BN Goswami

BN Goswami
Adjunct Professor
Department

Prof B N Goswami is a Climate Scientist specializing in Variability and Predictability of Climate in general and Indian summer monsoon in particular and the role of Ocean-Atmosphere interactions in climate variability and predictability. Coming from rural Assam, he had his early education in Assam and went on to do a Ph.D in Plasma Physics in Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. After working at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for more than 20 years, he headed the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune from 2006 to 2014. He is well known for his discovery of the Indian Ocean Dipole mode and quantifying the increasing trend ‘extreme rainfall events’ over the Indian region. Leading the Indian Monsoon Mission of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) from IITM, Pune, he elevated the Indian Weather and Climate prediction capability to a level comparable to the best in the world. He has more than 198 peer-reviewed publications in high impact journals including Science and Nature. Prof Goswami received many Awards and Honors including the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award in 1995. He is Fellow of All Three leading National Science Academies of India. He is also Fellow of the World Academy of Science (TWAS).