Odisha’s Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has been appointed as the Permanent Representative of India with the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
Presently Director General of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), 53-year-old Mohapatra hails from Bhadrak district.
Mohapatra and his team at the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD have earned accolades for accurate forecasts on cyclones, their wind speeds and likely impacts.
Prior to joining the IMD, Mohapatra was working at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratory in Chandipur in Baleswar.