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Prof. J. Srinivasan


Chairman,  Divecha Centre for Climate Change,

Indian Institute of Science


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Dr. Govindasamy Bala


Professor


Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Indian Institute of Science


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Invited Talks


Before 2008


  • "Climate Modeling at LLNL" at Alabama Agriculture and Mechanical University (AAMU), May 2001
  • "High Resolution Global Climate Modeling at LLNL" at Alabama Agriculture and Mechanical University (AAMU), April 2002
  • "Coupled Climate and Carbon Cycle Modeling at LLNL" at Alabama Agriculture and Mechanical University (AAMU), Oct. 2003
  •  "Increase of carbon cycle feedback with global warming" at Alabama Agriculture and Mechanical University (AAMU), May 2004
  • "Coupled climate-carbon cycle modeling at LLNL: Progress and Challenges" Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Jan. 2006, Berkeley.
  • "Consequences of releasing all the estimated fossil fuels by year 2300" at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting, Feb. 2006, St. Louis
  • "Global warming: Evidence, causes, long-term impacts, and the role of transportation" at CalStart's California's transportation energy future conference, 1 Dec. 2005, Los Angeles
  •  "Global warming: Evidence, causes, and long-term impacts" at Department of Physics, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, Alabama, April, 2006
  •  "Evaluation of CCSM3 simulation using the Finite Volume dynamical core at 1 deg resolution for the atmospheric dynamics" at the Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India, June 2007
  •  "Climatic consequences of large scale land cover change" at the Center for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India, June 2007
  • “Modeling the interaction between global climate and carbon cycle”, IITM, Pune, September 2008
  • “Sunshade geoengineering and global hydrology”, IITM, Pune, September 2008
  • “Physics of Climate Change”, Department of Physics, IISc, October, 2008.
  • “Climate Modeling”, CDAC, University of Poona, Pune, September 2008.


2009


  • “Impact of geoengineering schemes on the global hydrological cycle: Insights from radiative forcing and fast climate response”, EESS Seminar, Stanford University., May 2009
  • “Impact of geoengineering schemes on the global hydrological cycle: Insights from radiative forcing and fast climate response” NASA/AMES, Mountain view, California., June 2009.
  • “Impact of geoengineering schemes on the global hydrological cycle: Insights from radiative forcing and fast climate response” Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, June 2009
  • “Physics of Climate Change”, Department of Physics, Jain College, Bangalore, India, July 2009.
  • “Science of Climate Change”, Department of Physics and Electronics, Indian Academy Degree College, Bangalore, India, August 2009.
  • “Geoengineering to combat climate change” The Institution of Engineers (India), Mysore, Karnataka, India, September 2009.
  • “Science of Climate Change” Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India, 21 October 2009.
  • “Where does the emitted CO2 end up?” Alpha College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, 4 November 2009.
  • “An overview of Climate Change”, Architecture Department, Ramaiah College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, 12 November 2009.
  • “Climate Projections for the globe and India”, Climate change and forests- Orientation program for Karnataka Forest Department, CST, IISc, Bangalore-12, 13 November 2009.


2010


  • “The global carbon cycle”, Indian Science Congress, Trivandrm, 5 January 2010.
  • “Climate Modeling of Geoengineering” Afro-Asian Conclave, JNCASR, 11 Feb. 2010
  • “Global climate change modeling”, National Space Science Symposium, Rajkot, Gujarat, 26 February 2010.
  • “Brightening of marine clouds to counteract global warming” Climate Change Seminar, Divecha Center for Climate Change, 4 March 2010.
  • “The Global Carbon Cycle” HSBC Climate Champions-Earth Watch, Sirsi, Karnataka, 17 April 2010.
  • “An overview of Climate Change” Center for Environmental Studies and Research (CESAR), Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, 6 June 2010.
  • “Challenges in modeling the global climate and carbon cycle” NASA-AMES, Moffett field, CA, USA, 8 July 2010.
  • “Albedo Enhancement of Marine Clouds to Counter Global Warming”, Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution, Stanford University, 13 July 2010.
  • “An overview of Climate Change” Department of Statistics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 15 October 2010.
  • "The Global Carbon Cycle", IISc-Earthwatch Climate Champions Program for HSBC employees, Sirsi-Karnataka, 3 December 2010
  • “Introduction to global carbon cycle”, DST-SERC School, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, 7 December 2010.
  • “Climate mitigation via geoengineering” DST-SERC School, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, 7 December 2010.
  • “Challenges in Modeling the global climate and carbon cycle” Indio-French workshop on applied mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 9 December 2010.


2011


  • “Geoengineering”, 22nd meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, New Delhi, 2nd February 2011.
  • “Climate Stabilization via Geoengineering”, Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 2nd February 2011.
  • “An overview on Climate Change”, Physics Department, Bangalore University, 10 February 2011.
  • “Climate modeling and massive datasets”, Workshop on Scientific Discovery through intensive data exploration”, JNCASR, Bangalore, 11 February 2011
  • “Climate change and its impacts” Keynote address, Department of Civil Engineering, R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore, 23 February 2011.
  • “Climate mitigation via Geoengineering”, Climate champion program for HSBC employees, Sirsi, Karnataka, April 2011.
  • "Introduction to atmospheric, climate and carbon cycle science" Training for higher secondary students participating in International Earth Science Olympiad, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 11 May 2011
  • “Science, Impacts and Mitigation of Climate change” Mathematics Department, Bangalore University, Bangalore, 31 May 2011.
  • “The Science, Impacts and Mitigation of Climate Change” Mathematics Department, MES College, Bangalore, 5 September 2011.
  • “Climate mitigation via Geoengineering”, Climate champion program of Earth Watch, Sirsi, Karnataka, 26 November 2011.
  • “Why should we be concerned about Global Warming?” DST Inspire Program for PU students, Sri Siddaganga College of Arts and Science for Women, Tumkur, 15 December 2011.
  • “General circulation of the atmosphere”, Training on Snow studies, climate change and Remote Sensing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 17 December 2011
  • “Geoengineering”, Training on Snow studies, climate change and Remote Sensing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 20 December 2011.
  • “Climate Feedbacks”, Training on Snow studies, climate change and Remote Sensing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 21 December 2011.


