Significant foreign assignments

Scientific Symposia /Conference /Workshop /Meeting Attended - ABROAD
Foreign Visits(1987 - 2010): 52

S. No.	Period of Visit		Institute/Country Visited	Purpose of Visit
S. No.	From	To	Institute/Country Visited	Purpose of Visit
1.	15^th April 2010	17^th April 2010	Kathmandu, Nepal	UNEP Integrated Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone Assessment meeting of lead authors
2.	25 February 2010	26 February 2010	Geneva, Switzerland	International Workshop on Mesoscale Modelling for Air Pollution Applications, WMO Secretariat
3.	24 February 2010	24 February 2010	Geneva, Switzerland	GURME Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) meeting GAW ET NRT Chemical data Transfer group meeting
4.	October 25 2009	October 29 2009	Kyoto, Japan	Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) meeting as SSC Member of “International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) project of IGBP
5.	October 25 2009	October 26 2009	Kyoto, Japan	IGAC-SPARC Joint Workshop "The One Atmosphere: Integration, Interface, and Impact"
6.	September 15 2009	September 17 2009	London, UK	Workshop “International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) IGBP: Future Directions”, Royal Society of London
7.	17 June 2009	20 June 2009	Paris, France	Workshop on Linkages between Regional and Global Modeling and Air Quality and Climate Change AC&C Meeting
8.	31 March 2009	3 April 2009	St. Petersburg, Russia	International workshop of UNECE/CLRTAP Task Force on Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollution
9.	November 17 2008	November 18 2008	Pathumthani, Thiland	International workshop on “development of methodology and database for Atmospheric Brown Cloud (ABC) emissions of selected countries in Asia
10.	14 October 2008	15 October 2008	Hanoi, Vietnam	Deputed in the workshop on "UNECE /CLRTAP Task force on hemispheric transport of air pollution"
11.	6 September 2008	8 September 2008	Annecy, France	Participated in the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) – Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) meeting and in 10th Scientific Conference of IGAC
12.	9 September 2008	13 September 2008	Saint-Petersburg, Russia	Participated and chaired a session in the 5th IAGA/ ICMA/ CAWSES Workshop on "Long-Term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere"
13.	May 3 2008	May 11 2008	Cape Town, South Africa	4^th IGBP-Congress as Scientific Steering Committee Member of IGAC (IGBP)
14.	July 3 2007	July 14 2007	Brescia, Italy	Deputed to attend the General assembly of IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) at Perugia, Italy and to University of Brescia
15.	October 17 2007	October 19 2007	Juelich, Germany	Deputed to attend the TF-HTAP workshop on global and regional modeling for assessing hemispheric air pollution
16.	January 22 2007	January 23 2007	Geneva, Switzerland	IGAC-SPARC (WMO: World Meteorological Organization) workshop on Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate
17.	January 24 2007	January 26 2007	Geneva, Switzerland	Joint Task Force on Hemispheric Transport on Air Pollution (TF-HTAP) workshop on Emissions Inventories and Projections for Assessing Intercontinental Transport
18.	19 June 2006	23 June 2006	Les Diablerets, Switzerland	Panel Review meeting of the “Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2006” of United Nations Environment Program of World Meteorological Organization, in the capacity of Expert Reviewer
19.	4^th September 2006	8^th September 2006	Sodankylä, Finland	4^th IAGA/ICMA/CAWSES Workshop on Long-Term Changes and Trends in the Atmosphere
20.	18 July 2005	23 July 2005	Toulouse, France	Participation in 10^th Scientific Assembly of IAGA (International Association of Geomagnetism and aeronomy)
21.	June 2005	July 2005	Hamburg, Germany	Guest Scientist abroad: Deputed to Max-Plank Institute for Meteorology (MPIM) and worked as Guest Scientist to provide expertise in the area of regional and global atmospheric chemistry-transport modeling
22.	28^th June 2005	30^th June 2005	Geneva, Switzerland	To receive the World meteorological Organization award and to deliver the Norbert-Gerbier Mumm International award lecture
23.	30^th March, 2005	1^st April 2005	Prague, Czech Republic	Participation in Young Scientists Committee Meeting of the IAGA (International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy)
