National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) in collaboration with UNESCO, New Delhi office organized a Workshop on Experience Sharing: River Water Quality Monitoring on 19th and 20th June 2023 in Thimphu. The primary objective of this workshop was to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and experiences between experts from India and relevant stakeholders in Bhutan regarding river water quality monitoring.

The program witnessed the active par ...Read More

The National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology conducted a Ninth Session of National Climate Outlook Forum (NCOF-9) on 31st May, 2023 in Thimphu. The workshop aimed at imparting knowledge of climate services and summer monsoon outlook for June - September, 2023. As a regular program invitee, Lopen Karma Dendup, an expert from Pangri Zampa College for Astrology, delivered the forecast for precipitation and temperature from a traditional perspective. The press release on the summer monsoon o ...Read More

With the support from the GCF/UNDP supported Project “Supporting Climate Resilience and Transformational Change in the Agriculture Sector in Bhutan”, NCHM conducted training on SmartMet which is a Common Operating Platform for weather forecasts by inviting experts from the Finnish Meteorological Institute from 15-19 May, 2023

The advanced training on SmartMet with data server set-up, software upgrades, integration of additional weather models and observation data to Smar ...Read More

Press Release

37th Joint Expert Team (JET) Meeting between India and Bhutan

The 37th Meeting of the Joint Experts Team (JET) between the Government of India (GoI) and the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) was held at Punakha, Bhutan on 11-12 April 2023.

JET is responsible for overseeing the “Comprehensive Scheme for Establishment of Hydro-meteorological Observation and Flood Forecasting Network on Rivers Common to India and Bhutan” established ...Read More

His Majesty the King conferred the National Order of Merit (Gold) to Karma Toeb, Specialist, National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) during the 114th National Day at Trashichhodzong, Thimphu.

Mr. Karma was received in the office by Director, management and employees of NCHM, HQ in the afternoon (17.12.2021) and offered Trashi Khadar for the recognition of his exemplary services to the nation. Your recognition from the throne is the great inspiration for the Center and y ...Read More

Coinciding with an auspicious day, the Civil Service Award Ceremony for the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) for the year 2021 was held on 15 December, 2021. The ceremony was graced by Director and management of the Center. Along with award of Dedicated Civil Services Awards for 16 employees, the Centre also awarded:

a. Certificate for five Outstanding Employees for the FY 2020-2021 and

b. Promotion order for 37 employees promoted from January 1, 2022.< ...Read More

Five third year students pursuing Bachelors in Environmental and Climate Studies from the College of Natural Resources (CNR), Lobesa and five students pursuing Bachelors of Science in Geography and Bachelors of Environmental studies from Sherubtse college, Kanglung, Royal University of Bhutan joined Center in the first and second week of December 2021.

During the internship in the Center, the students will undertake the academic research and assignments related to cryosphere, hydrol ...Read More

Mr. Adama Coulibaly met with NCHM management and visited the 24/7 National Water and Flood Warning Center (NWFWC). The Centre made a presentation about NCHM and its roles in hydro-met data collection and effective delivery services for planning appropriation adaptation and mitigation measures against climate change impacts. World Bank and NCHM also discussed the impact of World Bank-supported projects implemented by the Centre and the future potential projects that required financial and tech ...Read More

The National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) bid farewell to Mr. Manila, Regular staff on 25th March 2021, upon the attainment of superannuation age. Manila joined civil service in 1980 and served the nation for last 40 years and 3 months’ in various capacities in the field of hydrological data collection, installation of flood and GLOF early warning system, lean flow measurement, hydrologic data processing, training of staff on operational hydrology, and hy ...Read More

National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) in partnership with

UNDP Bhutan

observed WMO Day on 23 March 2021 by organizing a half a day “Science Seminar”. Honourable Lyonpo Dr. Tand ...Read More

The National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology has conducted the Civil Service Award Ceremony for the year 2020 on 12 December 2020 at Energy Conference Hall. The ceremony was graced by Mr. Karma Dupchu, Director of the Center.

Addressing the ceremony, the Director conveyed the recipients that civil service award is initiated by RCSC upon the command of His Majesty the King for the recognition and appreciation of the dedicated service to Tsa-Wa-Sum. Further, Director emphasized t ...Read More

The 6th Governing Board (GB) meeting of the Center was convened at Thimphu on 3 December 2020. The meeting reviewed the Center’s programs and plans.

b. Status of glaciers as deduced from the observation on benchmarked glaciers and its significance in the context of water resource in Bhutan

The center presented the following proposal and technical reports to GB:

b. Status of glaciers as deduced from the observation on benchmarked glaciers and its significanc ...Read More

The National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) bid farewell to Mr. Lal Bahadur Gurung, ESP on 28 July 2020, upon the attainment of superannuation age. LB Gurung joined civil service in 1983 and served the nation for last 36 years in various capacities in the field of hydrological data collection, sediment data analysis and hydropower project feasibility studies.

