Dr Indrani Roy awarded the 2023 L F Richardson Award by the Royal Meteorological Society

As a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (FRMetS), Dr Roy has demonstrated her commitment to excellence in her field. She has also served as a panel member of the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), UK, contributing to critical decision-making processes.  

Dr Roy's expertise is widely recognised, with her serving as a reviewer for over 30 international journals and various grant funding bodies including the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the US, the Royal Society, NERC, and NASA. Her rigorous evaluations ensure the integrity of scientific discourse and support innovative research initiatives.

She published the following first-authored paper in a Royal Met Society's International Journal of Climatology: Roy I., Tedeschi, R. G. and Collins, M., 2019, 'ENSO teleconnections to the Indian Summer Monsoon under changing climate'.

In this paper, the teleconnection between the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian summer monsoon rainfall is analysed in CMIP5 simulations in both historical and future scenario. 

Dr Roy commented: “I feel very honoured to receive the prestigious L F Richardson Award 2023 from the Royal Meteorological Society. It is indeed a great recognition of my passion and dedication to climate Science research. My heartiest thanks to my two co-authors without whose strong contributions this paper would not have been possible. 

“I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerest gratitude to scientists who believed in me and gave exposure to work under their wise supervision. That trust strengthened me to uphold my research dignity, values, integrity, ethics and morals. This award will be a great motivation for me to carry out more high-quality research through which the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide can be impacted and uplifted, which is one of my major goals for a scientific career. 

“Finally, I would like to thank the Royal Meteorological Society who play an important role in the career of many climate scientists and I deeply acknowledge that.”

The annual Awards recognises and rewards the excellence of people and teams who have made outstanding and exceptional contributions to weather, climate and associated disciplines and are considered one of the most prestigious accolades in meteorology, with a history dating back to 1901.

Links

• Announcement on the Royal Meteorological Society’s website  
• Dr Indrani Roy’s academic profile  

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• Credit: Royal Meteorological Society

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