24.	June 10 2004	June 14 2004	Sozopol, Bulgaria	3^rd international workshop on long term changes and trends in the atmosphere
25.	June 2004	June 2004	Greece	Quadrennial Ozone Symposium
26.	July 1 2004	July 3 2004	Jülich, Germany	Invited for Invited talk
27.	May 12 2004	May 13 2004	Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany	Invited for Invited talk
28.	June 29 2003	July 11 2003	Sapporo, Japan	General Assembly of IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics)
29.	May 12 2002	May 18 2002	Kühlungsborn, Germany	Heraeus Seminar on Trends in the Upper Atmosphere
30.	March 17 2002	March 23 2002	Kyoto, Japan	International Symposium on Equatorial Processes Including Coupling (EPIC)
31.	August 19 2001	August 31 2001	Hanoi, Vietnam	IAGA-IASPEI -Joint Scientific Assembly
32.	July 2 2001	July 6 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	II^nd international workshop on “Long Term Changes and Trends in the Amosphere
33.	July 7 2001	July 10 2001	Innsbruck, Austria	8^th Scientific Assembly of IAMAS (International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences)
34.	July 10 2001	July 14 2001	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Global Change Open Science Conference
35.	November 5 2000	November 11 2000	Mar del Plata - República Argentina	II^nd General Assembly of SPARC
36.	September 1999	September 1999	Utrich, Netherland	International Workshop on INDOEX
37.	August 1998	August 1998	Seattle, USA	Joint international symposium on Global Atmospheric Chemistry of CACGP -IGA
38.	August 1997	August 1997	Prague, Czech Republic	2nd IAGA- Workshop on Solar Activity Affecting the Middle Atmosphere
39.	August 1997	August 1997	Uppsala, Sweden	8th Scientific Assembly of IAGA
40.	July 1997	July 1997	Melbourne, Australia	VIIth Scientific Assembly of IAMAP
41.	May 1997	May 1997	Toronto, Canada	IGAC-SPARC-GAW Conference on Global Measurement Systems for Atmospheric Composition
42.	December 1996	December 1996	Melbourne, Australia	Ist SPARC-General Assembly
43.	July 17 1995	August 15 1995	Boulder, Co., USA	XXI-General Assembly of IUGG, National Centre for Atmospheric Research
44.	July 1994	July 1994	Hamburg, Germany	General Assembly of COSPAR (Committee of Space Research)
45.	July 1993	July 1993	Yokohama, Japan	VIth Scientific Assembly of IAMAP
46.	August 12 1992	August 18 1992	Kyoto, Japan	Int. Symposium on Middle Atmosphere Science
47.	1989	1989	Reading, England	Vth Scientific Assembly of IAMAP
48.	July 2 1993	July 6 1993	Castle of Liblice, Czechoslovakia	IAGA-Symposium on Solar Activity
49.	Apr 9 1989	Apr 10 1989	Stockholm	University of Stockholm
50.	November 12 1988	November 16 1988	Melbourne, Australia	SABOAC-II
51.	July 1987	August 1987	Vancouver, Canada	XIX-General Assembly of IUGG
52.	August 1987	August 1987	Peterborough, Canada	VIth Int.Symposium of CACGP on Global Atmospheric Chemistry

Workshop /Symposium /Session Attended -In INDIA
In India (2005-2009): 47

S. No.	Period of Visit		Institute/City Visited	Purpose of Visit
S. No.	From	To	Institute/City Visited	Purpose of Visit
1.	March 10 2010	March 10 2010	New Delhi	SERC School on "Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution", (sponsored by Department of Science and Technology) to deliver two invited talks
2.	10 December 2009	12 December 2009	Navi Mumbai	Group Monitoring Workshop (GMW-2009) of DST on Atmospheric Science Research Projects held at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG)
3.	30^th Nov 2009	Nov 2009	Udaipur	Viva-voce examination for a Ph.D. thesis, Department pf Physics, M.L. Sukhadia University
4.	6^th Nov 2009	Nov 2009	New Delhi	Meeting with the representative of organizing committee of commonwealth games to discuss practical requirements related with infrastructural and technological support for setting up the IITM instruments under SAFAR-2010 during Commonwealth games
5.	18 November 2009	21 November 2009	New Delhi	Meetings with different venue owners of the CWGs and representative of organizing committee, IMD program Director for CWG-2010 to explore the locations of air quality monitoring stations and display boards
6.	9^th September 2009	September 2009	New Delhi	Attended the Planning Committee meeting of the SERC School on "Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution", (sponsored by Department of Science and Technology) on at NPL
7.	9^th November 2009	November 2009	New Delhi	Attended the ESO council meeting of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).
