आईआईटीएम
IITM

Dr. Aditi Modi contributes actively to international and national climate and ocean science bodies, serving on UN-affiliated programmes, government committees, and early-career networks. She has supervised or mentored over a dozen undergraduate, postgraduate, and postdoctoral researchers from premier national institutions, and has organised over ten national and international workshops to advance collaboration among early-career researchers across the Indian Ocean region. Recognising the gap between climate science and action, she works extensively across disciplinary boundaries — engaging in outreach, capacity building, and interdisciplinary initiatives to make ocean and climate science accessible and impactful, particularly for communities in the Global South.

4. Physical Oceanography and Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions, Forecasters Training Semester Course, MTI, WMO Regional Training Centre

3. Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, Advanced Meteorological Training Semester Course (AMTC) for Naval Officers, MTI, WMO Regional Training Centre

2. Introduction to HPC Systems Environment and Best Practice, 3rd Long Meteorology Course, School of Naval Oceanology and Meteorology (SNOM), Indian Navy, IITM Pune

1. International Training Course (NOAA–MoES/IOC-UNESCO DECCaD-IO), Machine-Learning Training Programme on Species Distribution Modelling, ITCOocean, INCOIS Hyderabad

•  Lead Organizer, IIOE-2 Early Career Scientists Network (ECSN) Workshop, "Empowering Early Career Researchers for Collaborative Ocean Science and Leadership"

•  International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC-2025), INCOIS, Hyderabad, Dec 2025

•  Lead Coordinator, Young Scientists' Conclave,

•  India International Science Festival (IISF) 2025, Panchkula, Haryana, Dec 2025

•  Convener, WCRP–IITM Hub International Workshop for Early- and Mid-Career Researchers, "Leveraging Climate Research and Modeling for Action and Policy in the Indo-Pacific"

•  INTROMET-2025, IITM Pune, Nov 2025

•  Organizer, MoES Early Career Researcher Hub Workshop, "Indian Climate – 2025"

•  Co-Lead, Institutional documentary on IITM's evolution and contributions to national Earth system research released on IITM Foundation Day, Nov 2025

•  Lead Organizer & Session Moderator, Early Career Researcher Workshop, "Navigating Early Careers in the Indian Ocean: Voices from Small-Island Developing States"

•  IOGOOS/IIOE-2/SIBER/IORP Steering Committee meetings, Port Louis, Mauritius, May 2025

•  Lead Organizer and Chair, WCRP My Climate Risk Indo-Pacific Hub workshop "Leveraging Climate Research and Modeling for Action in the Indo-Pacific Region"

•  ICRC–CORDEX 2023, IITM Pune, Sep 2023

•  Co-Mentor and Organizer, Ocean Hackweek on fisheries species distribution modeling using satellite data (R and Python) 

•  International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography, INCOIS, Hyderabad, Sep 2023

•  Co-Organizer, IIOE-2 Early Career Scientists Network (ECSN) Workshop

•  International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC-2022), INCOIS, Hyderabad (Virtual), Mar 2022

•  Team player with strong problem-solving and interpersonal skills

•  Effective communicator, experienced in presenting scientific research to varied audiences; 8+ years of teaching experience

•  Member, Fresh Eyes on CMIP hfill 2026–Present

•  Member, Early Career Researchers' (ECR) Hub for Earth Sciences, MoES hfill 2025–Present

•  Member, WCRP My Climate Risk (MCR) IITM Hub hfill 2023

•  Executive Member (2021–2025), Ocean Society of India (OSI), Pune Chapter hfill 2021–2025

•  Core-Committee Member, IIOE-2 ECSN hfill 2020–2021

•  Life Member, Ocean Society of India hfill 2017

Secured WMO funding to support participation of 60+ early- and mid-career researchers from Global South countries at the WCRP MCR IITM Hub international workshop, "Leveraging Climate Research and Modeling for Action and Policy in the Indo-Pacific," INTROMET-2025, IITM Pune, Nov 2025

