Dr. Kavirajan Rajendran


Presently on deputation as Director, KSCSTE-Institute for Climate Change Studies, Government of Kerala
Designation    :   Chief Scientist
CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute (CSIR-4PI)
CSIR-NAL Belur Campus, Wind Tunnel Road
Bangalore-560037, India
Phone: +91-80-25051939  and   Fax:  +91-80-25220392
emails: rajend[AT]csir4pi.in; director@iccs.res.in
Alt. emails: rajendrankavirajan[AT]gmail.com; rajendrank[AT]hotmail.com; rajendrank[AT]yahoo.com; kavirajanrajendran[AT]gmail.com

Educational Qualifications

Degree / certification Year Institution Subjects
Ph. D. 2000 IISc, Bangalore Faculty of Engineering
M. Sc. (Engg.) 1994 IISc, Bangalore Faculty of Engineering
M. Sc. 1991 CUSAT, Kerala Meteorology (1st Rank)
B. Sc. 1989 University of Kerala Physics
      Field of Research :  AI & ML for Climate Extremes, Dynamical Downscaling, Ultra High Resolution Modeling of Climate & Climate Change, Global Climate Change Impacts, Global Cloud Resolving Modeling, Monsoon Variability, Tropical Climate Studies using Satellite Observations, Numerical Weather Prediction and Physical Initialization, Predictability of Tropical Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System.

Academic/Research Experience/Employment

    From To Organisation Position Held
    20 June 2024 Present Institute for Climate Change Studies, KSCSTE, Govt. Kerala Director (on Deputation)
    Apr 2023 Present CSIR-4PI Chief Scientist
    Apr 2016 Mar 2023 CSIR-4PI Senior Principal Scientist
    Mar 2016 Nov 2021 CSIR-4PI, Bangalore Group Head & Coordinator,
Mult-Scale Modeling Program
    May 2018 Jun 2018 Japan Business Center/Meteorological Research Institute (MRI)/Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tsukuba, Japan Visiting Scientist
    Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Univ. of Tsukuba/Meteorological Research Institute (MRI)/Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tsukuba, Japan Visiting Scientist
    Mar 2013 Mar 2013 Meteorological Research Institute (MRI)/Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tsukuba, Japan Visiting Scientist
    Jan 2012 Feb 2012 JAMSTEC, Meteorological Research Institute (MRI)/Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tsukuba, Japan Visiting Scientist
    Apr 2010 Mar 2016 CSIR-4PI Principal Scientist
    Nov 2007 Feb 2008 AESTO, Meteorological Research Institute (MRI)/Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tsukuba, Japan Visiting Scientist
    Apr 2006 Mar 2010 CSIR C-MMACS Senior Scientist
    Apr 2004 Mar 2006 Meteorological Research Institute (MRI)/Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tsukuba, Japan Research Scientist
    Apr 2002 Mar 2004 Meteorological Research Institute (MRI)/Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tsukuba, Japan JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow
     Mar 2000 Feb 2002 Florida State University, FL, USA Postdoctoral Research Fellow
     Aug 1999 Mar 2000 IISc Bangalore Research Associate

Publications


     Research Publications:
        Peer Reviewed Publications -  51
        Conference Publications & Invited Talks -  100
        Book Chapters -  6
        Preprints -  3
        Technical Notes/Reports-  2 ( NCAR-USA Technical Note & BMRC-Australia Research report)
        Ph. D. Students Completed -  5
        Projects Undertaken in CSIR-4PI as PI/Co-PI -  11
        Centre of Excellence Established -  1 (@KSCSTE-ICCS, Kerala)

Honors:

  • Director, KSCSTE-Institute for Climate Change Studies (KSCSTE-ICCS), Government of Kerala
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Earth System Sciences
  • Member, Working Group in climate change, State Planning Commission, Government of Kerala (12th FY)
  • Member, Board of Studies in Atmospheric Sciences, Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin, India, (2011-2015)
  • Member, Scientific and Academic Committee, Institute for Climate Change Studies, Department of Environment, Govt. of Kerala
  • Selected as Assistant Professor, CAS, IIT Delhi (Nov 2006)
  • JSPS Research Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, 2002
  • Award for Academic Excellence, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1997
  • First Rank, M. Sc. (Meteorology), Cochin University of Science & Technology, Cochin, India, 1992
  • Dr. N.K. Panicker Memorial Prize, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India, 1992
  • Prof. C.V. Kurian Endowment Prize for Academic Excellence, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India, 1992

Projects:

     Co-PI: SERB, GoI, Project on "Centre of Excellence (CoE) in AI for Climate Extremes (ACE)", Approved in 2024
     Co-PI: DST, GoI, Project on "Assessment of regional hydrology using space borne gravity observations. Robust estimation of deformation due to hydrological loading in NE-India and Upper Ganga river basin", GAP-1016 (Apr. 2019-Mar. 2023).
     PI: MoES, GoI, Monsoon Mission Project on "Improving the prediction of the extremes of the interannual variation of the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall (ISMR) by CFSv2", GAP-1013 (Sep. 2018-Dec. 2021).
     PI: CSIR 12th Five year plan network project on "Vulnerability assessment and development of adaptation strategies for climate change impact with special reference to coasts and island ecosystems of India (VACCIN)", ISC-03-02 (Jul. 2015-Jun. 2017).
     PI: GoK, Climate Change Project funded by Department of Environment and Climate Change, Government of Kerala, on "Future climate change projection for Kerala using high resolution climate model", R-1-166 (Jun. 2012-May. 2015).
     PI: CSIR Collaborative project on "Climate Change and Variability: Modeling, Analysis and Downscaling in the context of Indian Monsoon" with MRI, Japan and DCCC, IISc, Bangalore R-8-118 (Jul. 2012-Jun. 2015).
     PI: ISRO, GoI, Megha-Tropiques Mission Project "Impact of physical assimilation of vertical profiles of latent heating and moisture on short-range weather forecasting", R-0-149 (Mar. 2007-2013).
     Co-PI: CSIR Empower Scheme Project on "Impact of regional aerosol radiative forcing on Indian monsoon", R-8-113 (Sep. 2010-Aug. 2012).
     Co-PI: JAXA TRMM Project "Feasibility study to construct a high impact weather event warning system", with Meteorological Research Institute, Japan (Jul. 2007-Mar. 2012).
     Co-PI: MRI-JMA Project "Super high resolution modeling of tropical climate under future scenarios", with Meteorological Research Institute, Japan (Jul. 2007-Mar. 2012).
     Co-PI: WCRP/WGNE, WMO Project "Aqua-planet experiment project (APE)", World Meteorological Organiztion (WMO), [Link] (May 2003-May 2013).
     Co-PI: JAXA TRMM Project "Towards Further Understanding of MJO from TRMM data and JMA Forecast Data", with Meteorological Research Institute, Japan (Jul. 2007-Mar. 2010).