Invitation to 2021 ICTP Prize Ceremony - 27 July at 15:00 CET

[ICTP Director]

On behalf of the Director,

You are cordially invited to the 2021 ICTP Prize ceremony which will be 
held on Wednesday 27 July 2022 at 15.00 hrs in the Budinich Lecture Hall 
on the ICTP campus.

The ICTP Prize is awarded annually to young scientists from developing 
countries who have made outstanding and original contributions to 
physics. The 2021 ICTP Prize is dedicated to the memory of Jacob 
Bjerknes, who discovered the connection between sea surface temperature 
and easterly winds anomalies in the equatorial Pacific.


It is awarded to *Rondrotiana Barimalala* of the University of Cape 
Town, South Africa, and the Norwegian Research Center, Bjerkeness Center 
for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway, and *Narendra Ojha* of the 
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, for their important work 
on diverse aspects of climate change in Africa and Asia.

On that occasion, Rondrotiana Barimalala will give a talk on *"The 
Southern African Rainfall: Modulation of Large-Scale Signals by Regional 
Processes*" while Narendra Ojha will give a talk on *"Modeling of 
atmospheric trace gases and aerosols over the Indian subcontinent*".

An introduction to the 2021 ICTP Prize winners will be delivered by 
Prof. Fred Kucharski, ESP/ICTP.

Light refreshments will be served on the Terrace after the ceremony. All 
are welcome to attend.

For those who would like to participate online, please register at:

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Zn21pCs4T52RMlAJHg-daw 
<https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Zn21pCs4T52RMlAJHg-daw>

Thank you,


The Office of the Director