Ram Krishna

About

Meteorology ,

Australian Bureau of Meteorology (on pre- retirement leave)

Summary

• 23 years at the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS)
o Director, FMS
o Manager, Nadi Regional Cyclone Warning Centre
o Head, Climatology Division

• 26 years’ experience as Supervisor, International Affairs, coordinating Bureau of Meteorology’s international affairs, focussed on the Pacific Islands in close association with SPREP & WMO

• Permanent Representative of Fiji with WMO

• Chair, WMO Regional Association (RA) V Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South Pacific and the South-east Indian Ocean, 1985-1990

• Vice-President, WMO RA V, 1989 - 1990

• Regional Coordinator, UNDP/WMO Regional Project - Support to the Tropical Cyclone Programme in the South Pacific 1987-1990

• Member, U N Ad-Hoc Expert Group on the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) 1988 -1989

• Team Leader of project: A Needs Analysis for the Strengthening of Pacific Meteorological Services – Meeting the Challenges, 2000

• Author, Kiribati Meteorological Strategy 2014-19

Qualifications and credentials

MSc (Meteorology), Coursework, 1973-74; followed by Master's thesis in Fiji while working at the Fiji Meteorological Service, 1974-76, Completed, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

Diploma in Meteorology, 1969: Diploma in Management 1992., Diploma in Meteorology 1969; Management 1992, Completed, Diploma in Meteorology: Wellington University and Meteorology Training School, NZ Meteorological Service; Management: University of the South Pacific

English, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent, Excellent

Work experience

Meteorologist

Strategic Planning in Meteorology and Tropical Cyclone Warning Systems

Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Supervisor, International Affairs, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, 1990 onwards., Australia, Australia, Supervisor, International Affairs, Australian Bureau of Meteorology,, Coordination of International Meteorology with focus on the Pacific Islands, • attending and/or representing the Director of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in SPREP’s Pacific Meteorological Services Directors’ (PMSD) meet

Prepare Kiribati Meteorological Strategy 2014-19, World Meteorological Organization, Consultant, Australia, Completed document: Republic of Kiribati Meteorological Strategy and Implementation Plan 2014-19 in consultation with the Kiribati Meteorological Ser

WMO Fact-finding mission to Fiji, World Meteorological Organization, Chair, and Lead author of Mission report, Fiji, a) Chair the meeting of the team put together by WMO b) Deliver the completed the report on the findings of the mission to WMO.

Publications

A needs analysis for the strengthening of the Pacific Meteorological Services (Team Leader of Project and Author of document), South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, https://www.sprep.org/publications/a-needs-analysis-for-the-strengthening-of-pacific-islands-meteorological-services-meeting-the-challenges

Republic of Kiribati Meteorological Strategy and Implementation Plan, Australian Bureau of Meteorology

Fact-Finding Mission to Fiji 2007, World Meteorological Organization