IMD director Mrityunjay Mohapatra became the vice-president of ‘World Meteorological Organisation’, know about him

WMO Vice-President: India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Mrityunjay Mohapatra has been elected as the third Vice-President of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday (June 1). WMO has given information about this by tweeting. Mrityunjay Mohapatra, originally from Odisha, is known as the Cyclone Man of India. He is heading the Meteorological Department since 2019.

Apart from Mohapatra, two other persons were also promoted to the post of Vice President of WMO. Among them are Eoin Moran, director of Met Éireann from Ireland, and Douda Konate, director of meteorology for Côte d’Ivoire. The election of WMO was held in Geneva on Thursday (June 01). In this, Abdullah Al Mandous, director of the National Meteorological Center of the United Arab Emirates, has been elected as the chairman of the WMO.

Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, director of @Indiametdept has been elected Third Vice-President of WMO at #MeteoWorld,
We congratulate all the new office holders. pic.twitter.com/XqHVuOrJN8

— World Meteorological Organization (@WMO) June 1, 2023

WMO President and Vice President

The tenure of Abdullah Al Mandous will be of four years. The WMO consists of a president and three vice-presidents. Celeste Saulo of Argentina has been appointed as the first woman Secretary-General of WMO. In which Abdullah Al Mandous has been appointed as chairman and Mrityunjay Mohapatra, Eoin Moran and Dauda Konate as vice-chairmen.

Who is Mrityunjay Mohapatra?

Mohapatra has been instrumental in accurate predictions of many cyclones like Phailin, Hudhud, Varda, Titli, Sagar, Mekunu and Fani by the IMD in the last two decades. He was appointed as Director General in the Meteorological Department from the year 2019. He was born in a small village in Bhadrak district of Odisha. He has seen the damage caused by cyclones very closely since childhood. He has done PhD in Physics from Utkal University. After completing his studies, he joined the Meteorological Department from the 1990s.

What is World Meteorological Organization?

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an organization that was established in 1950. The WMO issues an annual report on the State of the World Climate. This report serves to provide complete information on weather events as well as temperature at local, national and global levels. Apart from this, forecasting about locust swarm is another responsibility of WMO. India is a member of WMO since 1949. The WMO also praised India’s IMD for its remarkable accuracy in its forecasts and updates on Cyclone Amphan.

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