Pradeep John (பிரதீப் ஜான்), popularly known as the Tamil Nadu Weatherman, is an Indian amateur weather forecasting enthusiast and blogger from

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

. His forecasts are more closely followed by and the other people of

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

than the forecasts published by the

India Meteorological Department The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology. IMD is headquarter ...

during the monsoon season. He began

blogging A blog (a truncation of "weblog") is a discussion or informational website published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts). Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order ...

about

weather Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere, the ...

and

rainfall Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water f ...

in 2008. In 2014, he started publishing on

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. His social media popularity increased after his accurate predictions during the 2015 Chennai floods.

Early life

Pradeep John was born in

Kanyakumari district Kanniyakumari district is one of the 38 districts in Tamil Nadu state and the southernmost district in mainland India. It stands second in terms of population density among the districts of Tamil Nadu. It is also the richest district in Tamil Nad ...

in South Tamil Nadu and lives in Chennai. His interest in weather began at age 12. He did his schooling at SBOA Matriculation School and graduated with a B.E. in Computer science and Engineering from

Sathyabama University Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (SIST), formerly Sathyabama University, is a deemed to be university, situated at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1987 as Sathyabama Engineering College by the late Jeppiaar and re ...

. He also holds an MBA in finance from

Madras University The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an a ...

. Pradeep John is married to Hannah Shalini; the couple has a daughter.

Career

In 2008, Pradeep John joined India Infolines as a relationship manager. Currently, he works as a deputy manager at Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited (TNUIFSL).

Awards and honours

* 2018: Inspirational Achiever award * 2019: Inspirational Role Model Award

References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:John, Pradeep 1982 births Living people Engineers from Tamil Nadu Indian Tamil academics People from Kanyakumari district