Hindumathi Palanisamy, an oceanographer specialized in sea level science is a Scientific Officer for World Climate Research Programme in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). In this role, she serves as the Secretariat focal point for three of WCRP’s core activities focusing on ocean, atmosphere and land Earth system components – CLIVAR, APARC and GEWEX projects. Additionally, she also coordinates the Global Precipitation Experiment (GPEX) and Research on Climate Intervention Lighthouse Activities of WCRP. She also serves as the WCRP focal points within WMO for activities related to hydrology and ocean. Hindumathi has a PhD in space oceanography from the University of Toulouse and French Space Agency in France. Prior to joining WCRP Secretariat, Hindumathi was a senior research scientist at the Centre for Climate Research Singapore where she focussed on developing regional sea level research expertise in the Southeast Asian region. Earlier to that, she worked for the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative- Sea Level Budget Closure project in Toulouse, France.