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Principal Investigator
Dr. Raju Attada
Research Area: Indian Monsoons, Weather and Climate Extremes, Climate Modelling and Data assimilation
Professional Memberships: Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS), American Geophysical Union (AGU), Indian Meteorological Society (IMS), Ocean Society of India (OSI), Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), South Asian Meteorological Association (SAMA), Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU), American Meteorological Society (AMS)
E-mail: rajuattada@iisermohali.ac.in
Current Graduate Students
Rohtash
PhD Scholar (Aug 2020-Present)
Prime Minister's Research Fellow
Research Interests: Himalayan climate, Indian summer monsoon, Regional climate modelling
E-mail: ph20017@iisermohali.ac.in
Athira K S
PhD Scholar (Jan 2021-Present)
Institute Research Fellow
Research Interests: Winter Weather Extremes, Cold waves, Arctic-midlatitude Teleconnections, WRF
E-mail: ph20044@iisermohali.ac.in
Adil Muhammed K
PhD Scholar (January 2025-Present)
Research Interests: Data Assimilation
E-mail: ph24087@iisermohali.ac.in
Current Junior Research Fellows
Akash Shit
JRF (August 2024 - Current)
Research Interests: Atmospheric Convection, Extreme Events Prediction, Climate Modelling.
Email:akashshet.dgp@gmail.com
Nikhil Hale
JRF (August 2024 - Current)
Research Interests: Climate Modelling, Climate extremes, Polar climate
Email: nikhilhale4@gmail.com
Current Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Singuru Madhusai
Dr. Singuru Madhusai
Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow (May 2025- Present)
Research Interests: NWP, Monsoons, Tropical Cyclones, Climate Variability, Climate Modeling
E-mail: madhusai@iisermohali.ac.in
Previous Graduate Student
Nischal Sharma
PhD Scholar (Jan 2020- March 2025)
Prime Minister's Research Fellow
Research Interests: Regional climate modelling, Indian Winter Monsoon, Extreme Events
Current affiliation: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Reading, UK
E-mail: ph19061@iisermohali.ac.in
Previous Post-Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Krishna Kumar Shukla
Post-Doctoral Researcher (Jan 2020-Aug 2022)
Current affiliation: Project Scientist D, Central Aviation Meteorological Division, India Meteorological Department, New Delhi
E-mail: kkshukla@iisermohali.ac.in
Dr. Amita Kumari
Dr. Amita Kumari
Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow (Feb - June 2023)
Current affiliation: Post Doctoral Researcher, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
E-mail: amitakumari@iisermohali.ac.in
Dr. Pawan Kumar Chaubey
Post-Doctoral Researcher (Dec. 2023 - October 2024)
Current Affiliation: Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
Email: acppawan@gmail.com
Previous Junior Research Fellows
Akash P.
JRF (Mar - Nov 2021)
Research Interests: Climate Modelling, Climate Change and Extremes, Tropical Cyclones
Current affiliation: PhD, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
Pravin Punde
JRF (Dec 2021- May 2022)
Research Interests: Numerical Weather Prediction Modelling, Climate Change
Current affiliation: PhD, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Debasish Mahapatra
JRF (Jan - Aug 2023)
Research Interests: WRF-ELEC, Cloud Microphysics, Data Assimilation
Current affiliation: PhD, Ghent University, Belgium
Sreehari K
JRF (June 2022- November 2023)
Research Interests: Climate Dynamics, WRF modelling, CMIP models
Current affiliation: PhD, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
Deepak P
JRF (Aug 2022- December 2023)
Research Interests: Monsoon Dynamics, Numerical Modelling, Precipitation Extremes
Current affiliation: PhD, IIT Roorkee
Nirvan Abhilash
JRF (January 2024 -August 2024)
Research Interests: WRF modelling, Precipitation Extremes, Planetary Atmospheres.
Current affiliation: PhD, University of Houston, United States
Sanjeev Singh
JRF (December 2023 -March 2025)
Research Interests: WRF modelling, ML-DL, Precipitation Extremes.
Current affiliation: PhD, NIT Rourkela
Current Masters Students
Deepak Singh (May 2025 - Present)
Deepak Singh (May 2025 - Present)
Project Title: Spatio-temporal variability of cloud cover over indian regions
E-mail: ms21268@iisermohali.ac.in
Current Summer-Project Students
Rishikesh Katakam
(June - Present)
Project title: Application of neural networks on predicting air pollutants in arid regions.
