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'''Vimal Mishra''' is an academic, researcher and climate scientist. He is a Vikram Sarabhai Chair Professor at the [[IIT Gandhinagar|Indian Institute of Technology]] Gandhinagar, India. His research focuses on [[Climate variability and change]], land-atmospheric interactions, land surface [[hydrological modelling]], operational hydrology to monitor and predict hydrologic extremes, and hydroclimatic extremes and their physical understanding (droughts, floods, and heatwaves).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Churchill's policies to blame for millions of Indian famine deaths, study says |url= https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/29/asia/churchill-bengal-famine-intl-scli-gbr/index.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=CNN |date= 29 March 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Nearly Half Of India Facing Droughts, Say IIT Scientists |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/nearly-half-of-india-facing-droughts-say-iit-scientists-2000785 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=NDTV}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vimal Mishra |url= https://csd.iitgn.ac.in/wp/team/vimal_mishra/|access-date=2025-03-04 |website=CSD}}</ref> For his research work, he was awarded [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], in 2022 by the [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prized Science, Every drop counts, and making quality medicine|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/editors-pick/prized-science-every-drop-counts-and-making-quality-medicine-101695938386746.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Hindustan Times |date=29 September 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Koshy |first1=Jacob |title= After year's delay, CSIR's Bhatnagar awards for 2022 announced|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/centre-announces-winners-of-bhatnagar-prize-after-a-years-delay/article67295145.ece|access-date=2025-03-04 |website=The Hindu |date=11 September 2023 }}</ref> He was the sole awardee in the Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean, and Planetary Sciences category in 2022 for this prize.

== Education ==

Mishra completed his bachelor's in technology in [[Agricultural engineering|Agricultural Engineering]] from [[Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology]], Kanpur, followed by master's in technology from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Vimal Mishra |url=https://blogs.iiit.ac.in/monthly_news/prof-vimal-mishra |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=IIIT}}</ref> He completed his [[PhD]] from [[Purdue University]], West Lafayette, USA. His dissertation title was “Understanding impacts of historic climate variability and climate change on lakes in the Great Lakes Region.”<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mishra |first1=Vimal |title= Understanding the impacts of historic climate variability and climate change on lakes in the Great Lakes region|url=https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/AAI3413988/|access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Purdue University |date=January 2010 |pages=1–238 }}</ref>

== Career ==

He started his career as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the [[University of Washington-Seattle]], Washington where he served for two years. Coming back to India, he joined as an assistant professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar]]. He is currently serving as a Vikram Sarabhai Chair Professor, lead researcher at IIT Gandhinagar.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Vimal Mishra |url=https://iitgn.ac.in/faculty/civil/fac-vimal |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=IITGN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vimal Mishra's Profile |url= https://futureearth.org/contacts/v-vimal-mishra/|access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Future Earth}}</ref>

Prof. Mishra is a Fellow of [[American Geophysical Union]] (AGU),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vimal Mishra's Profile on AGU |url= https://www.agu.org/user-profile?cstkey=D64220A2-16AF-4955-A34C-F13684D60AC4 |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=AGU}}</ref> Fellow of [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], The [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] (NASI),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vimal Mishra's Profile |url= https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2025026|access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> Indian National Science Academy,<ref>{{Cite web |title= Fellows Elected 2025 |url=https://insaindia.res.in/recent-elected-fellows/|access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> Indian Meteorological Society (IMS),<ref>{{Cite web |title= IMS Fellows |url=https://www.imetsociety.org/wp-content/pdf/docs/others/IMS_fellows.pdf|access-date=2025-03-06 |website=IMET Society}}</ref> a member of other reputed organizations and committees.

Prof. Mishra's lab at IITGN is reported to make a significant contribution to developing real-time monitoring and prediction systems for droughts and floods in India.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Extreme weather events to rise manifold in India |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/science/extreme-weather-events-to-rise-manifold-in-india-due-to-climate-change-iit-study-1163785.html |access-date=2025-03-06|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref> He is credited with developing and transferring an operational platform for real-time monitoring and forecasting of land surface [[hydrology]] products to the [[India Meteorological Department]] (IMD). The India Drought Monitor, a platform he developed, provides real-time information and forecasts on drought.<ref>{{Cite news |title= India heat wave climate change |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/09/india-heat-wave-climate-change |access-date=2025-03-06|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Climate change has made India's heatwaves 199 times more likely |url=https://thewire.in/environment/climate-change-has-made-indias-heatwaves-100-times-more-likely |access-date=2025-03-06|website=The Wire}}</ref>

