1-Day Scientific Workshop

on
“SEVERE WEATHER PHENOMENA IN EASTERN INDIA”

Dear Members ,
I am privileged to invite you in the scientific workshop to be organized by Indian Meteorological Society Kolkata Chapter.

Date & Time: January 10, 2014, Friday, at 10:00 hours IST

Venue: Dr. B.R,Ambedkar Centenary Hall, Geological Survey of India, 15A-B, Kyd Street, Kolkata 700016

With sincere regards,
Dr. Ramkrishna Dutta
Joint Secretary, IMS Kolkata Chapter

Programme Schedule

09:30 IST : Registration

10:00 IST : Inaugural Session

11:00 IST : HIGH TEA

11:30 – 13:30 IST : Technical Session - I

13:30 IST : LUNCH

14:30 – 15:30 IST : Technical Session - II

15:30 IST : TEA & SNACKS

15:45 – 16:45 IST : Technical Session - II …… continues

16:45 IST : Discussion, Recommendation & Valediction

17:30 IST : Concluding Remarks and Vote of Thanks

REGISTRATION : 09:30 IST

Registration Fee : IMS Members – NIL Others – Rs.100/-

Indian Meteorological Society

Kolkata Chapter

Notice for Invited Lecture Session

Respected  Sir / Madam,

I am privileged to invite you in the invited scientific lecture session to be organized by Indian Meteorological Society Kolkata Chapter as per the following schedule:

Date & Time :   

September 16, 2013, Monday, at 1500 Hours IST

Venue :   

Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata, 4, Duel Avenue, Alipore, Kolkata 700027

Programme :  

Scientific Lecture on the topic “Climate Change from The Physicist’s Point of View”, to be delivered by Prof. Sibaji Raha, Director, Bose Institute, Kolkata.

All members of IMS Kolkata Chapter are requested to attend the lecture session.

All relevant information regarding IMS Kolkata Chapter are available at http://www.imskolkata.net

With sincere regards,

Ramkrishna Dutta
Joint Secretary
Indian Meteorological Society, Kolkata Chapter

IMS Kolkata Chapter Election 2013

Declaration of Results

The Annual General Body Meeting AGM-2013 of Indian Meteorological Society Kolkata Chapter, has been convened on 26.06.2013, at Regional Meteorological Centre Kolkata complex, Alipore. 

Election of Indian Meteorological Society, Kolkata Chapter for the term 2013-2015 has been conducted successfully as per schedule.

The new ‘Executive Committee’ of Indian Meteorological Society Kolkata Chapter for 2013-2015 is hereby declared as –

Chairman		:	Shri Devendra Pradhan	LM-617
Secretary		:	Dr. Kamal Krishna Basu	LM-1757
Joint Secretary		:	Dr. Ramkrishna Dutta	LM-522
Treasurer		:	Shri Durga Das Banerjee	LM-1748
Members	1.	:	Shri Utpal Bhattacherjee	LM-1294
	2.	:	Shri Tarun Kanti Ray	LM-1703
	3.	:	Shri Angshuman Kundu	LM-1731
	4.	:	Shri Asit Kumar Sinha	LM-1732
	5.	:	Shri Anirban Biswas	LM-1734
	6.	:	Smt. Pratima Maity	LM-1767
	7.	:	Shri Sribash Chandra Majumdar	LM-1790
	8.	:	Shri Mrinal Kanti Pal Ray	LM-2073

General Body has congratulated and felicitated the new ‘Office Bearers’ with flower bouquets.

Indian Meteorological Society – Kolkata Chapter

Notification for Election – 2013

Election of Indian Meteorological Society, Kolkata Chapter will be held for the term 2013-2015 as per the following schedule:

Date of Notification	:	07.05.2013, Tuesday
Last date of Submission of Nomination papers	:	17.06.2013, Monday
Scrutiny of nomination papers	:	18.06.2013, Tuesday
Final Announcement of Valid Nominations	:	19.06.2013, Wednesday
Annual General Body Meeting, Polling and Declaration of Results	:	26.06.2013, Wednesday,  at 1500 Hours IST

                                        

Election will be conducted by –

Returning Officer	:	Sh. Dipak Kumar Sengupta (LM-1745)
Alternate Returning Officer	:	Dr. Ramakrishna Dutta (LM-522)

Nominations are hereby invited for the following posts of Executive Committee in the prescribed form available with the Returning Officer.

