Address: Agricultural Meteorology Division, India Meteorological Department, Shivajinagar, Pune-411005 Maharashtra, India

The prime object of Agricultural Meteorology Division, India Meteorological Department(IMD), Pune is to minimize the impact of adverse weather on crops and to make use of crop-weather relationships to boost agricultural production. The Agricultural Meteorology Division was established at Pune in 1932 and from its inception the Division supports and participates in multi-disciplinary activities in this field. It is also the centre for research programmes in agricultural meteorology and has field units in various parts of the country. Besides, forecasts and advisories for farmers are issued by IMD’s Forecasting Offices located at different State capitals.


Operational Services to Farmers
Agrimet Division's Research Activities :

The Director General of Meteorology is the Head of the India Meteorological Department with headquarter at New Delhi.The Agricultural Meteorology Division is functioning under his direct supervision.For smooth functioning of the Division, he is assisted by the Additional Director General of Meteorology (H & A) , New Delhi and DDGM (Agrimet), Pune.The office of the DDGM is located at Pune. Two Directors, three Meteorologist Grade –I are working under the supervision of DDGM.Besides 148 officers / staff are also working in the Division

In this Division, there are number of units to deal with the subject of Agricultural Meteorology. They are: -

            Crop-Weather Studies
            National Agromet Advisory Service Centre
            Research and Delopment
            Central Agromet Observatory
            Agromet Advisory Service Unit,Maharashtra
            Fasal Crop Yield
            Agricultural Liasoning Section
            Inspectorate
            Technical
            Training
            Publication & Library
            Administration