About Rabindra Goenka
A Friendship Written in the Sky
For most of us, the sun, moon, clouds, wind, rain and rainbow are simply parts of the weather. For Rabindra Goenka, they became companions.
In 2008, at the age of 24, he realised that he could read the sky—observe its moods, understand changing cloud formations, feel shifts in the wind and connect those signs with what the weather might bring. And if there is one phenomenon that still excites him, it is a thunderstorm—the dramatic conversation between clouds, wind, rain and lightning.
A student of The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Rabindra carried this fascination forward. In 2015, he officially launched Weather Ultima, giving his years of observation and passion a larger platform and purpose.
But his journey has never been under completely clear skies.
Rabindra lives with a significant vision impairment and does not have full eyesight. Yet the challenge that could have distanced him from observing the world around him never ended his relationship with the atmosphere.
His vision may have limitations. His vision for weather does not.
He continues to work, learn and build an unusual friendship with weather and climate—reading the character of the sun, following the moon, listening to the wind, waiting for the rain, admiring the colours of a rainbow, and, of course, never losing his love for a good thunderstorm.
And somewhere between changing skies and changing ideas, there is another constant, his love for a simple street-side kulhad chai.
Today, his journey goes beyond forecasting. He wants weather intelligence to become more accessible, understandable and useful—connecting weather, climate, technology, AI, education, commerce and everyday life.
He may not see the sky the way everyone does.
Perhaps that is exactly why he learned to read it differently.
Rabindra Goenka, Reading the Sky. Befriending the Weather. Forecasting a Purpose.
