Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS) was set up in the year 1979 at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

Courses offered :

B.Tech Minor Area in Atmospheric Sciences
Core Courses
ASL 310: Fundamentals of Atmosphere and Ocean
ASL 320: Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation

Elective Course
ASL 410: Numerical Simulation of Atmospheric and Oceanic Phenomena


M.Tech in Atmospheric –Oceanic Science & Technology
Core Courses
ASL 730: Introduction to Weather, Climate and Air Pollution
ASP 731: Data Analysis Methods for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
ASL 732: Mathematical and Computational Methods for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
ASL 733: Physics of the Atmosphere
ASL 734: Dynamics of the Atmosphere
ASL 735: Atmospheric Chemistry and Air Pollution
ASL 736: Science of Climate Change
ASL 737: Physical and Dynamical Oceanography
ASL 738: Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere and Ocean
ASP 820: Advanced Data Analysis for Weather and Climate
ASP 881: Project-I

Elective Courses
ASL 750: Boundary Layer Meteorology
ASL 751: Dispersion of Air Pollutants
ASL 752: Mesoscale Meteorology
ASL 753: Atmospheric Aerosols
ASL 754: Cloud Physics
ASL 755: Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Ocean
ASL 756: Synoptic Meteorology
ASL 757: Tropical Weather and Climate
ASL 758: General Circulation of the Atmosphere
ASL 759: Land-Atmosphere Interactions
ASL 760: Renewable Energy Meteorology
ASL 761: Earth System Modeling
ASL 762: Air-Sea Interaction
ASL 763: Coastal Ocean and Estuarine Processes
ASS 800: Independent Study
ASL 821: Advanced Dynamic Meteorology
ASL 822: Climate Variability
ASL 823: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
ASL 824: Parameterization of Physical Processes
ASP 825: Mesoscale Modeling
ASL 826: Ocean Modeling
ASL 827: Advanced Dynamic Oceanography
ASL 851: Special Topics in Climate
ASL 852: Special Topics in Oceans
ASV 853: Special Topics in Atmosphere
ASL 854: Special Topics in Air Pollution Studies
ASP 855: Special Topics in Atmosphere and Ocean
ASL 856: Special Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Observations
ASV 862: Special Module in Climate
ASV 863: Special Module in Oceans
ASV 864: Special Module in Atmosphere
ASV 865: Special Module in Air Pollution Studies
ASL 866: Special Module in Atmosphere and Ocean
ASP 867: Special Module in Weather Forecasting
ASP 868: Special Module in Atmospheric and Oceanic Observations
ASC 869: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Colloquium
ASD 882: Project-II


Pre Ph.D Courses (Doctor of Philosophy)
Research Areas

Atmosphere:
Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere
General Circulation
Tropical Meteorology and Indian Monsoon
Land-Surface Process Modeling
Land-Atmosphere Interaction

Ocean:
Ocean Modeling
Coastal Processes
Ocean State Simulations and Forecasting
Storm Surges and Inundation

Climate:
Climate Dynamics
Climate Variability and Changes
Climate Change Detection & Attribution
Global and Regional Climate Modeling
Climate Projections
Climate Change Impacts

Aerosols and Air Pollution:
Urban Meteorology
Air Pollution and Health
Aerosol-Climate Interactions
Heat Island Effect and Fog Prediction
Air Quality Studies

Applied Mathematics:
Numerical Methods
Data Assimilation and Adjoint Modeling
Inverse Modeling
GPU Computing

Renewable Energy:
Renewable Energy Meteorology
Resource Assessment

Faculty


Rao, A. D. - Professor and Head
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)
Ocean State Forecasting, Storm Surge Modelling, Coastal Circulation, Internal Waves
Tel:+91-11-2659 1301 (O), Fax:+91-11-2659 1386, E-mail:hodcas@admin.iitd.ac.in



Mohan, Manju - Professor
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)
Atmospheric Boundary Layer Modelling, Chemical Transport Modelling and Atmospheric Pollution, Urban Meteorology: Heat Island, Thermal stress and Fog Prediction, Emission Inventory of Atmospheric Air Pollutants, Environmental Impact Assessment and Risk Assessment for power plants and Chemical industries
Tel:+91-11-2659 1313 (O), Email:mmanju@cas.iitd.ac.in



