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Dr. Samiran Mandal joined as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in June 2022. Samiran holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics from the Bankura Christian College affiliated with the University of Burdwan, M.Sc. (Mathematical Sciences) from the School of Basic Sciences (SBS), IIT Bhubaneswar, and earned his Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from the School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences (SEOCS), IIT Bhubaneswar, India. He was an Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Ocean Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Bombay before joining IIT Delhi. Samiran is the recipient of multiple best paper presentation awards and international travel grants, which includes winning the Young Researchers’ Award twice from the Ocean Society of India, DST-SERB, and the American Geophysical Union (AGU). He is the Life Member of Ocean Society of India, Indian Society of Remote Sensing and an active Member of the Early Career Research Network of International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2).

Understanding the coastal ocean around the Indian subcontinent is essential for monitoring the tides, marine ecosystem, navigation, port management, oil-spill impacts, fishery, sediment transport, coastal erosion, cyclone path prediction etc. The primary purpose of my research is to understand the multiscale coastal hydrodynamics, circulation variability and associated physical processes utilizing the recent High Frequency Radar (HFR) surface currents and other datasets (especifically, Buoys, Tide Gauges, Altimetry etc.), and model outputs at both spatial (mesoscale, 10-100 kms; sub-mesoscale, < 10 kms and Ro~1) and temporal (tidal to seasonal) scales. Samiran’s broad interest lies in exploring the physical and dynamical processes of the upper ocean at multiple spatio-temporal scales (from tidal to interannual and sub-mesoscale to mesoscales) to investigate the coastal and open ocean processes in the Northern Indian Ocean and within the Maritime Continents. Samiran’s research interests particularly include investigating the tides and tidal current hydrodynamics in the Gulfs and coastal ocean along the Indian coast, understanding the mesoscale and sub-mesoscale oceanic processes within the water column associated with circulation patterns and eddies in the northern Indian Ocean, and the upper oceanic response to the tropical cyclones from multiple observation platforms, especially the High-Frequency Radars (HFR). On the basin scale, Samiran is working on investigating the surface and subsurface marine heatwaves in the northern Indian Ocean to relate them to the boundary currents (East India Coastal Currents), tropical cyclones, and marine productivity.

Students/Scholars interested to work broadly in the above-mentioned areas of Physical Oceanography with degrees in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Mathematics or Physics or Allied Sciences with strong mathematical background are encouraged to write to me for M.Tech., Ph.D., or Post-Doctoral Positions accompanied with their detailed CVs.