SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC), Dhaka

The SMRC was inaugurated on 2 January 1995 in Dhaka. The Centre concentrates primarily on the research aspects of weather forecasting and monitoring. In addition to monitoring weather phenomena, the Centre is also engaged in developing a networking system among Member States.

The Centre's ongoing activities include collating data from national meteorological services and other up-to-date climatological information for the compilation of a Directory of Meteorological Professionals and Technicians in South Asia; bringing out newsletters regarding its programmes; and collating required meteorological data from sources outside the region for its research programmes.

The eighth meeting of the Governing Board of SMRC took place in Dhaka in October 2002.

For more information, please visit its website at www.saarc-smrc.org