A study conducted by Prof. Mishra and his team on “Drought and Famine in India, 1870–2016”, published in the [[Geophysical Research Letters]] Journal, provided scientific backing for the argument that [[Winston Churchill in politics, 1900–1939|Winston Churchill]]'s policies played a significant role in contributing to the 1943 catastrophe, The [[Bengal famine of 1943|Bengal famine]], that claimed 3 million Indian lives.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Safi |first1=Michael |title=Churchill's policies contributed to 1943 Bengal famine – study|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/29/winston-churchill-policies-contributed-to-1943-bengal-famine-study|access-date=2025-03-04 |website=The Guardian |date=29 March 2019 }}</ref>

He is also a lead author for India's Climate Research Agenda: 2030 and beyond.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Climate Research Agenda 2030 and beyond|url=
https://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/India%27s%20Climate%20Research%20Agenda%202030%20and%20beyond.pdf |access-date=2025-03-06|website=DST.Gov}}</ref> He was a contributing author of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] ([[IPCC]]). He served as an expert in the Scoping Meeting of IPCC AR7.<ref>{{Cite web |title= IPCC|url=https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter08.pdf
|access-date=2025-03-06|website=IPCC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= IPCC Report |url=https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2022/04/FINAL-REPT-P-55.pdf |access-date=2025-03-06|website=IPCC}}</ref>

He is on editorial board as an editor, associate editor of various journals such as Earth's Future ([[American Geophysical Union|AGU]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title= Editorial Board |url=https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/23284277/editorial-board/editorial-board|access-date=2025-03-04 |website=AGU Pubs |doi=10.1002/(ISSN)2328-4277 }}</ref> [[Scientific Data (journal)|Scientific Data]] ([[Nature Publishing Group]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title= Editorial Board Nature Publishing Group |url=
https://www.nature.com/sdata/editorial-board
|access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Nature}}</ref> [[Journal of Hydrology]], [[Frontiers in Earth Science]]s, [[Frontiers in Climate]],<ref>{{Cite web |title= Editorial|url=
https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/738095/editorial |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Frontiers}}</ref> Remote Sensing of Earth Systems Science ([[Springer Publishing|Springer]]),<ref>{{Cite web |title= Editorial Board Springer Publishing |url= https://link.springer.com/journal/41976/editorial-board|access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Springer}}</ref> and other reputed journals with high impact factor.

== Awards==

Prof. Mishra received [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] for his contributions in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title= IIT Gandhinagar Professor Receives National Academy of Sciences Fellowship for His Research on Water Sustainability |url= https://www.news18.com/news/education-career/iit-gandhinagar-professor-receives-national-academy-of-sciences-fellowship-for-his-research-on-water-sustainability-4506611.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=News18}}</ref>
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Devendra Lal Memorial Medal for his research and contributions to Earth Sciences.

== Publications==

He has over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, published in reputed journals such as Nature Geoscience, Water Resources Research, Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth's Future, Environmental Research Letters, and other leading journals.

Some of the journal articles are as follows:

* D. Singh Chuphal,K. Thirumalai, & V. Mishra, Recent drying of the Ganga River is unprecedented in the last 1,300 years, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (40) e2424613122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2424613122 (2025).
* Asoka, A., Gleeson, T., Wada, Y., & Mishra, V. (2017). Relative contribution of monsoon precipitation and pumping to changes in groundwater storage in India. Nature Geoscience, 10(2), 109–117. doi:10.1038/ngeo28699
* Mishra, V., Ambika, A. K., Asoka, A., Aadhar, S., Buzan, J., Kumar, R., & Huber, M. (2020). Moist heat stress extremes in India enhanced by irrigation. Nature Geoscience, 13(11), 722–728. doi:10.1038/s41561-020-00650-8
* Shah, D., & Mishra, V. (2020b). Integrated Drought Index (IDI) for Drought Monitoring and Assessment in India. Water Resources Research, 56(2), e2019WR026284 doi:10.1029/2019WR026284
* Shah, R. D., & Mishra, V. (2015a). Development of an experimental near-real-time drought monitor for India. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(1), 327–345. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-14-0041.1
* Nanditha, J., & Mishra, V. (2022a). Multiday precipitation is a prominent driver of floods in Indian river basins. Water Resources Research, 58(7), e2022WR032723. doi:10.1029/2022WR03272

== References ==

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== External links==

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*[https://vmishra.people.iitgn.ac.in/water&climate/#/ Water and Climate Lab, IIT Gandhinagar]

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