2012


  • “Why should we be concerned about global warming” Key note address, Seminar on Impacts of Climate Change, Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore, 24 Jan. 2012
  • “What is the latest in Climate Change?” Seminar on Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture, 5 May 2012, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.
  • “Climate change projections for India” Discussion meeting on climate change impacts on India at CICERO, Oslo, Norway, 23-26 May 2012.
  • “Climate change projections for ASEAN region” Meeting of ASEAN-India – Expert on Climate Change, Bangalore, 26-29 June 2012.


2013


  • “Short lived climate forcers with reference to Black carbon” Ministerial meeting of BASIC countries, Chennai, Feb 15-16, 2013
  • “Challenges in Modeling the climate system” Indo-UK Technology Foresight workshop, New Delhi, 19-21 March 2013.
  • “General circulation of the atmosphere”, Training on Snow studies, climate change and Remote Sensing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 6 March 2013
  • “Geoengineering”, Training on Snow studies, climate change and Remote Sensing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 8 March 2013.
  • “Climate Feedbacks”, Training on Snow studies, climate change and Remote Sensing, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 6 March 2013.
  • “Use of statistical tools in Climate Science” Department of Statistics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 15 March 2013.
  • “General circulation of the atmosphere”, Indo-Swiss Training Program in Glaciology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 3 April 2013
  • "Fast Vs. Slow Response in climate Change”, Climate Change Seminar, Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, 27 June 2013.
  • “The Science of Climate Change”, Department of Physics, Nijalingappa College, KLE Society, Bangalore.
  • "Fast Vs. Slow Response in climate Change”, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad, 26 August 2013.
  • “The Science of Geoengineering”, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad, 27 August 2013.
  • “Challenges in Modeling the Climate System”, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad, 28 August 2013.
  • “An overview of Geoengineerng”, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Climate change seminar series, 25 Sept. 2013.
  • “What is new in the latest IPCC report” Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 18 October 2013.
  • “Feedbacks in the Climate System”, Training Program on Climate Modeling, Center for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 20 December 2013.


2014


  • "The General Circulation”, Training Program on Climate Science, Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 23 January 2014.
  • “The Global Carbon Cycle”, Training Program on Climate Science, Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 23 January 2014.
  • “An overview of Climate Change”, Department of Mathematics, Bangalore University, 5 February 2014.
  • “The Global Carbon Cycle”, Department of Mathematics, Bangalore University, 5 February 2014.
  • “Quantifying Feedbacks: A hard climate science Problem?”, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, 20 March 2014.
  • “What is the latest in Climate Science”, Department of Statistics, MS University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 2 May 2014.
  • “CMIP5-Earth System Models-Options” India’s third National Communication (NATCOM-3) workshop on climate change projections, Impacts-Vulnerability-Adaptation, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, 21-22 May 2014.
  • “Key messages from the latest IPCC report on Climate Change”, Institute of Wood Science and Research, Bangalore, 30 May 2014.
  • “The General Circulation”, Training on Glaciers, Climate Change and Remote Sensing, Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 26 May –6 June 2014.
  • “Geoengineering”, Training on Glaciers, Climate Change and Remote Sensing, Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 26 May –6 June 2014.
  • “Climate Feedbacks”, Training on Glaciers, Climate Change and Remote Sensing, Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 26 May –6 June 2014.
  • “Climate Change and Sea Level Rise”, Institution of Engineers (India), Karnataka State Center, Bangalore, 5 June 2014.
  • “The Science of geoengineering”, Guest Speaker, Climate Geoengineering Governance Workshop, Council on Energy, Environment and Water, New Delhi, 23-24 June 2014.
  • “Doing Science with Earth System Models”, Training Program in Climate Modeling, Center for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT-Delhi, 30 June 2014.
  • “Can geoengineering Address Climate Change?”, Open NASA Earth Exchange, Virtual Workshop and Challenge 2014, NASA-AMES, Moffett Field, California, USA, 16 July 2014.


2015


  • “Effects of large scale deforestation on precipitation in the monsoon regions: Remote versus local effects”, Annual Monsoon Workshop, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, 2-3 March 2015.
  • “Key Messages from AR5 IPCC report on Climate Change”, IPCC outreach event, Doon University, Dehradun, 11 March 2015.
  • “Should we be concerned about climate change?” Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore, 30 March 2015.
  • “The General Circulation”, Training on Glacier studies, Climate Change and Remote Sensing, Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 8-19 June 2015.
  • “Geoengineering”, Training on Glacier studies, Climate Change and Remote Sensing, Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 8-19 June 2015.
  • “Climate Feedbacks”, Training on Glacier studies, Climate Change and Remote Sensing, Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 8-19 June 2015.
  • “The Global Carbon Cycle”, Training on Glacier studies, Climate Change and Remote Sensing, Divecha Center for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 8-19 June 2015.
  • “Effects of large scale deforestation on precipitation in the monsoon regions: Remote versus local effects”, Department of Global Ecology, Stanford University, 24 July 2015.
  • “Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Climate Change”, Seventh National Workshop on Science of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, 19-20 August, 2015, National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS), Thiruvananthapuram.
  • “CMIP5-Earth System Models-Options”, Workshop on Climate Change Projections, Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation for Third National Communication- MoEFCC, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, 28-29 October 2015.