आईआईटीएम
IITM

• Life member of the India Meteorological Society (IMS), Pune Chapter
• Life member of the Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA), Mumbai.

• Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (2009, 2010)

Research  Papers Published in peer-reviewed journals with Impact factor

11. Rohini Bhalwankar, C.G.Deshpande, A.K.Kamra, 2015: Shape and oscillations of the waterdrops freely suspended in a horizontal electric field: A wind tunnel study, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 133, Pages 169–177, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2015.09.004

10. Rohini Bhalwankar, Subashini Subramanianand A K Kamra, 2014: Laboratory simulation of spontaneous breakup of polluted water drops in the horizontal electric field, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 119, 147-152.

9. Deshpande C.G., Rohini Bhalwankar,Padmakumari B., Maheskumar R.S., Axisa D., Kulkarni J.R., February 2014: Possible evidence of new particle formation and its impact on cloud microphysics from airborne measurements over Bay of Bengal, Atmospheric Research, DOI:10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.01.014,1-13 140-141.

8. R. S. Maheshkumar, S. G. Narkhedkar, S. B. Morwal, B. Padmakumari, D. R. Kothawale, R. R. Joshi, C. G. Deshpande, R. V. Bhalwankar and J. R. Kulkarni, October 2013: Mechanism of high rainfall over the west coast and adjoining Arabian Sea area during the monsoon season, Climate Dynamics, DOI:10.1007/s00382-013-1972-9, 1-17.

7. Rohini Bhalwankarand A. K. Kamra, 2013: Role of drop distortion in enhancing the lightning activity in clouds formed over cities, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 94, 65-70, DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.12.018i.

6. J. R. Kulkarni*, R. S. Maheskumar, S. B. Morwal, B. Padma Kumari,M. Konwar, C. G. Deshpande, R. R. Joshi, R. V. Bhalwankar, G. Pandithurai, P. D. Safai, S. G. Narkhedkar, K. K. Dani, A. Nath, Sathy Nair,V. V. Sapre, P. V. Puranik, S. S. Kandalgaonkar, V. R. Mujumdar,R. M. Khaladkar, R. Vijayakumar, T. V. Prabha and B. N. Goswami, February 2012: The Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX): Overview and preliminary results, Current Science, 102, 413-425.

5. Rohini V. Bhalwankar and A. K.Kamra, 2009: A wind tunnel investigation of the distortion of polluted water drops in the horizontal electric fields, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 114, D10205, doi:10.1029/2008JD011102.

4. Rohini V. Bhalwankar, and A. K.  Kamra,2007: A wind tunnel investigation of the deformation of water drops in the vertical and horizontal electric fields, J. Geophysical Research, Vol. 112, D10215, doi:10.1029/2006JD007863. (Selected by American Geophysical Union for publication in its online version of a Virtual journal, Editor's choice: Atmospheric and Space Electricity. Twentieth IITM Silver Jubilee Award for best research contribution for the year 2007)

3. Rohini V Bhalwankar, A B Sathe and A K Kamra, June 2004: The evaporation of the charged and uncharged water drops suspended in a wind tunnel, Proceeding  Indian Academy of  Sciences (Earth Planet. Sci.), 113, No.2, pp. 129-138.

2. A.K. Kamra, Rohini V. Bhalwankar, and A. B. Sathe, 1993: The onset of disintegration and corona in water drops falling at terminal velocity in horizontal electric fields, Journal of geophysical research, vol. 98, no. D7, pages 12,901-12,912.

1. A.K. Kamra, Rohini V. Bhalwankar, and A. B. Sathe, 1991: Spontaneous breakup of charged and uncharged water drops freely suspended in a wind tunnel, J.  Geophysical Research, vol. 96, D9, 17,159-17,168.

15. Rohini Bhalwankar, C.G. Deshpande and A.K. Kamra, July 2016: Extreme deformation and breakup of drop suspended in a wind tunnel in the presence of a horizontal electric field, Presented in 17th International Conference on Clouds & Precipitation, organized by the International Commission on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP), held in Manchester, UK, during 25 - 29 July 2016.

13. Rohini Bhalwankar, S Subashini and A K karma, Effect of the horizontal electric fields on breakup of polluted water drops, Presented in 16^th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP) held at Leipzig, Germanyduring 30^th July-3^rd August, 2012.

11. C.G. Deshpande, Rohini Bhalwankar and J. R. Kulkarni, Aerosol and Cloud condensation nuclei measurements at different locations during pre-monsoon conditions over India during CAIPEEX-2009, Presented in the International conference on "Opportunities and Challenges in Monsoon Prediction in a Changing Climate" (OCHAMP-2012), Pune, India, 21-25 February 2012.

9. Thara Prabha,Gayatri Urankar, Roelof Burger, P. Murugavel, G. Pandithurai, MN Patil, T. Dharmaraj, B. Padmakumari, S. B. Morwal, K. K. Dani, Narkhedkar S. G., C. G. Deshpande, M. Konwar, Sapre V. V., Bhalwankar R. V., Joshi R. R., RS Maheshkumar, E. Raj, JR Kulkarni, and BN Goswami, Salient features of diurnal cycle of convection during CAIPEEX 2011, OCHAMP-2012, Pune, India, 21-25 February 2012.

7. C. G. Deshpande, Rohini Bhalwankar and J. R. Kulkarni, Cloud condensation nuclei measurements in different monsoon conditions over India during CAIPEEX-2009, AOGS- 2010, 7th Annual Meeting and Geosciences World Community Exhibition to be held on 5 - 9 July, 2010 at Hyderabad.

6. C. G. Deshpande, Rohini Bhalwankar and J. R. Kulkarni, “Size distribution of Cloud condensation nuclei observed during cloud passage (CAIPEEX-2009)”, IASTA-2010, Conference on Aerosols and clouds: Climate change perspectives, during March 24-26, 2010 at Darjeeling.

5. Rohini Bhalwankar, C. G. Deshpande and J. R. Kulkarni, “Relation between CCN and cloud droplet concentration and their effect on cloud microphysics”, IASTA-2010, Conference on Aerosols and clouds: Climate change perspectives, during March 24-26, 2010 at Darjeeling.

4. J. R. Kulkarni; R. S. Maheskumar; M. Konwar; C. G. Deshpande; S. B. Morwal; B. Padma Kumari; R. R. Joshi; G. Pandithurai; R. V. Bhalwankar; V. R. Mujumdar; B. Goswamiand D.Rosenfeld, “The Cloud Aerosol Interactions and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX): overview and prominent results.” Presented  by Dr J R Kulkarni, AGU Fall Meeting 2009 held at San Francisco, California, USA, during 14–18 December 2009.

3. Rohini V. Bhalwankar and A. K. Kamra, “Effect of electrical forces on distortion of polluted water drops suspended in a vertical wind tunnel”, Presented in 10th International Conference, Bridging the scales in AtmosphericChemistry : Local to   Global, held on 7 to 12 September 2008 in Annecy, France.

2. A K Kamra, Rohini V Bhalwankar and A B Sathe, Effect of the horizontal electric field on the distortion of water drops suspended in a wind tunnel, Proceedings of the 8^th WMO Conference on Weather Modification, 7-11, April 2003, Casablanca, Morocco.

1. A K Kamra, Rohini V Bhalwankar and A B Sathe, Rate of evaporation of the charged and uncharged water drops suspended in the air stream of a wind tunnel, Proceedings of 11^th International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, held in Guntersville, Alabama, during 7-11 June, 1999.