PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics Karachi

Organization Chart
Director

Dy. Director

Dy. Director

Meteorologist

Meteorologist

Meteorologist

Meteorologist

Meteorologist

A.O

Asstt Met

Asstt Met

Asstt. Met

Asstt. Met

Asstt. Met

Examination

Training

Instruments

Library/ Computer

Model Obsy Hostel

INTRODUCTION
Established in 1960 Provides training to;
PMD serving personnel Persons from other Government Organizations Defence Services (Army ,Air Force, Navy) Foreign Trainees

Aim:
To improve Weather services through

Education and Training.

Objects :
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.

COURSES

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

Special Courses
(6 to 26 weeks )
Seismology & Geomagnetism Marine Meteorology Agricultural Meteorology Hydrometeorology Satellite Meteorology Radar Meteorology Radiosonde Meteorology Inspection & Maintenance of Observatories

Above all Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics

also offers

Postgraduate Diploma
in Meteorology
Minimum qualifications Duration 1. 30 credit hours, 2. Two Semesters each of 26 weeks duration.

M.Sc

ACHIEVEMENTS

320 COURSES
Conducted Upto st 31 December 2011

Regular Courses
Conducted
Name
Initial Meteorology Course Preliminary Meteorology Course Basic Forecasting Course Advance Meteorology Course Post Graduate Diploma in Meteorology Duration Course (Weeks) Conduced 14 18 32 52 52 59 72 40 01 01

Total

173

Special Courses
Conducted
Name of the Course
Special Course in Seismology and Geomagnetism Special (Advance) Course (for PAF Personnel) Primary Meteorology Course (for PAF Personnel) Higher Primary Met. Course (for PAF Personnel) Special Courses (for Deptt./Non-departmental Trainees) Duration (Weeks) 26 14 14 08 Course Conduced 08 17 13 03 01

Total

157

Total 4116
PERSONS TRAINED
Upto
st 31

December 2011

1. Departmental Trainees 2386*

( *More the total employees currently working in PMD)

2. Defence Trainees
1495

3. Other Organization
39

4. Foreigners trained
196
from

SAARC , Arab, African and other Countries

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 & Geophysics from 25th February, 2008 to 28th June, 2008

10 Meteorological personnel, two from each following countries have attended the course 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Bangladesh Maldive Sri Lanka Nepal Bhutan

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:
Afghanistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Myanmar Sri 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:
Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka

 in GRAPHICS

PERSONS TRAINED UPTO 2011

( Year by Year )
TOTAL: 4116

300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1957 1962 1967 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007

Persons Trained up to 2011

2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 Departmental (2386) Defence (1495) Foreign (196) Others (39)

Progress is still going

on . . . . . . . .

Training program for 2012

Training Schedule 03-10-2011 to 13-05-2012 30-12-2011 to 04-04-2012 04-05-2012 to 04-10 -2012 14-09-2012 to 23-04-2013 07-09-2012 to 13-12-2012

40TH BASIC FORECASTING COURSE 60th INITIAL METEOROLOGY COURSE 73RD PRELIMINARY METEOROLOGY COURSE 41st BASIC FORECASTING COURSE 61st INITIAL METEOROLOGY COURSE 30th LONG ND COURSE (Meteorology module)
for PN personnel

October or November 2012