Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology¸ Pune

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WEB SITE: www.tropmet.res.in

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COURSES:

Regular Training For Research Students and Young Scientist
PH D Programme
Training to External Organization

DESCRIPTION :

Approved by AICTE
Since its inception the Institute was functioning in Ramdurg House¸ one of the buildings of the IMD at Shivaji Nagar and at a few places on rental basis in Pune till IITM has its own building at Pashan. The campus at Pashan was developed in phased manner and some of the Divisions started functioning there from 1982 and the whole Institute from 1989.

IITM is a premiere research Institute to generate scientific knowledge in the field of meteorology and atmospheric sciences that has potential application in various fields such as agriculture¸ economics¸ health¸ water resources¸ transportation¸ communications¸ etc. It function as a national centre for basic and applied research in monsoon meteorology.

The Institute has a pride of place in the career of many eminent scientists¸ globally known for their contributions in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences. Prominent amongst them are  late  Prof. P.R.  Pisharory¸   late   Prof. R. Ananthakrishnan¸ Prof. G.C. Asnani¸  Dr. R.P. Sarkar¸  Shri D.R. Sikka¸  Prof.  R.N. Keshavamurty¸  Dr. R.R. Kelkar¸  Prof. Jagdish Shukla¸  Prof.  Sulochana Gadgil¸ etc