India hosts international conference on clouds and precipitation Adv. Pune/New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Cloud seeding is being considered in many countries but science-based guidelines are needed for effective planning and ensuring best use of resources, Earth Sciences and Science and Technology Secretary, Prof Ashutosh Sharma said on Monday. “The recent cloud aerosol interaction and precipitation enhancement experiment programme has successfully completed and results are being evaluated and protocols are being formulated. With this, India will be among the selective countries to have conducted such an experiment,” Sharma said at the virtual inauguration of the 18th International Conference on Cloud and Precipitation (ICCP) in Pune.