Question: What is the name of the cyclone which caused over 100 deaths across eastern India and Nepal in 2014?

Dr Sati Shankar Singh is currently Director, ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kolkata.  He was born in 1959 in Gonda U.P.  He is B.Sc.  (Ag) from CSAUAT Kanpur U.P. and M.Sc.  (Ag) & Ph.D. (Agronomy) from NDUAT Faizabad U.P. Dr. Singh was Junior Scientist-cum-Assistant Professor in Rajendra Agriculture University, Pusa, Bihar from 1986 to 1998.  He has started his services in ICAR as senior scientist in 1998 and also worked in RWC/CIMMYT from 2004-2006.  Dr. Singh underwent advance trainings in ICAR Rothamsted, University of Reading, University of East Angelia in U.K.; Cornel University, US, CIMMYT Mexico and IRRI Philippines.  He did PG teaching for six years and guided four M.Sc.  Ag and three Ph.D. students.  He was Head, Division of Crop Research at ICAR RCER, Patna (Bihar) from April 2009 to December 2014.  He was also Head, Crop Production at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur from January 2014 to April 2017.  Dr. S.S. Singh has handled 15 externally funded projects on Natural Resource Management, Crop Management, Livelihood Development and Crop Improvement funded by DFID, IFAD, USAID, BMGF, IRRI, CIMMYT, Ford Foundation and European Union.  He has experience of 28 years working in Eastern India including in 2 years in Koraput, Odisha and 2 years CIMMYT works in West Bengal.  He has worked in most of the Agricultural Extension projects like Master Trainer in Training and Visit, Lab to Land, Operational Research Project, TAR-IVLP, FLDs, OFTs, Farming System Research Extension and NAIP III (IFS for livelihood Improvement in disadvantaged districts).  He has worked with KVKs in Bihar and U.P. under different externally funded projects.  Dr. Singh has worked mainly on conservation agriculture, enhancing the input use efficiency and productivity of rice-wheat system, Integrated Farming Systems, climate resilient agriculture and pulses management in rice fallows.  His works on resource conservation technologies and integrated farming systems have been adopted by state government in eastern India.  He has published 110 Research Papers, 5 books, 21 Book Chapters, 14 Technical Bulletins, 125 Papers in Proceedings/symposium/seminar, 50 Popular Articles and 40 Extension Folders.  He had visited USA, UK, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh and Nepal.  He is recipient of Senior Research Fellowship of ICAR, Excellent Team Research Award of ICAR, FAI Award, Fellow of Indian Society of Agronomy and Rajeev Gandhi Gyan Vigyan Award by Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt.  Of India. <SEP> Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phet was a powerful tropical cyclone that made landfall on Oman and Pakistan.  The third named cyclone of the 2010 cyclone season, Phet developed in the Arabian Sea on May 31 to the west of India.  With conducive environmental conditions, the storm intensified to reach peak sustained winds of 155 km/h (100 mph) on June 2, based on analysis by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).  On the next day, Phet dropped heavy rainfall while moving across eastern Oman, with a peak of 603 mm in Qurayyat.  The rains flooded arid areas and collected into wadis – normally dry river beds.  Thousands of homes were wrecked across Oman.  There were 24 fatalities in the country, and damage was estimated at US$780 million. <SEP> The 2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation.  The season included two Very Severe Cyclonic Storms, both in October, and one other named cyclonic storm.  Cyclone Hudhud is estimated to have caused US$3.4 billion in damage across eastern India, and more than 100 deaths. <SEP> Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Hudhud was a strong tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage and loss of life in eastern India and Nepal during October 2014.