Thomas Prasad, ace weather blogger and activist, is no more
June 06, 2021
Weather blogging and disaster risk reduction (DRR) communities in Chennai and the country at large are shocked to hear about the passing away of Thomas Prasad, Chief Data Scientist and Delivery Head at TCS and also a passionate weather and climate enthusiast and a leading DRR activist.
His deep acquired knowledge in weather and applied statistics model had helped him predict early
the 2015 Chennai floods, the 2016 Vardah cyclone, the 2017 Ockhi cyclone and the 2019 Fani cyclone earning him accolades from the UN Office for International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.
Deep, entrenched passion