Sharan, Maithili - Professor
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)
Air Pollution Modelling, Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Computational and Mathematical Methods, Physiological Fluid Dynamics
Tel:+91-11-2659 1312 (O), Email:mathilis@cas.iitd.ac.in



AchutaRao, Krishna Mirle - Associate Professor
Ph.D. (Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.)
Climate, Climate Modelling, Climate Model Validation, Climate Variability, Climate Change detection and attribution, Ocean Heat Content, Sea-level rise, Air-sea heat transfer and Climate Data Analysis Tools
Tel:+91-11-2659 6278 (O), Email:akrishna@cas.iitd.ac.in



Baidya Roy, Somnath - Associate Professor
Ph.D. (Rutgers University, New Jersey)
Land-atmosphere interactions, impacts of landscape heterogeneity and land-use/land-cover change (deforestation, agriculture, urbanization, etc.) on local and regional hydrometeorology; Mesoscale and boundary layer modeling; Renewable energy meteorology, resource assessment, forecasting, impacts of renewable energy systems
Tel:+91-11-2659 1284 (O), Email:drsbr@cas.iitd.ac.in



Upadhyaya, H. C. - Associate Professor
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)
General Circulation Modelling and Initialization and Data Assimilation, Adjoint Modelling
Tel:+91-11-2659 1320 (O), Email:hcdhyaya@cas.iitd.ac.in



Dey, Sagnik - Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur)
Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interaction, Impact of aerosols and clouds on climate, Characterization of aerosols and clouds using ‘Remote Sensing’ and ‘In-situ’ observations, Radiative Forcing, Health Impacts of aerosols
Tel:+91-11-2659 1315 (O), Email:sagnik@cas.iitd.ac.in



Ganguly, Dilip - Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad)
Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions, Cloud parameterizations,Radiative Forcing and Climate Change, Climate sensitivity and feedback processes, Climate Diagnostics using model output and observations, Monsoon Dynamics
Tel:+91-11-2659 6401(O), Email:dilipganguly@cas.iitd.ac.in



Mishra, Saroj Kanta - Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere, Hierarchical Climate Modeling, Indian Monsoon, Interactions between Dynamic and Physical Processes, Modeling of Climate Change
Tel:+91-11-2659 1390 (O), Email:skm@cas.iitd.ac.in



Pant, Vimlesh - Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune)
Physical Oceanography, Ocean Modeling, Atmospheric Aerosols, Aerosol-Cloud-Climate interactions, Meteorological and Oceanographic observations
Tel:+91-11-2659 1319(O), Email:vimlesh@cas.iitd.ac.in



Sahany, Sandeep- Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Tropical deep convection, High frequency rainfall variability, Climate modeling, Climate change, Regional climate downscaling
Tel:+91-11-2659 1314(O), Email:ssahany@cas.iitd.ac.in



Agarwal, Poornima - Senior Scientific Officer-I
Ph.D. (Srinagar, J&K)
Environmental Chemistry, Mathematical Techniques
Tel:+91-11-2659 1306 (O), Emailagarwal@cas.iitd.ac.in



Dash, S. K. - Emeritus Professor
Ph.D. (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad)
Monsoon Studies, Global and Regional Climate Modeling, Climate Change and Health, Meteorological Computing
Tel:+91-11-2659 1307 (O), Email:skdash@cas.iitd.ac.in



Sharma, O.P. - Emeritus Professor
Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay)
Monsoon Modelling, Ocean and Atmospheric Circulation Modelling, Atmospheric Chemistry & Aerosols,Methods of Applied Mathematics
Tel:+91-11-2659-1318 (O), Emailpsharma@cas.iitd.ac.in



Hunt, J. C. R.- Sir Gilbert Walker Chair Professor
Ph.D. (Cambridge University, UK)
Fluid Mechanics, Turbulence, Magnetohydrodynamics, Meteorology, Climate and applications, Air pollution dispersion, Oceanographic processes
Tel:+44-207-679-7743 (O), Email:julian.hunt@ucl.ac.uk

Address
Centre for Atmospheric Sciences,
Block VI,
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110 016, India.
Telephone: +91(11) 2659 1301/6029
Fax:+91-11-2659 1386

General Inquiries
Prof. A. D. Rao, HOC, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences
Pushp Lata Shandilya (Jr. Superintendent)
Block VI, Room No. 327
Telephone: +91(11) 2659 1301
E-mail:hodcas@admin.iitd.ac.in