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	G. S. Bhat
	Title: `Professor and Chairman`

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/bhat.htm

Qualification: Ph.D. 1990 IISc , M.E 1983 IISc, B.Tech 1981 IIT Bombay (Mechanical Engineering) Research Interests: Tropical convection, cloud dynamics, mesoscale convection, laboratory modeling of atmospheric phenomena, field experiments, ocean-atmosphere coupling, atmospheric boundary layer.

	J. Srinivasan
	Title: `Professor & Divisional Chairman`

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/jayes.html

Qualification: Ph.D. 1975 Stanford University, M.S. 1971 State University of New York, B.Tech. 1969 IIT Madras. Research Interests: Monsoon Models, Satellite Meteorology

	Sulochana Gadgil
	Title: `Honorary Professor`

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/sulo/sulo.html

Qualification: Ph.D. 1970 Harvard University, M.Sc 1965 Pune University Research Interests: Monsoon Dynamics and Variability, Ocean - Atmosphere Coupling, Climate variability and Agriculture.

	Debasis Sengupta
	Title: `Professor`

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/dsen.html

Qualification: Ph.D. 1986 National Institute of Oceanography, M.S 1980 IIT Delhi. Research Interests: Physics of the Indian Ocean, tropical Air-Sea Interaction, Predictability of Ocean and Climate, Ocean Modeling.

	Ravi S. Nanjundaiah
	Title: `Professor`

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/ravi.html

Qualification: Ph.D. 1992 Indian Institute of Science, M.E 1986 Indian Institute of Science, B.E 1984 Rani Durgavati University. Research Interests: Atmospheric Modeling, Intra-Sesonal Variation of the Monsoon, Application of Parallel Computing to Atmospheric Modeling.

	P.N. Vinayachandran
	Title: `Associate Professor`

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/vinay.html
Additional Information
Qualification: Ph.D. 1996 IISc Oceanography, M.Sc(Engg). 1992 IISc Oceanography, M.Sc. 1987 cochin University of Science & Technology, B.sc. 1984 University of Calicut. Research Interests: Dynamics of the Indian Ocean, Ocean modeling, Physical-Biological interactions in the ocean.

	S. K. Satheesh
	Title: `Associate Professor`

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/satheesh.html
Additional Information
Qualification: Ph.D. 1997 Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, M.Sc. 1993 University of Kerala, BSc. 1990 University of Kerala Research Interests: Aerosols, Radiation, Clouds, Climate, Field Experiments.

	Govindswamy Bala
	Title: `Associate Professor`

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/gbala/gbala.html

Qualification: Ph.D 1994 McGill University (Canada), M.Sc 1988 University of Poona Research Interests: Global climate change, Coupled Climate and Carbon Cycle modeling, Land use change, Radiative forcing and Climate Sensitivity, Geoengineering, High-resolution modeling.

	V. Venugopal
	Title: Assistant Professor

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/venu/venu.html
Additional Information
Qualification: Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1998, M.S. University of Minnesota 1995, B. Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 1992 . Research Interests: Stochastic Hydrology, Space-time Structure and Scale-invariance of Precipitation, Precipitation Downscaling, Retrieval and Validation of Remotely-sensed Precipitation,Cloud-resolving Models.

	Prosenjit Ghosh
	Title: Assistant Professor

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/pghosh.html
Additional Information
Qualification: Ph.D. Physical Research Laboratory 2001, M.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 1994, BSc Hons Delhi University 1991 . Research Interests: Paleoclimate reconstruction, Stable isotope geochemistry, palaeo-oceanography, Tectonics and climate, atmospheric CO2 and its flux estimates based on isotope technique, Mass spectrometry, Early life and organic evolution.

	Arindam Chakraborty
	Title: Assistant Professor

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/arindam.html
Additional Information
Qualification: Ph.D, 2005, Indian Institite of Science; M.Sc (Engg), 2002, Indian Institute of Science; M. Sc (Physics), 1998, Jadavpur Univerisity. Research Interests: Climate modeling, Aerosol and climate change, Seasonal prediction, Cloud parameterization, Data assimilation.

	Jai Sukhatme
	Title: Assistant Professor

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/jai.html
Additional Information
Qualification: Ph.D. 2003, Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago; M.S. 1998 University of California-Davis, B.Tech 1995 IIT-Bombay. Research Interests: .

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	B. N. Goswami
	Present position: Director IITM Pune

	Web: http://caos.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/bng.html
Additional Information
Qualification: Ph.D. 1976 Physical Research Laboratory, Gujarat University, MSc. 1971 Gauhati University, BSc Hons. 1969 Gauhati University. . Research Interests: Tropical Meteroglogy, Dynamics of Monsoon and its Variability, Ocean-atmosphere Interactions, Predictability of Weather and Climate, Climate Modeling.