Who are we?
WeatherCast Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a startup incorporated in May 2022. We are a cross-functional team of individuals from diverse backgrounds. With expertise in meteorology, fluid dynamics, machine intelligence, data analytics, and environmental engineering, our team is a group of qualified individuals focussed on developing a tech-driven hybrid model for providing reliable weather updates. Our advisors and mentors are from various domains with immense knowledge and expertise.
What matters to us?
Climate and weather prediction and timely dissemination of information is a complex but necessary task. Life matters, livestock matters, environment matters! And if there’s a small chance that we can save all of these, we’d like to make a difference. With customized, simplified, easy to understand actionable weather reports, and more importantly, at least 30-40% better forecasts at micro- and macro scales, we hope to make a tangible impact on businesses and organisations disrupted by extreme and unseasonal weather patterns.
What we do?
Presently, acute lack of reliable information on varied spatio-temporal scales disrupt businesses that rely heavily on ever-changing weather and climate patterns. Our approach and solution will overcome this problem of reliability. By combining process modeling, data-analytics, and machine learning, we aim to provide precise short-range forecast, impact-based forecasts, and weather warnings. Using expert analysis tools, we would provide customized solutions, which would help plan operations, thereby prevent damage and losses.
Our Team
Sridhar Balasubramanian (Co-Founder)
Prof. Sridhar Balasubramanian is a leading expert in weather and climate analysis, modelling, and data-driven forecasting, with more than 20 years of experience in fluid mechanics and geophysical flows. He is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Interdisciplinary Programme in Climate Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay).
After earning his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University, Prof. Balasubramanian worked as a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, where he developed a deep expertise in ocean–atmosphere dynamics. His research continues to advance the understanding of weather systems, and he collaborates extensively with meteorologists and climate scientists worldwide.
In addition to his academic contributions, Prof. Balasubramanian is widely recognized for his weather advisories and climate insights, which are followed by thousands on social media. He regularly contributes as a guest author to The Weather Channel, India, and his expert opinions are frequently quoted in the media.
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Swetha M Sridhar (Co-Founder & CEO)
Ms. Swetha, M.S in Environmental Engineering from the University of North Carolina, is the co-founder of WeatherCast Solutions.
She brings with her over 12 years of rich industry experience along with good knowledge in environmental engineering, and project management.
Her strong technical and managerial expertise helps in business development and customer relations.
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Our Advisors
Prof. Joe Fernando
Advisor
Prof. Fernando is the Wayne and Diana Murdy Family Endowed Professor of Engineering and Geosciences at University of Notre Dame, USA. He holds joint appointments in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences (primary) and Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering. His research interests cover a various range of topics ranging namely, atmospheric flows, meteorology, wind energy, urban heat island, and climate change. He has led multiple field campaigns across the world and is an expert in observational and dynamical meteorology. We are really fortunate to have him as an Advisor and look forward to valuable inputs.
Mr. Krishanand Hosalikar
Advisor
Mr. Hosalikar is a Scientist ‘G’ and currently the Head of Climate Research & Services at IMD, Pune. Before taking up this current position, he was the Regional Head of IMD Mumbai. He has immense experience in technical instrumentation related to meteorology and numerical weather forecasting. We are delighted to have him as an Advisor and look forward to valuable inputs.