Indian Cryosphere Meet (ICM) 2.0 IIT Bombay

The 2nd Indian Cryosphere Meet (ICM) 2025, held on 14th and 15th February at IIT Bombay, successfully brought together around 80 participants across institutions and research organizations such as IIT Roorkee, IIT Madras, IIT Ropar, IIT Indore, IISER Pune, IIT Kharagpur, IISER Bhopal, IISc Bangalore, University of Kashmir, National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research Goa, TERI School of Advanced Studies, CIIRS-Jyothi Institute of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, JIS University, and Acres of Ice, along with international researchers from institutes like Dartmouth College, Université Catholique de Louvain, and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. The event featured oral and poster presentations from researchers, alongside group discussions and interactive sessions covering critical topics such as glacier monitoring and observations, cryosphere hazards, climate modeling, and policy interventions in the context of the Himalayas.