IISER Tirupati

Dr. K.Saikranthi

Department of Earth and Climate Science, IISER Tirupati

Email: saikranthi@iisertirupati.ac.in

Phone: +91 877 2500 239

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Characterizing the precipitating systems using remote sensing techniques both from in-situ and space-borne platforms.
Microphysics of Clouds and precipitation.

M.Sc (April, 2008): Mysore University, Mysore.
Ph. D (June, 2014): Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.
Junior Research Fellow (January 2009 - January 2011): National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, Gadanki, India
Senior Research Fellow (January 2011 - June 2013): National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, Gadanki, India
Postdoctoral Research Associate (January 2015 - November 2017): Divecha Centre for Climate Change, CAOS, Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bangalore, India.
Inspire Faculty (November 2017 to present): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, India

DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award from DST, Govt. of India (January 2017)
Young Scientist Award in the 2nd India Radar Meteorology Conference (IRAD) 2018.
Best paper award in National Space Science Symposium (NSSS) 2012.
Dr. S. Pancharatnam Gold Medal in Master of Science.
Prof. S. Chandrasekhar Gold Medal in Master of Science.
Prof. S. B. Bondade Gold Medal in Master of Science.
Prof. K. N. Srinivasa Rao Endowment cash prize in Master of Science.
Jawaharlal Neru Memorial Fund merit award in Master of Science.

K. Saikranthi, B. Radhakrishna, S. K. Satheesh and T. Narayana Rao. (2018). Spatial variation of rain systems during El Nino and La Nina periods over India and adjoining Ocean. Climate Dynamics, 50: 3671-3685.
Rao, T. N., K. Saikranthi, B. Radhakrishna, and S. V. B. Rao. (2016). Differences in the climatological characteristics of precipitation between active and break spells of the Indian summer monsoon. Journal of Climate, 29 (21), 7797-7814.
K. Saikranthi, T. N. Rao, B. Radhakrishna, and S. V. B. Rao. (2014). Morphology of the vertical structure of precipitation over India and adjoining oceans based on long-term measurements of TRMM PR. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120 (17), 8987-9005.
K. Saikranthi, T. N. Rao, M. Rajeevan and S.V.B. Rao. (2013). Identification of Homogeneous Rainfall Zones over Indian Region Using High-Resolution Gridded Data. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14 (1), 304-317.
K. Saikranthi, T. N. Rao, B. Radhakrishna, and S. V. B. Rao. (2013). Impact of misrepresentation of freezing-level height by the TRMM algorithm on shallow rain statistics over India and adjoining oceans. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 52 (9), 2001-2008.

One fulltime JRF position will be advertised shortly.