Center organised a simple farewell lunch from the NCHM welfare fund with farewell gifts. Mr. Gurung was a simple ...Read More

The 5th Governing Board (GB) meeting of the Center was convened at Hotel Norkhel, Thimphu on 12 June 2020. The meeting reviewed the Center’s programs and plans.

The center presented the following technical reports to GB:

1. Detailed Assessment of GLOF Hazard from Thorthormi Glacial Lake and Associated Glaciers Report carried out by center in September - October 2019

2. Annual Climate Summary Report, 2019 and

3. Installation of Interim Community Ba ...Read More

Coinciding with auspicious day of the Bhutanese calendar 20th day of eleventh month (20 January 2020) Human Resources Officer (Ms. Ugyen Tshomo) and three new technicians joined NCHM today. Ms. Ugyen Tshomo was transferred from HR Division, Ministry of Finance and new technicians were recruited by Center through open competition with effect from 1 January 2020.

Director and Management on the behalf of the Centre formally welcomed and wish them best of luck in their career.

The 9th Joint Group of Experts (JGE) meeting on Flood Management was held between the representatives of the Government of India and the Royal Government of Bhutan on 7-8 January 2020 at Punakha, Bhutan. The meeting was convened in the most cordial and friendly environment.

The 4th Governing Board (GB) meeting of the Center was convened on January 3, 2020 at Hotel Osel, Thimphu. The meeting reviewed the Center’s program and plans.
The meeting endorsed the Annual Plan Targets (APT) of Center for the 2019-2020. Annual Performance Management Agreement was signed between Chairman and Director.
The Chairman also launched the Annual Report of Center for the Fiscal year 2018-2019.

Six final year students undertaking B.Sc Environmental and Climate Studies from the  ...Read More

The National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) in collaboration with the Department of Local Governance (DLG), Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs with funding support from UNDP Bhutan organized one and a half day science seminar on “Climate Change-induced Risks and Vulnerabilities of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF)”, 26 to 27 November, 2019 at Wangduephodgrang. The objectives of the Seminar are:

A. Share knowledge and experiences with the Local Governmen ...Read More

The 6th Joint Technical Team (JTT) meeting on Flood Management was held between the representatives of the Government of India and the Royal Government of Bhutan on 12-13 September 2019 at Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. The meeting was convened in the most cordial and friendly environment.

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Joining of new PO

Mr. Shacha Chap received Tashi Khadhar from the Director of NCHM on joining as the new Program Officer. He was selected through an open selection interview held on May 9, 2019 for the said post under NCHM.

The Center would like to extend heartfelt congratulations for his achievements and welcomes to NCHM family.

3 member Team from NCHM with one additional technician left to Lunana from Lungtenphu, Thimphu at 7:10 am today morning by helicopter.

Team will relocate and reinstall Automatic Water Level Station (AWLS) of Thorthormi lake that was damaged to enhance monitoring. Team will also carry out rapid assessment of the lake and surrounding areas.

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A team lead by Director, Specialist and Division Chiefs from the National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) visited Sherubtse College, Kanglung, Trashigang on 15 April, 2019.

The MoU between the President of the Sherubtse College and Director of the Center on Joint Research Collaboration projects in the areas of mutual interest on weather, climate, cryosphere, Hydrology and water resources was signed on 15 April, 2019 morning. This MOU would facilitate and provide access i ...Read More

The 35th Meeting of the Joint Expert Team (JET) between Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) and Government of India (GoI) to oversee and review the comprehensive scheme for establishment of Hydro-meteorological and Flood Forecasting Network on Rivers Common to India and Bhutan was held at Paro, Bhutan during 6 -7 March, 2019.

RGoB delegation was led by Mr. Karma Dupchu, Director, National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) and GoI delegation was led Mr. PM Scoot, Chief E ...Read More

Corresponding with the auspicious day, Civil Service Award of the National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM), RGoB was held on December 13, 2018 in the Conference Hall of Energy Building of MoEA.

The Director, NCHM presented the Royal Civil Service Award medals to the officials of the NCHM in a simple ceremony. The recipients included nine Lifetime service awardees, six Gold, one Silver and two Bronze medalists from the Head Quarter, and site offices/stations located all o ...Read More

Photos from Thanza, Lunana ( Courtesy: Mr. Tshering Wangchuk, Hydromet Technician, Lunana)

Hydro-meteorological Observation training at North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM), Tezpur, Assam, 17- 28 December, 2018

11 Hydro-met Technicians working in different hydrology and flood warning observation sites in different river basins under HOID, NCHM are attending “Hydro-meteorological Observation “ training at NERIWALM from 17-28 December, 2018.