Reviewed manuscripts for Frontiers in Climate; Geophysical Research Letters; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans; Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences; Journal of Hydrology; Nature Scientific Reports; Ocean Science; Progress in Oceanography; Deep-Sea Research Part II; Vayumandal (Journal of the Indian Meteorological Society)

•  Monsoon-driven reorganization of marine ecosystem seasonality in the Indian Ocean' at the Indian Ocean–Monsoon Climate: Annual to Decadal Variability, Mechanisms and Predictability (IOMC), IITM, Pune, May 2026

•  From Climate Science to Climate Action: What the Ocean is Telling Us and Why It Matters', Climate Unfiltered 2026 Seminar, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai, India, Apr 2026

•  Climate Change and its Implications for India'. Workshop on Understanding Climate Change, Bhavatal Foundation & IISER Pune, Pune, India, Mar 2026

•  Changing Seasonality of Phytoplankton in the Indian Ocean and Monsoon–Ecosystem Linkages', International Tropical Meteorology Symposium (INTROMET–2025), IITM, Pune, Nov 2025

•  Understanding Climate Change: Our Planet's Future and Your Role and Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation'. Workshop on Understanding Climate Change, Bhavatal Foundation & IISER Pune, Pune, India, Jul 2025

•  Basics of Climate Change'. Workshop on Understanding Climate Change, Bhavatal Foundation & IISER Pune, Pune, India, Jul 2025

•  IIOE-2 ECSN: Voices of the Future'. ECOP India Node Workshop, DCC-IOR, INCOIS, Hyderabad, India, Jun 2025

•  Understanding Climate Change and What It Means for Us', World Ocean Day Guest Lecture, Akshara International School & Junior College, Pune, India, Jun 2025

•  IIOE-2 ECSN: A Platform for Capacity Development and Collaboration'. IOCINDIO Workshop on Strengthening Ocean Sustainability, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, May 2025

•  Key Activities of the IIOE-2 Early Career Scientist Network'. Integrated meetings of IOGOOS and its projects and programs, Port Louis, Mauritius, May 2025

•  Shifts in Phytoplankton Phenology in the Indian Ocean: A Satellite-based Atlas and Long-term Trends'. 2nd National Workshop on Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry, INCOIS, Hyderabad, India, Apr 2025

•  Trends in Phytoplankton Phenology in Response to Climate Change over the Tropical Indian Ocean', OSICON-25 (9th National Conference of the OSI), CSIR-NIO, Goa, Feb 2025

•  Oceans and the Climate Crisis: A Scientific Perspective', World Ocean Day Lecture, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Kochi campus, Jun 2024

•  Oceans and the Climate Crisis', World Environment Day Guest Speaker, Phoenix Foundation and CREDAI, Mumbai, Jun 2024

•  IIOE-2 ECSN lead activities and future plans', Brainstorming on the future road map for International Indian Ocean Expedition, ITCOocean, INCOIS, Hyderabad, India, Nov 2023

•  Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Primary Productivity in the Tropical Indian Ocean: Evidence from Satellite Observations and Earth System Models'. WCRP Open Science Conference, Kigali, Rwanda, Oct 2023

•  Improved Estimation of Ocean Ecosystem Indicators Using Monte-Carlo Gap-Filling in Cloud-Prone Indian Ocean Color Data'. WCRP Open Science Conference, Kigali, Rwanda, Oct 2023

•  Organized and chaired the WCRP MCR Lighthouse Activity Side Event: Leveraging Climate Research and Modeling for Action in the Indo-Pacific Region'. ICRC-CORDEX 2023, IITM Pune, India, Sep 2023

•  Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Phytoplankton Phenology in the Tropical Indian Ocean'. Trevor Platt Science Symposium, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK, Aug 2023

•  Revealing the Colors of the Indian Ocean'. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, Jul 2023 (Online)

•  Revealing the Colors of the Indian Ocean: Filling Gaps in Ocean Color Data and Quantifying Climate Change Impact on Marine Primary Productivity', NSWIO-BGC, CMLRE Kochi, Apr 2023

•  Understanding the Biophysical Interactions in the Tropical Indian Ocean in a Changing Climate'. International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC) 2023, Perth, Australia, Feb 2023

