B. N. Goswami
B. N. Goswami is a Climate Scientist specialising 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. His stewardship from 2006 to 2014 transformed the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, to a leading Centre of Excellence in Climate Science. He is well known for his discovery of the Indian Ocean Dipole mode and quantifying the increasing trend of ‘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 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 a Fellow of the World Academy of Science (TWAS).
