आईआईटीएम
IITM

Honours / Awards:

1. 2009, First Class with Distinction, Panjab University,Chandigarh

2. 2009, All India Rank 35 in Physics, GATE

3. 2009, Among top ranker (Called for SPM fellowship), CSIR-UGC, Physical Sciences

4. 2005, University Topper, BSc 1^st Year Examination, Panjab University Alumini Association

5. 2004, District Topper, AISSCE , CBSE

Teaching Experience:

Course: Physical Oceanography

Program: MoES Research Fellow Program (MRFP), Batch 1 (2019–2020)

Details: Taught key concepts in physical oceanography, including ocean circulation, stratification, and air–sea interactions, to MRFP research fellows.

Publications

1. Arora, A. (2026). From oceanic reorganization to orographic extremes: The role of Arabian Sea dynamics in reshaping Indian monsoon variability since 1990. Global and Planetary Change, 256, 105181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.105181
2. Anika Arora ,Vinu Valsala, Prasanth A. Pillai, R. Phani Murali Krishna, Understanding Indian summer monsoon rainfall variability through the lens of tropospheric biennial oscillation: a study of temporal and spatial patterns in CMIP6 models, Climate Dynamics, 63(10), October 2025, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-025-07858-7
3. Arora A., Mechanistic challenges of prolonged ENSO events in CMIP6 climate models: an analysis, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Online, September2024, DOI:10.1007/s00704-024-05182-4, 1-16
4. Arora A., Revisiting the effect of increasing horizontal resolution on the evolution of El Niño in a coupled model, Global and Planetary Change, 230: 104256, November 2023, DOI:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104256, 1-18
5. Arora A., Valsala V. and Pillai P. A. (2023). A contrast in biennial variability of rainfall between central India and the Western Ghats and its mechanisms, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 101383, DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2023.101383
6. Arora A., The effect of the variability of wind forcing on ENSO simulation in an OGCM: case of canonical and protracted event, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 147, January 2022, DOI:10.1007/s00704-021-03816-5, 265–281
7. Arora A., On the role of the Arabian Sea thermal variability in governing rainfall variability over the Western Ghats, Journal of Earth System Science, 130: 117, June 2021, DOI:10.1007/s12040-021-01615-0, 1-13
8. Rao Suryachandra A., Goswami B.N., Sahai A.K., Rajagopal E.N., Mukhopadhyay P., Rajeevan M., Nayak S., Rathore L.S., Shenoi S.S.C., Ramesh K.J., Nanjundiah R.S., Ravichandran M., Mitra A.K., Pai D.S., Bhowmik S.K.R., Hazra A., Mahapatra S., Saha Subodh K., Chaudhari H.S., Joseph S., Sreenivas P., Pokhrel S., Pillai P.A., Chattopadhay R., Deshpande M., Krishna R.P.M., Siddharth Renu, Prasad V.S., Abhilash S., Swapna P., Krishnan R., Siddharth Kumar, Ramu D.A., Reddy S.S., Arora A., Goswami T., Rai A., Srivastava A., Pradhan M., Tirkey S., Ganai M., Mandal R., Dey A., Sarkar S., Malviya S., Dhkate A., Salunke K., Maini P., Monsoon Mission : A targeted activity to improve monsoon prediction across scales, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100, December 2019, DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0330.1, 2509-2532 
9. Siddharth Kumar,  Arora A., On the connection between remote dust aerosol and Indian summer monsoon, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Online, September 2018, DOI:10.1007/s00704-018-2647-6, 1-12
10. Arora A., Siddharth Kumar, What makes protracted El Niño to last longer than canonical El Niño?, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, online, May 2018, DOI:10.1007/s00704-018-2503-8, 1-17
11. Arora A., Suryachandra A. Rao, Pillai P., Dhakate A., Salunke K., Srivastava A., Assessment of prediction skill in equatorial Pacific Ocean in high resolution model of CFS, Climate Dynamics, online, January 2018, DOI:10.1007/s00382-018-4084-8, 1-15
12. Arora A, Suryachandra A. Rao, Chattopadhyay R, Goswami T, George G, Sabeerali CT. Role of Indian Ocean SST variability on the recent global warming hiatus. Global and Planetary Change. 2016 Aug 31;143:21-30.
13. Siddharth Kumar, Arora A., Chattopadhyay R., Hazra A., Suryachandra A. Rao, Goswami B.N., Seminal role of stratiform clouds in large‑scale aggregation of tropical rain in boreal summer monsoon intraseasonal oscillations, Climate Dynamics, Published online, April 2016, DOI:10.1007/s00382-016-3124-5, 1-17