People | Climate Dynamics Lab

Meet Our Team

Researchers and scholars driving climate science forward.

Prof. Sandeep Sukumaran

Associate Professor, CAS, IIT Delhi

Mittal Foundation Chair in Climate Sciences

Dr. Sandeep leads the Climate Dynamics Lab and specializes in Indian monsoon dynamics, climate modeling, and AI applications in atmospheric science. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi, a position he has held since December 2022. He joined the Centre as an Assistant Professor in November 2017.

Ph.D. Students

Saran Ranrajendran

Ph.D. Scholar

Interannual Variability of Indian Summer Monsoon: The Role of Ocean-Atmosphere Coupling, Teleconnection and Internal Variability.

Alice Jeeva PJ

Ph.D. Scholar

Investigating scale interaction processes to advance the understanding of Indian Summer Monsoon variability.

Pankaj Lal Sahu

Ph.D. Scholar

Blending climate dynamics and machine learning to better understand and predict tropical cyclones and extreme weather.

Charudatt Puri

Ph.D. Scholar

I study monsoon dynamics, specifically focusing on how monsoon Low-Pressure Systems originate using observational datasets and global climate models.

Anirudh K M

Ph.D. Scholar

Bridging machine learning and physics to improve sub-seasonal forecasting of the Indian Summer Monsoon by modeling its complex interactions with global climate variability.