Talks & Scientific Contributions

Invited Talks & Outreach

Guest Speaker, “From Climate Science to Climate Action: What the Ocean is Telling Us and Why It Matters,” Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai (Apr 2026)
Invited Lecturer, “Climate Change and its Implications for India,” Workshop on Understanding Climate Change, Bhavatal Foundation & IISER Pune (Mar 2026)
Invited Speaker, “Revealing the Colors of the Indian Ocean,” NASA, USA (Jul 2023)
Invited Speaker, “Revealing the Colors of the Indian Ocean,” NSWIO-BGC, CMLRE Kochi (Apr 2023)
Co-Mentor & Lecturer, ML-based Species Distribution Modelling Training Programme, INCOIS Hyderabad (Sep 2023) — NOAA–MoES collaboration under IOC-UNESCO DECCaD-IO initiative

Workshops & Training

Brainstorming Meeting on Tropical Biometeorology — development of a new programme addressing pollution, climate change, and health impacts, IITM Pune (Jan 2024)
Brainstorming Meeting on Future Roadmap for Indian Ocean Research (IOGOOS, IIOE-2, IORP, IRF, SIBER, IOCINDIO, SCOR, IOC), INCOIS Hyderabad (Nov 2023)
WCRP Open Science Conference 2023 — represented Indo-Pacific Hub in My Climate Risk (MCR) Lighthouse Activity “Democratizing Climate Science: Making It Meaningful at Local Scales”, Kigali (Oct 2023)
WCRP MCR Lighthouse Side Event, ICRC-CORDEX 2023 — organised and chaired, “Leveraging Climate Research and Modeling for Action in the Indo-Pacific Region”, IITM Pune (Sep 2023)
Training on Satellite-based Tools for Investigating Aquatic Ecosystems, Plymouth Marine Laboratory & ESA, UK (Apr–Jul 2023)
Brainstorming Sessions on Indian Ocean Biogeochemistry (NSWIO-BGC), CMLRE Kochi, MoES (Apr 2023)
Annual Monsoon Workshop & National Symposium on Climate Services for Health in a Warming Environment, IITM Pune (Mar 2023)
ComSciCon-UVA Chapter Workshop, University of Virginia (Aug 2022)
OceanHackWeek, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences & University of Washington (Aug 2021)
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Summer Workshop (Jun 2021)
Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO-BGC) Workshop, G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative (May–Jun 2021)
7th National Conference of the Ocean Society of India (OSICON 2021) (Aug 2021)
Climate Science and Policy e-School, IIT Bombay (Aug 2020)
Workshop on Prediction Skill of Extreme Precipitation Events and Tropical Cyclones & Annual Climate Change Workshop, IITM Pune (Nov 2019)
Stakeholder Consultation on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction, CMLRE Kochi (Jul 2019)
HPC Pratyush User Training, IITM Pune (Feb 2018)
Ocean Society of India Meeting & OSICON 2017, NCESS Trivandrum (Aug 2017)
GEWEX–CLIVAR Monsoon Panel Meetings, Qingdao, China (Sep 2016)
CLIVAR Open Science Conference & Early Career Scientists Symposium, Qingdao, China (Sep 2016) — travel supported by IMBER/COR (USA)
Advanced School on Earth System Modelling & Workshop on Climate Change and Regional Impacts over South Asia, ICTP Trieste & IITM Pune (Jul 2016)
Advanced Refresher Course on Operational Climate Services, MTI IMD Pune (Aug 2015)
ICTP–IITM Training on Monsoon Prediction Challenges, IITM Pune (Feb 2015)
ICTP–IITM–COLA Targeted Training Activity on Monsoon Prediction, Trieste, Italy (Jun–Jul 2014)

Conference Presentations

Modi, A., Roxy M. K., S. Ghosh, “Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Primary Productivity in the Tropical Indian Ocean: Evidence from Satellite Observations and Earth System Models,” WCRP Open Science Conference, Kigali, Rwanda (Oct 2023)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., S. Ghosh, “Improved Estimation of Ocean Ecosystem Indicators Using Monte-Carlo Gap-Filling in Cloud-Prone Indian Ocean Color Data,” WCRP Open Science Conference, Kigali, Rwanda (Oct 2023)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., S. Ghosh, “Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Phytoplankton Phenology in the Tropical Indian Ocean,” Trevor Platt Science Symposium, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK (Aug 2023)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., S. Ghosh, “Revealing the Colors of the Indian Ocean: Filling Gaps in Ocean Color Data and Quantifying Climate Change Impact on Marine Primary Productivity,” NSWIO-BGC, CMLRE Kochi (Apr 2023)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., S. Ghosh, “Understanding the Biophysical Interactions in the Tropical Indian Ocean in a Changing Climate,” IIOSC 2023, Perth, Australia (Feb 2023)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., S. Ghosh, “Addressing the Uncertainty in Estimation of Ecological Indicators of the Marine Ecosystem,” AGU Fall Meeting (Dec 2021)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., “Difference in the Past Trends and Future Projections of Marine Primary Productivity between CMIP6 and CMIP5 Models,” AGU Fall Meeting (Dec 2021)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., S. Ghosh, “Understanding Biophysical Interactions over the Tropical Indian Ocean,” IIT Bombay (Oct 2021)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., S. Ghosh, “Understanding Biophysical Interactions over the Tropical Indian Ocean,” IIT Bombay (Oct 2020)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., S. Ghosh, “Understanding Biophysical Interactions over the Tropical Indian Ocean in a Changing Climate,” IIT Bombay (Aug 2019)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., “Contrasting Trends of Marine Phytoplankton in the Tropical Indian Ocean,” CLIVAR Open Science Conference & Early Career Scientists Symposium, Qingdao, China (Sep 2016)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., et al., “Decline in Marine Phytoplankton — Changing Monsoon Winds or Warming Ocean?,” Workshop on Climate Change and Regional Impacts over South Asia, IITM Pune (Jul 2016)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., et al., “Marine Ecosystem Response to the Rapid Warming over the Tropical Indian Ocean,” SPIE Asia Pacific Conference on Remote Sensing, New Delhi (Apr 2016)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., et al., “Decline in Marine Phytoplankton — Changing Monsoon Winds or Warming Ocean?,” Annual Monsoon Workshop & National Symposium, IITM Pune (Feb 2016)
Modi, A., Roxy M. K., et al., “Marine Ecosystem Response to the Rapid Warming over the Tropical Indian Ocean,” National Space Science Symposium, VSSC Thiruvananthapuram (Feb 2016)