The Earth Sciences is undergoing revolutionary changes with newer knowledge and information emerging about the Earth as a number of inter‐related systems: solid earth, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. This approach that views Earth as a single integrated system is emerging as a powerful tool to understand this large and slowly evolving system that has been in dynamic equilibrium for billions of years, cycling matter and energy through its sub‐systems and to provide a resource for the survival of its habitat. The Earth system is large, complex, multi‐variant and highly non‐linear resulting in complexity, ambiguity and uncertainty in the processes responsible for shaping the planet and its resources. Its understanding obviously calls for integration of subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology along with advanced computational methods.

Considering the necessity and importance of building a state of the art academic program, IISER Pune has launched a new initiative focusing on Earth and Climate Sciences. Current strengths of IISER Pune in natural sciences and mathematics in both teaching and research will provide a strong foundation to build an interdisciplinary earth and climate sciences program. In addition, this new program will have strong linkages with the neighboring institute, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune. Teaching would exploit deeper conceptual isomorphism to unify apparently disparate contexts and provide hands-on capabilities in concept, experiment, fieldwork, and computation.

Research in Earth & Climate Sciences program at IISER Pune would include the following broad areas.

• Computational Geoscience
• Characterization & Dynamics of near surface Earth system
• Deep Earth Exploration
• Water‐Science; Ocean
• Atmosphere
• Solid Earth Interaction Process Modeling
• Earth and Life Evolution and Interaction

Prof. Shyam Rai heads the Earth and Climate Sciences program. We invite faculty with proven research competence; imaginative research proposals, which will greatly benefit (and benefited by) the unique Indian subcontinent; and an ability to communicate fundamental concepts to get in touch with us and learn more about career opportunities at the program.

Industry-Academia Linkages

Enquiries about Earth and Climate Sciences program at IISER may be addressed to: Dr. Devapriya Chattopadhyay ( devapriya at  iiserpune.ac.in )

Faculty Members Name Designation Research Argha Banerjee Associate Professor Himalayan glaciers Devapriya Chattopadhyay Associate Professor and Chair, Earth and Climate Science Paleobiology Arjun Datta Assistant Professor Theoretical and computational seismology, seismic tomography, seismic interferometry, inverse theory Rahul Dehiya Assistant Professor Forward and Inverse Modelling of Geophysical data Suhas Ettammal Assistant Professor Organised Tropical Convection Neena Joseph Mani Assistant Professor Climate dynamics, Tropical variability, Monsoons, numerical weather prediction, predictability. Shreyas Managave Assistant Professor Stable Isotope Geology Joy Merwin Monteiro Assistant Professor Geophysical Fluid dynamics, Climate Modelling, Extremes in the Climate System Sudipta Sarkar Assistant Professor Marine Geosciences, Reflection seismic data analysis, Seismic oceanography, Seismic stratigraphy, Marine gas hydrates, Volcanic basins, understanding sedimentary processes using seismic data. Gyana Ranjan Tripathy Associate Professor and Deputy Chair, Earth and Climate Science Weathering and Erosion; Re-Os geochronology Visiting Faculty Alok Dave Emeritus Professor Sedimentology, Sequence and Seismic Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Hydrocarbon exploration Shyam S. Rai Emeritus Professor Geophysical data modelling, Inverse theory & its application, Deep earth exploration & understanding the earth process Fellows Utsav Mannu DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellow Multiscale coupled geodynamic modelling; statistical machine learning tools to identify distinct zones of influence; wedge formation during back-arc spreading; consequences of seamount subduction under a wedge; modelling of heat flow in subduction zone