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In Refereed Journals

• The Chemical Compositions of the Type II Cepheids -- The BL Her and W Vir Variables Accepted for publication in ApJ, Maas, Thomas; Giridhar, Sunetra; Lambert, David L.
• CCD photometry of the globular cluster M2: RR Lyrae physical parameters and new variables, 2006MNRAS.372...69L, Láro, C.; Ferro, A. Arellano; Arélo, M. J.; Bramich, D. M.; Giridhar, S.;
• Automated classification and stellar parameterization, 2006MmSAI..77.1130G, Giridhar, Sunetra; Muneer, S.; Goswami, Aruna
• Exploiting large surveys for Galactic astronomy 2006MmSAI..77.1026C, Corbally, C.; Bailer-Jones, C.; Giridhar, S.; Lloyd Evans, T.
• Chemical composition of evolved stars of high galactic latitude, 2005A&A...443..297G, Giridhar, Sunetra; Arellano Ferro, A.
• Abundance Analyses of Field RV Tauri Stars. VI. An Extended Sample, 2005ApJ...627..432G, Giridhar, Sunetra; Lambert, David L.; Reddy, Bacham E.; Gonzalez, Guillermo; Yong, David
• CCD Photometry of the RR Lyrae Stars in NGC4147 2004RMxAA..40..209A, Arellano Ferro, A.; Arevalo, M. J.; Láro, C.; Rey, M.; Bramich, D. M.; Giridhar, S.S
• HD 34700: A new T Tauri double-lined spectroscopic binary, 2003A&A...408L..29A, Arellano Ferro, A.; Giridhar, Sunetra
• A Revised Calibration of the MV-W(O I 7774) Relationship using Hipparcos Data: Its Application to Cepheids and Evolved Stars RMxAA, 39, 3, 2003 Arellano Ferro, A., Giridhar, Sunetra and Rojo Arellano, E.
• Spectroscopic Survey of Field stars: A search for Metal-poor stars B.A.S.I., 30,501,2002. S.Giridhar, and A. Goswami
• The chemical compositions of Four Metal-poor Giants. Publ.Astr.Soc.Pacific.,113,519,2001. S.Giridhar, D.L.Lambert., G.Gonzalez & G. Pandey.
• Atmospheric abundances in post-AGB candidates of intermediate temperature. A&A, 368, 250, 2001. A. Arellano Ferro, S.Giridhar & P. Mathias.
• The chemical compositions of SRd variables.III. KK Aql, AG Aur, Z Aur, W L Mi and WW Tau. Publ.Astr.Soc.Pacific., 112, 1559, 2000. S.Giridhar, D.L.Lambert & G.Gonzalez.
• Abundance Analysis of field RV Tau Variables V:DS Aqr,TW Cam, BT Lib, U Mon,TT Oph, R Sct and RV Tau. Astrophys.J.,531,521, 2000. S.Giridhar, D.L.Lambert & G.Gonzalez.
• The chemical compositions of SRd variables.II. WY And, VW Eri and UW Lib. Publ.Astr.Soc.Pacific, 111, 1269, 1999. S.Giridhar, D.L.Lambert & G.Gonzalez.
• Abundance Analysis of field RV Tau Variables IV: AD Aql, DS Aqr,V360 Cyg, AC Her & V453 Oph. Astrophys.J. 509, 366,1999. S.Giridhar, D.L.Lambert & G.Gonzalez.
• The chemical compositions of SRd variables I. XY Aqr, RX Cep, AB Leo and SV Uma. Publ.Astr.Soc.Pacific, 110, 671, 1998. S.Giridhar, D.L.Lambert & G.Gonzalez.
• Elemental Abundances and atmospheric parameters of seven F-G Supergiants. Publ.Astr.Soc.Pacific. 109, 1077, 1997. S.Giridhar, Arellano Ferro,A.& Parrao L.
• Abundance Analysis of field RV Tau Variables III: DY Aql, SS Gem, CT Ori and CE Vir. Astrophys.J. 481, 452, 1997. G. Gonzalez, D.L.Lambert., S.Giridhar.