8.	18 December 2009	December 2009	New Delhi	Attended a meeting chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, at on to discuss the coordination between different agencies on the air quality forecasting for CWG-2010
9.	December 23 2009	December 26 2009	Goa	Visited Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa. In relation with setting up the air pollution monitoring stations under the institute’s 11th 5-year plan for the phase-I
10.	August 31 2009	September 2 2009	Goa	Indo-US Joint workshop on Environmental and Occupational Health organized by Indian Council of Medical Research
11.	9 July 2009	11 July 2009	Gadanki	Invited talk “Overview of the accomplishments /highlights obtained in them from CAWSES India Phase-I”, CAWSES-India Phase II Science Workshop organized at the National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL)
12.	6 April 2009	9 April 2009	Uttarakhand	Workshop on Climate Change and Himalayan Environment, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal)
13.	June 10 2009	June 11, 2009	Goa	Workshop on research activities undertaken by various national organizations in Antarctica. & presentation of the Research Projects of 29^th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica
14.	1^st March 2009	March 2009	Agra	Invited in the seminar on “Facing Challenges of Climate Change and Global Warming (CC-GWA-09) organized by SPHEEHA, Dayalbagh Educational Institute
15.	9^th Feb 2009	13^th Feb 2009	Udaipur	Technical committee meeting to finalize the different air pollution analyzers and to impart training on chemical-transport model under the joint DST project entitled “Behavior of ozone and precursors under different industrial environment around Udaipur” Department of Physics, Sukhadia University
16.	4^th April 2008	April 2008	New Delhi	ESO council meeting of Ministry of Earth Sciences (Govt. of India)
17.	25^th March 2008	26^th March 2008	New Delhi	Brainstorming Workshop organized by IARI-DST on “Global Change and Terrestrial Eco-system: Special emphasis to Climate Change and its Variability and Agriculture”. Deliver a lead lecture on ‘Air pollutants and their impact on agricultural.”
18.	March 14 2008	March 2008	Chennai	Final meeting of the development of web based integrated office automation system for autonomous bodies under the ministry of earth sciences, NIOT
19.	7 February 2008	8 February 2008	Pune	CTCZ meeting organized by Department of Science and technology, New Delhi at IITM.
20.	15 January 2008	17 January 2008	Kumarkom, Kerala	DST sponsored `Group Monitoring Workshop (GMW) and on Atmospheric Science Research Projects’ held at the Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Kerala Agricultural University
21.	Jan 24 2008	Jan 24 2008	Nagpur	Attended International Conference on Air Pollution Control – Challenges and Technological Solutions (ICAPC-2008)” organized at National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)
22.	4 April 2007	5 April 2007	Gadanki (Tirupathi)	A brain storming session to identify potential science problems that can be addressed with the lidar system at NARL (National Atmospheric Radar Laboratory)
23.	24 September 2007	28 September 2007	Pune	Attended the EU-India GRID workshop on Material, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, held at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, University of Pune
24.	6 September 2007	9 September 2007	Udaipur	Attended 6th meeting of PAC-AS of atmospheric sciences in connection with the new project submitted to DST with Sukhadia university
25.	9^th Oct 2007	10^th Oct 2007	Mumbai	Invited to make the presentation for the ENVIS center of IITM on “Acid Rain and Atmospheric Pollutant Modeling” during the Evaluation workshop of the Western region held at International Institute of Population Science.
