Akshay Deoras

Dr. Akshay Deoras is a Research Scientist at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) within the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading. His research focuses on Indian monsoon dynamics, tropical climate variability, and extratropical cyclones over North India. He holds an MRes in Climate and Atmospheric Science from the University of Leeds (2017).

He has been featured in prominent media outlets including The Indian Express, The Weather Channel, and BBC Marathi, providing expert commentary on extreme weather events like Cyclone Tauktae and monsoon patterns. His work includes presentations at international conferences such as the European Geosciences Union (EGU) and the American Geophysical Union (AGU), earning a Best Presentation Prize at the 2020 RMetS Conference.

Academically, he advises the Atal Tinkering Lab program at Somalwar Nikalas School in Nagpur, focusing on fostering STEM skills among high school students. His research emphasizes improving subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) prediction models for monsoon low-pressure systems and exploring interactions between monsoon systems and large-scale climate phenomena like the Madden-Julian Oscillation.