Ksheetij Pandey
(June - Present)
Project title: Assessment of ENSO and IOD Impacts on Rainfall Variability over Northwest India
Previous Masters Students
Malavika M
MS Student (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025)
Thesis Title: Indian cold waves inferred from Indian highest resolution datasets
Himanshu Jain
MS Student (Jul 2023 - Jun 2024)
Thesis Title: Federated Learning on non-iid data
Ayush Kumar
MS Student (Jul 2023 - Jun 2024)
Thesis Title: Enhancement of Data assimilation process using Neural networks
Amitabha Satyajeet Govande
MS Student (Aug 2022- Aug 2023)
Thesis title: Air pollution potential characteristics over India using reanalyses and machine learning approaches
Current affiliation: PhD, Institute of Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Publication: Govande, A., Attada, R. & Shukla, K.K. Predicting PM2.5 levels over Indian metropolitan cities using Recurrent Neural Networks. Earth Sci Inform 18, 1 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-024-01491-4.
Bajrang C.
MS Student (Aug 2021-May 2022)
Research Interests: Physical oceanography, Extreme Events
Thesis title: Understanding the Monsoonal Extreme Rainfall events in Central India: Dynamics, Thermodynamics and Long-Term Climate Drivers
Current affiliation: PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
Publication: Bajrang, C., Attada, R. & Goswami, B.N. Possible factors for the recent changes in frequency of central Indian Summer Monsoon precipitation extremes during 2005–2020. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science 6, 120 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00450-y
Meher Sanjana
MS Student (Jan 2021-Dec 2021)
Research Interests: Data science, Machine learning
Thesis title: Prediction of winter rainfall over North-Western India using Artificial Neural Network approach
Deepanshu Aggarwal
MS Student (Aug 2020- May 2021)
Thesis title: Seasonal Mean and Extreme rainfall events over India during Indian Summer Monsoon in an Indian Regional Reanalaysis Framework
Current affiliation: Probationary Officer, State Bank of India
Publications: Aggarwal, D., Attada, R., Shukla, K. K., Chakraborty, R., & Kunchala, R. K. (2022). Monsoon precipitation characteristics and extreme precipitation events over Northwest India using Indian high resolution regional reanalysis. Atmospheric Research, 105993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105993
Aggarwal, D., Chakraborty, R. & Attada, R. Investigating bi-decadal precipitation changes over the Northwest Himalayas during the pre-monsoon: role of Pacific decadal oscillations. Clim Dyn (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-06969-3
Abhishek Kumar
MS Student (Aug 2020- May 2021)
Thesis title: Thermal Stress over north-western India: Climatology, Trends and Extremes
Current affiliation: MBA, Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
Publication: K.K. Shukla, Attada, R., Abhishek Kumar, Kunchala, R. K., Sanikommu Sivareddy, (2022). Comprehensive analysis of thermal stress over northwest India: Climatology, trends and extremes, 44, Urban Climate. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101188
K Lakshman
M. Tech Student (2020-2021)
Thesis title: Study of Heat Wave Characteristics Over East Coast of India using High-Resolution IMDAA Reanalysis
Current affiliation: PhD, National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Publication: Lakshman, K., Nadimpalli, R., Srivastava, A., Osuri, K.K., Attada, R. and Parekh, A. (2025), High-Resolution Analysis of Severe Heat Wave Dynamics and Thermal Discomfort Across India. Int J Climatol. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8753.
Previous Summer-Project Students
Shrirang Bhale
(May - July 2024)
Project title: Vertical moist and thermodynamic structures from INSAT 3D remote sensing observation during extreme rainfall cases
Sidharth S S
(May - July 2024)
Project title: AI/ML Frameworks for extreme rainfall events in Himachal Pradesh
Sulekha Komeravelli
(May - July 2023)
Project title: Deaths due to coldwave conditions in northern states of India
E-mail: ms22259@iisermohali.ac.in
Kartik Dixit
(May - July 2023)
Project title: Extreme Weather conditions induced mortality in India
E-mail: ms22230@iisermohali.ac.in
Joyjit Mandal
(May - July 2023)
Project title: Rainfall prediction using Deep Learning
E-mail: joyjitmandal1@gmail.com
Swastik Mishra
(May - July 2023)
Project title: Rainfall prediction over the Himalayan Region using Deep Learning
E-mail: swastikm26@gmail.com
Mohamed Junaid
(May - July 2023)
Project title: Evaluation of HRRR forecasts on Extreme rainfall Events
E-mail: mohamed.junaid@niser.ac.in
Manjima Mahesh (MS Student)
Project Title: Impact of aerosols transported from tropics to arctic on climate and monsoon
E-mail: ms19082@iisermohali.ac.in
Nitu (MS Student)
Project Title: To explore importance and significance of weather and climate over Himalayan region
E-mail: ms20086@iisermohali.ac.in
Ayush Kumar (MS Student)
Project Title: Downscaling of ocean fields by fusion of heterogeneous observations using Deep Learning algorithms
E-mail: ms19038@iisermohali.ac.in
Abhirami (MS Student)
E-mail: ms18119@iisermohali.ac.in
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