•  Key Activities and Updates of the IIOE-2 Early Career Scientist Network'. International Indian Ocean Science Conference (IIOSC) 2023, Perth, Australia, Feb 2023

•  Phenological shifts of Phytoplankton Blooms in the tropical Indian Ocean under a changing climate', Ocean Sciences Meeting (Virtual), Feb 2022

•  Addressing the Uncertainty in Estimation of Ecological Indicators of the Marine Ecosystem'. AGU Fall Meeting, Online, Dec 2021

•  Difference in Past Trends and Future Projections of Marine Primary Productivity between CMIP6 and CMIP5 Models'. AGU Fall Meeting, Online, Dec 2021

•  Indian Ocean Observing System for Addressing the Challenges and Priorities of the Next Decade', WCRP Climate Research Forum — Southern Asia, Keynote Address, Nov 2021

•  Variability in the Spatial Trends in Marine Phytoplankton over the Tropical Indian Ocean'. OSICON-1, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, India, Aug 2017

•  Contrasting Trends of Marine Phytoplankton in the Tropical Indian Ocean'. CLIVAR Open Science Conference & Early Career Scientists Symposium, Qingdao, China, Sep 2016

•  Marine Ecosystem Response to the Rapid Warming over the Tropical Indian Ocean'. SPIE Asia Pacific Conference on Remote Sensing, New Delhi, India, Apr 2016

•  Marine Ecosystem Response to the Rapid Warming over the Tropical Indian Ocean'. National Space Science Symposium, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Feb 2016

•  Decline in Marine Phytoplankton — Changing Monsoon Winds or Warming Ocean?' Annual Monsoon Workshop & National Symposium, IITM Pune, India, Feb 2016

7. Singh, M., Divij, G., Das, D., Sudharsan, N., Kamath, H., Modi, A., Kaur, G., Krishnan, R., Ayantika, D.C., Swapna, P., Sandeep, N., Prajeesh, A.G., Srivastava, A.K. (2026). Unraveling the Indian Monsoon Response to Volcanic Forcing: Contrasting Roles of Surface Cooling and Stratospheric Heating in MIROC-ES2L-VolMIP-CMIP6 Simulations. Environmental Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ae5762

6. Martin, P.E., Holmes, E.E., Mayorga, E., Ansong, J.K., Bhaskar, U., Cornejo-Donoso, J., Correa-Chilón, D., Damoah, R., Fierro-Arcos, D., Gómez-Navarro, L., Kumar, N., Lawal-Are, A., Maity, S., Majumder, S., Menemenlis, D., Modi, A., Nyadjro, E., Oghenechovwen, O., Oikonomou, A., Oladipo, M., Peña, M., Quaye, D.T., Santana-Falcón, Y., Smitha, B.R., Troupin, C., Vagenas, G., Villalobos, H., Wagner, G.L. (2025). Harnessing marine open data science for ocean sustainability in Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. Oceanography, 38(1), 59–66. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025.121

5. Modi, A., Roxy, M.K., Jain, S., Truong, C.H., Doan, Q.-V., Jack, C., Jevrejeva, S., Singh, A., Dhara, C., Ghosh, S. (2025). Bridging climate science, policy, and communities: collaborative pathways for climate resilience in the Indo-Pacific. Frontiers in Climate, 7, 1538123. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2025.1538123

4. Sandeep, N., Swapna, P., Krishnan, R. et al. On the weakening association between South Asian Monsoon and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Clim Dyn 59, 2531–2547 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06224-1

3. Prajeesh, A.G., Swapna, P., Krishnan, R., Ayantika, D.C., Sandeep, N., Manmeet, S., Modi, A., et al. (2022). The Indian summer monsoon and Indian Ocean Dipole connection in the IITM Earth System Model (IITM-ESM). Climate Dynamics, 58(5), 1877–1897. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05999-z

2. Modi, A., Roxy, M.K., Ghosh, S. (2022). Gap-filling of ocean color over the tropical Indian Ocean using Monte-Carlo method. Scientific Reports, 12, 18395. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22087-2