26.	13 September 2007	September 2007	Pune	One day seminar on ‘Enhancing GC & GC /MS Performance & Productivity
27.	1 June 2007	6 June 2007	Kufri, Shimla	Attended the Orientation Workshop on project management organized by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)
28.	17 June 2007	19 June 2007	Chennai	Attended the demo of the office automation software arranged by MoES at NIOT
29.	20 November 2007	22 November 2007	Ahmedabad	Attended international Symposium on Aerosol-Chemistry-Climate Interactions to be held at Physical Research Laboratory
30.	December 9 2007	December 11 2007	Coimbatore	Attended as Guest speaker the Third SERC School on Aviation Meteorology of DST organized by Air force administrative college
31.	Feb 8 2007	Feb 9 2007	New Delhi	EU-India Workshop on climate change research needs
32.	Feb 21 2007	Feb 24 2007	New Delhi	The Golden Jubilee Symposium (INCURSI-2007) of Radio Science on “History and Advances in Radio Science in India”, NPL
33.	March 6 2007	March 7 2007	Ahmedabad	ISRO-GBP Environmental Observatories meeting to establish a network of environmental observatories in India. at PRL
34.	March 8 2007	March 9 2007	Indore	National Conference of “Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award winners in Physical, Chemical, Engineering, Mathematical, Medical Earth, atmosphere, Ocean, Planetary and Biological Sciences” at Devi Ahilya University
35.	28^th March 2007	March 2007	Mumbai	Round table workshop on "25 years of air pollution act in India" organized by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), . Invited to act as panelist for the session “Trans Boundary Pollution” for this workshop
36.	3May 25 2006	May 26 2006	New Delhi	Scoping discussion on "Impact of ozone concentration, UV-B radiation and aerosol on crop productivity", NPL /IARI
37.	December 20 2006	December 24 2006	Udaipur	Introductory Workshop on Astrophysics held at Sukhadia University.
38.	18_th December 2006	20_th December 2006	Varansi	Group Monitoring Workshop (GMW)-2006 of Weather and Climate Research Programs (WCRP) (Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi) is organized at Department of Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University
39.	30^th November 2006	November 2006	Pune	Workshop on Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling & Tutorial on WRF/Chem Model, held at C-DAC
40.	29^th October 2006	30^th October 2006	New Delhi	Workshop on “Asian ozone pollution in Eurasian perspective” under APN (Asia Pecific Network) Held at NPL
41.	October 9 2006	October 11 2006	Darjeeling	Scoping Workshop on SARAP Results under Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research (Scientific Capacity Building / Enhancement for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries Programme) at Campus of Bose Institute
42.	12^th October 2006	12^th October 2006	Shimla	National workshop of all the ENVIS centers in Shimla organised by MoEF
43.	9 February 2006	12 February 2006	Visakhapatnam	XIV National Space Science Symposium, Andhra University
44.	3 March 2006	March 2006	Pune	International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP) workshop on Global Change, IITM
45.	21 October 2005	October 2005	Chennai	First workshop of SDNP (Sustainable Development Network Partners), Environmental Information system, Anna University
46.	25 November 2005	26 November 2005	Ahmedabad	Evaluation workshop of the Western region, Center for Environmental Education
47.	September 28 2005	September 2005	Jaipur	Atmospheric chemistry workshop of DST-PAMC, University of Rajasthan