Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is an agency of Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) which is responsible for issuing weather forecasting for the country, meteorological observations and seismology.  It is responsible for issuing warning for adverse weather conditions such as heat and cold waves, rainfall, cyclones and natural disasters such as Tsunami and earthquakes. Indian Meteorological Department is also responsible for forecasting weather conditions and issue warnings for public if required. IMD also names tropical cyclones which originate in the Northern Indian ocean. Indian Meteorological Department in collaboration with ISRO, uses INSAT and IR series satellite data to analyse and predict the forecasting of weather conditions. IMD also uses High Performance Computing (HPC) facility - Pratyush and Mihir, for weather forecasting and climate changes.