The tailor-made training was organized by NERIWALM based on the request of N ...Read More

A team consisting of the Director, National Center for Hydrology & Meteorology (NCHM); Chief HOID, NCHM; TMO FWS, HOID, NCHM and other officials of the Center attended the inauguration ceremony of the newly constructed Flood Warning Site office/ sediment lab at Zamtari on Jormri (Dhansari) under Jomotshangkha Dungkhag, Sandrup Jongkhar. The site office was constructed under GOI program of the Center. The Director, NCHM inaugurated the site office on 6th December 2018 in the presence of Da ...Read More

WMO Working Group for Hydrological Services of RA-II visited NCHM office and facilities, November 26, 2018 (afternoon).

Delegates from World Meteorological Organization (WMO) led by Dr Paul Pilon, Chief of Hydrological Forecasting and Water Resources Division, and Mr. Hyo Seob Choi, Director, Han River Flood Control Office, Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea and theme leaders of Working Group on Hydrological Services (WGHS) of RA-II visited the National Center for Hydrology ...Read More

Australia Awards Regional Alumni participants’ visited National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology, November 27, 2018.

Australia Awards Regional Alumni participants attending regional workshop in Thimphu visited NCHM, Head Office, followed by visit to National Weather and Flood Warning Center (NWFWC) today morning. The team was welcomed by the Director and Chiefs of Division from the Center. The session began with welcome address by the Director of NCHM followed by highlight ...Read More

The 8th meeting of the Joint Group of Experts (JGE) on Flood Management between the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) and the Government of India (GoI) was held at the Hotel Vivanta, Guwahati, India from 1 ...Read More

NCHM has conducted on-site training on installations, operations and maintenance of the AWOS and Ceilometer at Paro international Airport from 26th to 28th October 2018. Hands on training was attended by operational staffs. The training was a part of on going project “Hydro-met Services & Disaster Resilience Regional Project (HSDRRP)” funded by the World Bank.

Based on the request of Royal Bhutan Army (RBA), NCHM conducted a 5 days Training on “Installation and Operation of Meteorological Station” for Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) officials from 20-24 August, 2018. Nine (9) officials from RBA participated in the training. The four days training includes: 
a. Theoretical background of basic hydro-met science, working principle of instruments, criteria requirement set up weather stations, data collection & calculation procedures ...Read More

NCHM team led by Director and Division Chiefs held interactive session with officials of NCD. The meeting discussed rang of areas to collaborate and establish the long term partnership in climate monitoring and data collection in parks and protected areas in Bhutan, joint research and sharing of data. The meeting also briefly discussed about the services requirements from NCHM.

In principle it was agreed to work on modalities to establish permanent long term Climate Monitoring ...Read More

Mr. Tshering Wangchuk and Mr. Sonam Dorji, Hydro-met Technicians who are posted at Lunana Flood Warning Office on a Special Duty for the FY 2018-19. They made their first regular inspection to lakes and station on Baytsho (Photos) today after taken from over the previous team in Mid August 2018. They will visit others lakes and stations from tomorrow.

Flood Warning Office at Thanza, Lunana under Gasa Dzongkhag communicates directly to GLOF EWS Control Room, Wangdi that is operation ...Read More

The team from NCHM led by Director attended the 4th Civil Aviation Stakeholder-Coordination Meeting on July 9, 2018 for the first time as the Center is the Aeronautical Meteorological Service Provider (AMSP) designated by the Bhutan Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA).

Letter of Agreement (LoA) between the Department of Air Transport (DoAT) & NCHM for coordination between Air Traffic Services (ATS) and Meteorological office for the provision of meteorological service for internation ...Read More

The team from NCHM led by Director visited Thimphu TechPark (TTP) today to explore the data incubation center and other services related to ICT. The team met with BITC Manager Mr. Tshewang to discuss on the services and facilities they render to their clients.

Scenes from the "SENSITIZATION & PREPARATORY PROGRAM FOR POSSIBLE MONSOON FLOOD 2018" conducted in EWS control Center, Wangdue. The objectives of two days program are:
1. Create preparedness & awareness of control room operators/Site Staffs on Monsoon 2018.
2. Update & train on operation and maintenance of the Control room and the standard operation procedure to follow during time of emergencies. 
3. Train basics of on-site instrument maintenanc ...Read More