Archive · 25 Jul 2025
Professor Sulochana Gadgil, Monsoon Expert, Dies at 81
Professor Sulochana Gadgil, a brilliant scientist, has died.
She was super interested in how the Indian monsoons work, like the big rains that happen every year.
She studied math and went to fancy schools, learning all about the weather.
Her research helped people understand how the monsoon moves and why the rain changes.
She was a big deal in science and helped lots of people learn about our world.
She was married to another smart professor and leaves behind her family.
Professor Sulochana Gadgil, a renowned meteorologist specializing in the Indian monsoons, has passed away at 81.
Born in Pune in 1944, Gadgil studied Applied Mathematics and later earned a PhD.
She conducted postdoctoral work at MIT and returned to India in 1971, continuing her research.
Gadgil's research showed the Indian summer monsoon's seasonal migration and its link to equatorial cloud systems.
She was a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and is survived by her family.
- Who
- Professor Sulochana Gadgil.
- What
- Professor Sulochana Gadgil, a meteorologist, passed away.
- When
- Late Thursday evening.
- Where
- Bengaluru.
- Why
- Following a prolonged illness.
- Full Name
- Sulochana Gadgil
- Age at Death
- 81
- Born
- Pune, 1944
- Education
- Applied Mathematics, PhD
- Key Research
- Indian Monsoons
- Affiliations
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc)