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Laxman Singh Rathore

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Dr. Laxman Singh Rathore
Born (1954-07-04) 4 July 1954 (age 71)
Rajasthan, India
EducationMasters and Doctoral degrees in Agriculture
Alma materRajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur
OccupationFormer Director General of India Meteorological Department(IMD)
Years active1980–2016
Employer Government of India
Organization India Meteorological Department

Laxman Singh Rathore [1] [2] is an Indian scientist, former Director General of India Meteorological Department, New Delhi, [3] [4] and permanent representative of India with the World Meteorological Organization, United Nations.

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Education

Rathore obtained his secondary and senior secondary school education from Chopasani School, Jodhpur and Bachelor's degree from Bhupal Nobles College, Udaipur. Rathore completed his master's and doctoral degrees in agriculture (soil science) from the Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur.

Career

Rathore joined India Meteorological Department in the year 1980 as Meteorologist. He is an agrometeorologist and played a role in setting up the weather based agricultural advisory service in India. He served as Vice President of Commission of agriculture Meteorology, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations. He is an acclaimed weather forecaster. He has communicated all happenings about Cyclone Phailin and Cyclone Hudhud. [5] He retired from the service in the end of July 2016. [6] He is a member of the executive council of WMO, Chairman of SAARC Meteorological Research Centre. He participated in Indian Scientific expedition to Antarctica in 1983–84. Rathore served as President of Indian Meteorological Society and President of Association of Agrometeorologists.

Rathore became Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department (IMD) in 2012 and served as DG till 2016. He contributed toward improving weather forecast, particularly the extreme weather events like cyclones, extreme temperatures, heavy precipitation.

Rathore participated in third Indian Antarctic Expedition during 1983-84. He has published more than 100 research paper and written around a dozen books and many chapters in books.

The World Bank appointed Rathore as International Consultant to assist the bank in improving weather & climate services in South Asia. [7]

He is also serving on a number of committees of Government of India.

Awards and honors

He received appreciation of WMO for accurate prediction and warnings of cyclones and Indian Army for rendering meteorological information support for defense expeditions. He is also recipient of Rajasthan Science Congress Award; Sohrab Godrez award for science & technology, by Rotary Club; Honorary Professor by Amity University, Jaipur; Vigyan Ratna by Vigyan Parishad Prayag; DD Kisan Samman by Doordarshan; Maharana Mewar Award; Marwar Ratna Award; Rajbhasha Shri Puraskar, and ICHL Award, beside other awards.

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References

  1. ↑ "Short detail of Dr. Laxman Singh Rathore" (PDF). India Meteorological Department official portal.
  2. ↑ "Dr Laxman Singh Rathore, DG IMD & Permanent Representative of India with WMO Elected As CO-Vice Chairman of Intergovernmental Board of Climate Services (IBCS)". Press Information Bureau portal. 9 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Mukherjee, Sanjeeb. "In the weather management cockpit" . Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  4. ↑ "Laxman Singh Rathore elected as to International Climate body". BEST Current Affairs portal. 9 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "IMD predicts signs of South-west monsoon withdrawal in the next 48 hours". The Economic Times. 16 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "KJ Ramesh to be the new IMD chief". Press Trust of India. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  7. ↑ (Dainik Bhaskar 03rd May 2017)
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