PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics Karachi

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INTRODUCTIONEstablished in 1960Provides training to;PMD serving personnelPersons from other Government Organizations Defence Services (Army ,Air Force, Navy)Foreign Trainees

To improve Weather services throughEducation and Training.Aim:

Provide in service training to new entrants and existing staff of the PMD and other requesters in All fields of Meteorology ,like Observational method, techniques & procedure in basic meteorology, Climatology, Met. instruments, weather forecasting etc.

Promote public awareness regarding meteorology.

Objects :

COURSES

Advance Met. Course ( 52 weeks )Basic Forecasting Course ( 32 weeks )Preliminary Met. Course ( 18 weeks )Initial Met. Course (14 weeks )Regular Courses

Seismology & GeomagnetismMarine MeteorologyAgricultural MeteorologyHydrometeorologySatellite MeteorologyRadar MeteorologyRadiosonde MeteorologyInspection & Maintenance of Observatories

Special Courses (6 to 26 weeks )

Above all Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics also offers

Postgraduate Diploma in Meteorology

Minimum qualifications Duration M.Sc 1. 30 credit hours, Two Semesters each of 26 weeks duration.

ACHIEVEMENTS

320 COURSES ConductedUpto 31st December 2011

Regular Courses Conducted

NameDuration(Weeks)Course Conduced Initial Meteorology Course1459Preliminary Meteorology Course1872Basic Forecasting Course3240Advance Meteorology Course5201Post Graduate Diploma in Meteorology5201Total173

Special Courses Conducted

Total 4116PERSONS TRAINEDUpto 31st December 2011

1.Departmental Trainees 2386*2.Defence Trainees 14953.Other Organization 39( *More the total employees currently working in PMD)

from SAARC , Arab, African and other Countries

4. Foreigners trained 196

METEOROLOGICAL TRAINING FACILITIES FOR NEIGHBOURING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

In first phase of the project a training viz Preliminary Meteorology Course of 18 weeks duration has been conducted at Institute of Meteorology & Geophysicsfrom 25th February, 2008 to 28th June, 2008

10 Meteorological personnel, two from each following countries have attended the course

BangladeshMaldiveSri LankaNepalBhutan

Participants of first Preliminary Meteorology Course under the project

In second phase of the project, second Preliminary Meteorology Course has been conducted with effect from 20th March, 2009 to 23rd July, 2009.

11 Met personnel from following countries have attended the course from following countries: AfghanistanBangladeshNepalBhutanMyanmarSri Lanka

Participants of second Preliminary Meteorology Course under the project

In third phase of the project, 3rd special Preliminary Meteorology Course has been conducted with effect from 10th May, 2010.

10 Met personnel from following countries have attended the course from following countries: BangladeshNepalBhutanSri Lanka

in GRAPHICS

PERSONS TRAINED UPTO 2011 ( Year by Year )TOTAL: 4116

Persons Trained up to 2011

Progress is still going on . . . . . . . .

Training program for 2012

TrainingSchedule40TH BASIC FORECASTING COURSE03-10-2011 to 13-05-201260th INITIAL METEOROLOGY COURSE30-12-2011 to 04-04-201273RD PRELIMINARY METEOROLOGY COURSE04-05-2012 to 04-10 -201241st BASIC FORECASTING COURSE14-09-2012 to 23-04-201361st INITIAL METEOROLOGY COURSE 07-09-2012 to 13-12-201230th LONG ND COURSE (Meteorology module) for PN personnelOctober or November 2012