Participants are requested not to send the full papers at
this stage. However, the papers may kindly be kept ready for
consideration of publication in a special volume of biennial
Journal of the IMS - Vayu Mandal. Details will be announced
during the Symposium.
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Registration fee may be paid online on website www.tropmet2015.org and also
through demand draft in favour of 'Tropmet 2015' payable at Chandigarh along
with the filled registration form. Payment may also be made through electronic
transfer (State Bank of India; Branch Code- 14630; Account Number34200993724; IFS Code- SBIN0014630; MICR Code- 160002071). There is no
registration fee for Honorary Fellows and Fellows of the Society.
Observation aspects of Weather & Climate Extremes.
Projected changes in weather & climate extremes
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Registration without late fees 30th Nov 2014
Registration and submission of papers is also available online
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers are invited on the following themes:
National Symposium on
WEATHER & CLIMATE EXTREMES
Feb. 15-18, 2015, Chandigarh
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ABOUT CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh, the City Beautiful, is a planned city known as one of the best
experiments in urban planning and modern architecture in the post independent
India. It came into being as the new capital of 'joint' Punjab and now enjoys the
unique distinction of being the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana and the
Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Located in the sub-tropics at the foot of the lesser Himalayas, Chandigarh enjoys
cold winters and hot summers and receives rain from the South Westerly
Monsoon as well as the Winter Westerlies. The weather during the month of
February is pleasant with mild temperatures during the day and cool nights. Light
woollens are recommended. Mean maximum and mean minimum temperatures
during the month of February in Chandigarh remains around 23 & 9°C respectively.
Mean monthly rainfall in this month is 40.2 mm and average number of days with
rain is 2.6 mm.
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