Award winning papers of Institute Scientists

No. Title of Award Year Name of Person Title of Paper

41

17th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 2004

2004

Deshpande C.G., Kamra A.K.

Atmospheric electric conductivity and aerosol measurements during fog over the Indian Ocean

40

16th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 2003

2003

Sahai A., Grimm A.M., Satyan V., Pant G.B.

Long lead predictions of Indian summer monsoon rainfall from global SST evolution

39

15th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 2002

2002

J. Sanjay, P. Mukhopadhyay and S.S. Singh

Impact of nonlocal boundary-layer diffusion scheme on forecasts over Indian region

38

14th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 2001

2001

R.G. Ashrit, K. Rupa Kumar and K. Krishna Kumar

ENSO-monsoon relationships in a green house warming scenario

37

13th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 2000

2000

Dr. G. Beig

Relative importance of Solar Activity and Anthropogenic Incluences on the Ion Composition, Temperature and Associated Neurals of the Middle Atmosphere

36

11th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 1998

2000

R. Krishnan, C. Venkatesan and R.N. Keshavamurthy

Dynamics of upper tropospheric stationary wave anomalies induced by ENSO during the northern summer: A GCM study

35

J. Das Gupta Award for 1995-96

1999

P.C.S. Devara, P.E. Raj, G. Pandithurai and S. Sharma

A high spectral resolution radiometer for atmospheric monitoring

34

10th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 1997

1999

R.H. Kripalani and A.A. Kulkarni

Rainfall variability over south-east Asia- connections with Indian monsoon and ENSO extremes: New perspectives

33

13th SAARC Award for 1993-1994

1998

N. Singh

Optimizing a network of rain-gauges over India to monitor summer monsoon rainfall variations

32

9th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 1996

1997

H.P. Borgaonkar, G.B. Pant and K. RupaKumar

Ring-width variations in Cedrus deodara and its climatic response over the western Himalaya

31

8th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 1995

1997

A.M. Selvam and R.R. Joshi

Universal spectrum for interannual variability in COADS global air and sea-surface temnperatures

30

7th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 1994

1997

S. Sharma, P.C.S. Devara, P.E. Raj and G. Pandithurai

An optical scintillometer for simultaneous measurements of atmospheric C2n and winds

29

6th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 1993

1996

P.E. Raj, S. Sharma and G. Pandithurai

Study of Laser Scintillation in different atmospheric conditions

28

Best Research Paper Award at the NSSS-96, Hyderabad

1996

R.V. Kharul, S.S. Parasnis and M.G. Takwale

Numerical simulation of wind pattern for wind energy generator

27

10th SAARC Award for 1992

1994

M.K. Soman and K. Krishna Kumar

Some aspects of daily rainfall distribution over India during the South-West monsoon season

26

5th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 1992

1993

S.S. Dhanorkar and A.K. Kamra

NA

25

4th IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 1991

1993

P.N. Mahajan and S.P. Ghanekar

Assessment of satellite-observed HRC data for rainfall estimates over the tropical Indian Ocean

24

Dr. B.N. Desai Award

1992

S. Rajamani

Some dynamical characteristics and thermal structure of monsoon depression over the Bay of Bengal

23

7th SAARC Award for 1988

1991

M.K. Tandon

Robert's recursive frequency filter: a reexamination

22

3rd IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 1990

1991

S.S. Parasnis and S.B. Morwal (S.S. Goyal)

Thermodynamic features of the atmospheric boundary layer during the summer monsoon

21

2nd IITM Silver Jubilee Award for 1989

1991

A.K. Kamra and D.V. Ahire

Wind-tunnel studies of the shape of charged and uncharged water drops in the absence or presence of an electric field

20

6rh SAARC Award for 1987

1991

S.V. Singh, R.H. Kripalani

Application of extended emprical orthogonal function analysis to interrelationships and sequential evolution of monsoon fields

19

J. Das Gupta Award for 1987-88

1990

K.G. Vernekar, S. Sivaramakrishnan, Brij Mohan and S. Saxena

Estimation of fluxes from wind and temperature profiles in the marine atmospheric surface boundary layer

18

Young Scientist Award for Best Presentation of Paper at the Seminar on Geophysics in National Develoment, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

1990

K. Indira

Changes in dynamical parameters of the middle atmosphere associated with the storm activity over Bay of Bengal

17

1st IITM Silver Jubilee Research Award

1988

K. D. Prasad and S.V. Singh

Large-scale features of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall and their association with some oceanic and atmospheric variables

16

Best Paper Award of NSSS-87, Ahmedabad

1987

R.K. Verma

NA

15

14th Mausam Award

1986-1987

P.S. Salvekar and SK. Mishra

Effect of Ekman boundary layer friction on the baroclinic growth of monsoon depression

14

2nd SAARC Award

1985

S.K. Mishra, M.D. Patwardhan and L. George

A primitive equation barotropic instability study of the monsoon onset vortex, 1979

13

13th Mausam Award

1984-1985

S. Rajamani

Energetics of the monsoon circulation over south Asia : I-Diabatic heating and the generation of available potential energy

Energetics of the monsoon circulation over south Asia : II-Energy terms and energy transformation terms

12

B.P. Kapadia Memorial Prize Eighth All India Students Seminar, The Institution of Engineers (India)

1984

S.K. Sharma

NA

11

Prof. P. T. Rao Shastiabadhipoorty Prize in Physics, Andhra University, Waltair

1983

P.E. Raj

NA

10

Dr. B.N. Desai Award

1981

D.R. Sikka and Sulochana Gadgil

Large-scale rainfall over India during the summer monsoon and its relation to the lower and upper tropospheric vorticity

9

WMO Research Award for encouragement of Young Scientists

1981

S.K. Mishra and P.S. Salvekar

Role of Baroclinic instability in the development of monsoon disturbances

8

Young Scientist Award by the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, Hyderabad

1980

P.C.S. Devara

NA

7

Second Prize (Students' Technical Session) The Institution of Engineers (India)

1980

S.K. Sharma

Multi-side coating gadget for measurement of cloud-droplets

6

Third Prize (Students' Technical Session) The Institution of Engineers (India)

1977

S.K. Sharma

Field-testing of two cloud-droplet samplers

5

Shri Hari Om Ashram Prerit Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award

1976

A.S.R. Murty

NA

4

WMO Research Award for encouragement of Young Scientists

1976

A.K. Kamra

The role of electrical forces in charge separation by falling precipitation in thunderclouds

3

WMO Research Award for encouragement of Young Scientists

1974

B.M. Mishra

NA

2

Indian Journal of Meteorology and Geophysics Award

1969

R.V. Godbole and R.R. Kelkar

Net Terrestrial radiative heat fluxes over India during monsoon

1

Dr. B.N. Desai Award

1968

R.N. Keshavamurty

On the maintenance of the mean zonal motion in the Indian summer monsoon