1. Roxy, M.K., Modi, A., Murtugudde, R., Valsala, V., Panickal, S., Prasanna Kumar, S., Ravichandran, M., Vichi, M., Lévy, M. (2016). A reduction in marine primary productivity driven by rapid warming over the tropical Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(2), 826–833. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066979

1. Modi, A., Saxena, H., AG, P., Ghosh, S., & Fadnavis, S. S. (2026). Delay in the North, advancement in the South: Phytoplankton bloom phenology in a warming Indian Ocean. JGR Oceans (under review). Preprint available on ESS Open Archive. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.15005720/v1

3. Roxy, M.K., Saranya, J.S., Modi, A., Anusree, A., Cai, W., Resplandy, L., Vialard, J., Frölicher, T.L. (2024). Chapter 20: Future projections for the tropical Indian Ocean. In Ummenhofer, C.C., & Hood, R.R. (Eds.), The Indian Ocean and its role in the global climate system, pp. 469–482. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822698-8.00004-4

2. Modi, A., Roxy, M.K. (2023). Past Trends and Future Projections of Marine Primary Productivity in the Tropical Indian Ocean. In S.C. Tripathy & A. Singh (Eds.), Dynamics of Planktonic Primary Productivity in the Indian Ocean, pp. 191–206. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34467-1_9

1. Roxy, M.K., Gnanaseelan, C., Parekh, A., Chowdary, J.S., Singh, S., Modi, A., Kakatkar, R., Mohapatra, S., Dhara, C., Shenoi, S.C., Rajeevan, M. (2020). Indian Ocean warming. In Krishnan, R. et al. (Eds.), Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region, pp. 191–206. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4327-2_10

2. Hood, R. R., F. Al-Yamani, L. E. Beckley, G. L. Cowie, N. D’Adamo, J. Hermes, H. T. Kobryn, N. Kiran Kumar, A. A. Lotliker, R. M. Koll, A. Modi, E. Pattabhi Rama Rao, M-A. Sicre, V. Sudheesh, and P. N. Vinayachandran (2025) Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2): A Basin-Wide Research Program, Science Plan Addendum (2026 – 2030). Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research, Newark Delaware, USA. https://iioe-2.incois.gov.in/documents/IIOE-2/Publications/IIOE-2-DOC_AD_316.pdf

1. Sarma, V.V.S.S., Gupta, G.V.M. (Eds.) (2024). White Paper on Improvement of Biogeochemical Models of the Indian Ocean — Gaps, Challenges, Way-forward & Recommendations. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.20403.95526 [Contributing Author]

5. Modi, A., Roxy, M.K., Jain, S., Truong, C.H., Doan, Q.-V., Jack, C., Jevrejeva, S., Singh, A., Dhara, C., Ghosh, S. (2025). Bridging climate science, policy, and communities: Collaborative pathways for strengthening climate resilience in the Indo-Pacific. The Indian Ocean Bubble, Issue 21, 10 Oct 2025

4. Valliyodan, S., Mawren, D., Modi, A. (2025). Rising Tides, Rising Voices: ECS on Climate Challenges in the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean Bubble, Issue 21, 10 Oct 2025

3. Hood, R.R., Al-Yamani, F., Beckley, L.E., Cowie, G.L., D'Adamo, N., Hermes, J., Kobryn, H.T., Kiran Kumar, N., Lotliker, A.A., Koll, R.M., Modi, A., Pattabhi Rama Rao, E., Sicre, M.A., Sudheesh, V., Vinayachandran, P.N. (Eds.)(2025). Addendum to the IIOE-2 Science Plan submitted to SCOR requesting a 5-year extension (2026–2030) of IIOE-2. The Indian Ocean Bubble, Issue 21, 10 Oct 2025

2. Modi, A. (2023). Unravelling the Mysteries of the Indian Ocean: A Statistical Approach for Generating Gap-free Ecosystem Indices with Uncertainty Quantification. The Indian Ocean Bubble, Issue 17, July 2023

1. Contributed as expert source, "फाइटोप्लैंक्टन क्या हैं और हमें इन पर क्यों बात करनी चाहिए?", India Development Review (Hindi), Sep 2024.