Chairman	:	One post
Secretary	:	One post
Joint Secretary	:	One post
Treasurer	:	One post
Members	:	Eight posts

Members while sending their nominations may keep in view the following rules from IMS constitution:

(i)   A member is eligible for the candidature of one post only.

(ii)  Returning Officers are not eligible for contesting in the election.

  

To download 'Nomination Form', Click for PDF or JPG format

I would request you all for your active participation and involvement in the entire process. The publicity of this notification among the IMS Kolkata Chapter members is highly appreciated.        

  

With sincere regards,

Signed/- 
Utpal Bhattacherjee (LM-1294) 
Joint Secretary

1-Day Scientific Lecture Session on Dec 4, 2012

One Day Scientific Lecture Session
Respected Sir / Madam,
I am privileged to invite you in the scientific lecture session to be organized by Indian Meteorological Society Kolkata Chapter, as per following schedule:

Date & Time:
December 4, 2012, Tuesday, at 11:00 hours IST (Registration at 10:30 IST)

Venue: 
Conference Hall (Old red building, Ground Floor), 

Regional Meteorological Centre, Alipore, Kolkata 700027

Registration Fee:
IMS Members: NIL
Others: Rs.50/- only


With sincere regards,

Utpal Bhattacherjee
Joint Secretary, IMS Kolkata Chapter
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Programme Schedule

10:30 IST : Registration

11:00 IST : Introductory Address by Sh. Sanjay Narayan Roy, Chairman

11:15 IST : Tea & Snacks

11:30 IST : Scientific Lecture – 1
“SOUTHWEST MONSOON”
by Prof. Utpal Kumar De, Jadavpur University

12:30 IST : General Body Meeting of IMS Kolkata Chapter

13:30 IST : LUNCH

14:30 IST : Scientific Lecture – 2
“STORM SURGE”
by Dr. Subir Kumar Ghosh, Retd. DDGM, IMD

15:30 IST : Tea & Snacks

15:45 IST : Concluding Remarks and Vote of Thanks by
Sh. Devendra Pradhan, Secretary



R.S.V.P.
Sh.T.K.Ray, Treasurer,
Contact # 9433087948

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One Day Workshop on February 21, 2012

Indian Meteorological Society, Kolkata Chapter is going to organize one day workshop on February 21, 2012, Tuesday, at Regional Meteorological Centre, Alipore, Kolkata on the subject ”Pre-Monsoon Weather Activities in Eastern India”.
Join us.
for details: http://imskolkata.net/workshop.pdf

Proceedings of the Meeting held on 06.09.2011 at RMC Kolkata

A meeting of the Executive Committee, Editorial Board and Publication committee of IMS Kolkata chapter was held on 06.09.2011 at RMC Kolkata at 05: 00 PM. Following points were discussed in the meeting:

A. Publication of JHAR :
1. JHAR is the journal of IMS Kolkata usually publishes the papers related to Meteorology and allied subjects. All scholars in the field of meteorology will be invited to forward their papers irrespective of member IMS.

2. It has been decided to publish the Journal at the end of December 2011 including Scientific Articles, Events, Review, general articles and News / Information related to Meteorology and allied subjects. Preference will be given to the papers showing new ideas / research in the field of meteorology.

3. Guide Line for the Authors are as follows:
a) Paper Size : A4
b) Font Size : 12
c) Font type : Times New Roman
d) Line Spacing : 1½
e) No. of pages : Maximum 10
f) Margins : 1 Inch each side (Top, bottom, left & right)

4. Editorial Board Comprising the following Scientists:
a) Prof. Utpal Kumar De, Emeritus Professor, Jadavpur University
b) Dr. Mridul Bose, Jadavpur University
c) Prof. Dilip Kumar Khan, Kalyani University
d) Dr. Kamal Krishna Basu, Ex-IMD
e) Mr. Devendra Pradhan, IMD
have been assigned the responsibilities for editing and finalization of the articles for publication.

5. Last date for receipt of the papers/article is 31st October 2011. All communication will be made electronically and to be sent to IMS Kolkata through e-mail id imskolkata@gmail.com


B. One day Regional Workshop during December 2011

The following points have been decided :
1. Topic of the Seminar : Pre-Monsoon Weather over Eastern Region
2. Date & venue of the seminar will be announced later.
3. Workshop will comprise invited talks on various topics related to the Meteorology, Disaster management and other allied subjects.

4. Sub-Topics of the Workshop are as follows:
a) Aspects of Local severe Storm
b) Prediction / modelling
c) Nowcasting
d) Natural devastation with respect to Local Severe Storm
e) Forecasting system
f) Disaster mitigation.