Dr. Harenduprakash has worked as Scientist G at National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Govt. of India (NCMRWF) , New Delhi During his tenure with MoEs, he was the Team Leader of the National GIS Mission. He obtained his Ph.D.(Physica l Oceanography) from Leningrad State U niversity, St.Petersburg Russia in 1984. He was engaged in the Research and development work related to Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Ocean Data Assimilation and Long Range Transport of materials in the Atmosphere. He has extensive experience in working in a super computing environment with large data sets and various models (Global Forecast - Analysis Systems, WRF, Ocean models, Ocean Data Assimilation System, Chemical Transport Models). He d eveloped various operati onal customised forecast tools related to weather over India and neighbourhood.