The Meteorological Department is a department of meteorological services, which is a body of knowledge about weather conditions and weather conditions. It is a daily weather report, a compilation of weather parameters and observations made by meteorological stations during a day. It contains useful information for the general public, farmers, fishermen, aviation, etc. It is an important activity carried out by meteorological stations around the world once an hour. It is divided into several categories. It is an agency that provides information on weather forecasting and seismology. It operates under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.
Chennai Meteorological Centre
was :
Chennai
Meteorological Centre was started in the 18th century. In 1786, William Petrie,
an officer of the East India Company, privately established an astronomical
observatory at Egmore. Later, in 1792, the Governor of Madras, Charles Oakley,
officially established this observatory as the Madras Astronomical Observatory.
The observatory initially focused on astronomical research. Over time, when the
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) was established in 1875, all
meteorological services in India were brought under a central authority.
In
1945, the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai was established on the basis
of the Madras Astronomical Observatory. It is responsible for overseeing
meteorological work in South India. Thus, the Chennai Meteorological Centre,
which started as a private astronomical observatory, has today developed into a
major meteorological service provider in South India.
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The names of the key leaders
of the Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai and the years they were in
charge are as follows:
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S.R. Ramanan: |
S.R.
Ramanan started his career as a Senior Observer in the Indian Meteorological
Department in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh in 1980. Later, he was appointed as the
Director of the Area Cyclone Warning Centre of the Regional Meteorological
Centre, Chennai in 2002. After 36 years of service, he retired on 31 March
2016. He served as the Director till 2016. |
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S. Balachandran: |
He
took over after Ramanan's retirement in 2016. Later, he was promoted to the
post of Director of the Southern Meteorological Centre in 2022. |
|
Puviarasan: |
Appointed
as Director in January 2022. He was replaced by Senthamarai Kannan in January
2022. |
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Senthamarai Kannan: |
Joined
as Director in January 2022. He retired in February 2025. |
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B. Amudha: |
Joined
as Director on March 1, 2025, following the retirement of S. Balachandran on
February 28, 2025. |
Dr.
P. Amudha has been appointed as the first woman Chairman of the Chennai
Meteorological Centre. Dr. P. Amudha took charge on March 1, 2025, following
the retirement of the previous Chairman S. Balachandran on February 28, 2025.
Dr. P. Amudha took charge on March 1, 2025. Amudha joined the Indian
Meteorological Department in 1991. She holds a Masters in Physics and a
Bachelor of Laws from Queen Mary College, Chennai. She also holds a PhD in
research on the Northeast Monsoon and Cyclones. Amudha, who has been working in
the meteorological department for 33 years, is the first woman head of the
Chennai Meteorological Centre.
Under her leadership, she has emphasized on providing weather information to the public in simple Tamil.
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