Faculty Profile
Honours & Awards
- ASSOCIATE (2001-2005), Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS), Bangalore, INDIA.
- START Young Scientist Award 2001 by START (sponsored by ESSP, IGBP, WRCP etc), International START Secretariat, USA.
- INSA Young Scientist Medal 2002, Indian National Science Academy, INDIA.
- WMO Young Scientist Award 2002, World Meteorological Organisation, GENEVA.
- SWARNA JAYANTI FELLOW Award 2006, Department of Sci. & Tech. (DST), INDIA.
- Asian Young Aerosol Scientist Award 2007, Asian Aerosol Research Assembly (AARA), Japan.
- SCOPUS Young Scientist Award in Earth Sciences, 2007, ELSEVIER (UK).
- PRL Research Award (2007) by Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Dept. of Space, Government of India.
- Rajib Goyal Prize in Physical Sciences, 2008, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.
- SHANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR PRIZE, CSIR, 2009 (highest Science/Engineering Award in India).
- Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, India
- Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), India
- Fellow, National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), India
- Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) by American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2009."
- TWAS Prize 2011, The Academy of the Third World (TWAS), Italy.
- ISBRI Fellow, Indo-Swiss Bilateral Research Initiative (ISBRI), SWITZERLAND.
- NASA Senior Fellow, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Other Recognitions
- Laed Author, Chapter-7, IPCC AR5, United Nations, Geneva.
- Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (American Geophysical Union).
- Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Atmospheric Environment, ELSEVIER.
- Associate Editor, CURRENT SCIENCE (India)
- Member, Haagen-Smit Prize 2012 Selection Committee, ELSEVIER
- Member, Scientific Committee (SC), International Geosphere Biosphere program (IGBP), Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden.
- Member, Steering Committee, Aerosols, Clouds, Precipitation, Climate (ACPC), which is a IGBP and World Climate Research Program (WCRP) effort, USA.
- Principal Investigator in India, Joint Indo-US project "Ganges Valley Aerosol Experiment (GVAX)"
- Member, "Core Science Team", Indian Satellite for Aerosols and Gases, Small satellite program of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
- Co-Principal Investigator, Multi-Angle Polarization Imager (MAPI), Small satellite of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
- Adjunct Professor, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Autonomous Institute under Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
- Member, Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) (2005-2007), Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Autonomous Institute under Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
- Chief Mission Scientist, National Aircraft Campaign, Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, Gases and Radiation Budget (ICARB, a multi-platform, multi-institutional experiment by ISRO).
- Best Paper award, National Space Science Symposium, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahemedabad, 1997.
- Certificate of Merit from Swadeshi Science Movement, Cochi during Aryabhateeyam, 1999.
- Post Doctoral Fellowship (1998-2000) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA.
- Co-convener, National Space Science Symposium (NSSS), 2004, Kottayam, Kerala.
- Co-convener, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) conference 2005, Singapore.
- Member, Technical Programs Committee, Asian Aerosol Conference (AAC) 2005, Mumbai, India.
- Member, Program Committee, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Clouds, SPIE International symposium at Goa, 13-17 November, 2006.
- Member, Departmental Promotion Committee (Sci. "D" to "E") of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
- Member, committee for the assessment of environmental impact of Mass Rapid Transport Rail (METRO rail) project at Bangalore, India (2005-2007).
- Chairman and member of board of examiners for evaluation and conducting open defense of Ph. D theses (Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Kerala University, India and Cochin University of Science & Technology, India.)
- Member, board of examiners for setting question papers and evaluation of M.Sc. and M. Tech for Cochin University of Science & Technology, India.
- Member, Team of Observers from India, US-German Science & Technology Forum Meeting at University of California, Irwin, USA during June 2002 (deputed by DST, New Delhi).
- Member-Secretary (2001-2002), National Committee on Aerosol Radiation Budget Studies (ARBS) (constituted by Indian Space Research Organization HQ).
- Member, Working Group-II, Indian Space Research Organization - Geosphere Biosphere Programme (ISRO-GBP) (2001-2007).
- Member, Working Group, Environmental Monitoring Research Centre (EMRC), India Meteorological Department (IMD), New Delhi, India.
- Member, Working Group, Hyperpsectral Signature Database Management System, NRDMS, Dept. of Sci. & Tech., New Delhi, India.
- Secretary, Indian Meteorological Society, Bangalore Chapter, India (2003-2006).
- Reviewer to funding agencies in India (ISRO, DST and CSIR) and abroad (NASA, NSF Israel Science Foundation and UNEP).
- Reviewer to 25 international journals [Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), IEEE Transactions on Geo Science & Remote Sensing, IEEE Geo Science & Remote Sensing Letters, Optical Engineering (USA), Current Science (IASc, India), Proc. Acad. Sci. (IASc, India), Mausam (IMD, India), Annales Geophysicae (EGS), TELLUS (Sweden), Atmospheric Environment (Elsevier Science), International J. of Remote Sensing, Atmospheric Research (Elsevier Science), J. Applied and Theoretical Climatology].
Positions held
- Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum (1993-1998).
- Post Doctoral Research Physicist, University of California, USA (May 1998-Nov 2000).
- Assistant Professor, Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (December 2000-November 2006).
- Associate Professor, Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (December 2006-February 2011).
- Professor, Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (March 2011-present).