Climate change, extreme weather key challenges: DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

Says 'weather management's technologies could evolve in next 50 years

As India’s premier weather forecasting agency, India Meteorological Department (IMD), celebrates its 150th anniversary on January 15, its Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra lays down the organisation’s future growth trajectory in an interview with Sanjeeb Mukherjee in New Delhi. Edited excerpts:

 

What do you envision for the IMD in the next 100 to 150 years? Where do you see the organisation heading in the future? 

It’s essential to reflect on the past to envision the future. IMD’s inception was driven by the need to respond to tropical cyclones, floods, and droughts. The organisation was established after two massive cyclones devastated the