Prof. Abhishek Savita

Dr. Abhishek Savita is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, since June 2025. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from C.S.J.M. University Kanpur (2011), a Master’s degree in Mathematics from IIT Kharagpur (2013), and also a Master of Technology’s degree in Centre for Ocean, River, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) from IIT Kharagpur (2015). He earned his PhD from the University of Tasmania and CSIRO in Australia (2021). After completing his PhD, Dr. Savita undertook a postdoctoral research position at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany (2021–2024), and subsequently joined as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science (RSMAS), University of Miami, Florida, USA (2024–2025).

Dr. Savita is also a contributing author to three chapters (2, 7, and 9) in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). He also contributed to several climate datasets performed and submitted by the Australian modeling community and published in the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF), including the FAFMIP simulations project, which he led.

Dr. Abhishek Savita's research focuses on understanding global climate dynamics through advanced numerical modeling and observational analysis. His expertise extends to quantifying ocean heat and salt content variations and their associated uncertainties, analyzing oceanic transport mechanisms, and investigating water-mass transformation processes. His work also encompasses global ocean circulation patterns, inter-basin teleconnections, and air-sea interactions, with particular emphasis on climate variability modes (such as IOD, ENSO, PDO, AMV and NAO) and their impacts on regional phenomena such as the Indian monsoon and extreme precipitation events. Dr. Savita uses both observational datasets and state-of-the-art CMIP-type coupled climate models simulations, and has extensive experience in designing, configuring, and executing oceanic, atmospheric, and coupled climate model experiments.

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