• Abundance Analysis of field RV Tau Variables: EP Lyr, DY Ori, AR Pup and S Sge. Astrophys.J. 479, 427, 1997. G. Gonzalez, D.L.Lambert., S.Giridhar.
• Spectral variations of DY Cen. J.Astrophys.Astr. 17, 23, 1996.S.Giridhar, N.Kameswara Rao,D.L.Lambert.
• A critical compilation of oscillator strengths of FeII lines. Rev.Mexicana Astr. Astrophys. 31, 23, 1995. S.Giridhar, A.Arellano Ferro.
• Abundance Analysis of the RV Tau star IW Car. Astrophys.J. 437,476, 1994. S.Giridhar, N.Kameswara Rao, D.L.Lambert.
• The hot R CrB star DY Cen: Nebular and Photospheric lines. Astron.Astrophys. 280, 201, 1993. N.Kameswara Rao, S.Giridhar, D.L.Lambert.
• High resolution spectroscopy of the semi-regular variable LR Sco. Astrophys.Astr. 13, 307, 1992. S.Giridhar, N.Kameswara Rao, D.L.Lambert.
• Abundance Analysis of the long period southern Cepheid RZ Vel.J. Astrophys. Astr. 12. 27, 1991. S.Giridhar, A.Arellano Ferro, A.Goswami.
• A new discussion on the Mv-Wlambda(OI 7774) relationship for F-G stars in the light of high resolution data. Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 250, 1, 1991. A.Arellano Ferro, S.Giridhar, A.Goswami.
• High resolution spectroscopy of R CrB during the 1988-1989 minimum. J.Astrophys.Astr. 11, 475, 1990. D.L.Lambert., Kameswara Rao,N., S.Giridhar.
• Is LR Sco an R CrB star? Observatory 110, No.1097, 120, 1990. S.Giridhar, N.Kameswara Rao, D.L.Lambert.
• Emission Spectrum of hot R CrB star MV Sgr. J. Astrophys. Astr. 11, 37, 1990. N.Kameswara Rao, S.Giridhar, L.Houziaux.
• UV Spectrum of WC 11 star CPD-56^o8032. Astron. Astrophys., 234, 410, 1990. N.Kameswara Rao, K.Nandy., S.Giridhar
• Spectroscopic Studies of R CrB during light minima: Absorption Spectrum. Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., 244, 29, 1990. N.Kameswara Rao, S.Giridhar, B.N.Ashoka.
• An internally consistent set of gf values for Fe I lines. J. Astrophys. Astr. 10, p.47-83, 1989. S.Giridhar and A.Arellano Ferro.
• A Photometric Study of F-type Stars of High Galactic Latitude. Astron. Astrophys. 214, p.123-130, 1989. A.Arellano Ferro, S.Giridhar, M.Chavez L.E.Parrao.
• Comments on the Variability and physical parameters of the Supergiants phi Cas. Publ. Astr. Soc. Pac. 100, 947, 1988. A.Arellano Ferro, S.Giridhar L.E.Parrao.
• Important parameters of Four Small amplitude Cepheids from u v b y photometry. I.B.V.S. No.3077 p.1-4, 1987. A.Arellano Ferro, L.E.Parrao, S.Giridhar.
• Evolution of the Optical Spectrum and Photometry of SN 1987a in the Large Magellanic Cloud. J. Astrophys. Astr. 8, p.195-209, 1987. B.N.Ashoka, G.C.Anupama, T.P.Prabhu, S.Giridhar, K.K.Ghosh, S.K.Jain, A.K.Pati & N.Kameswara Rao.
• RESPECT - Software Package for Reduction of Astronomical Spectra. Bull. Astr. Soc. India 15, p.98-115, 1987. T.P.Prabhu, G.C.Anupama. S.Giridhar.
• Abundance Analysis of Southern Cepheid beta Dor.Rev. Mexicana Astron. Astrof. 14, p.431-434, 1987. S.Giridhar.
• Classical Cepheids and the Local Chemical Inhomogeneties in the Galactic Disc. J. Astrophys. Astr. 7, p.83-98, 1986. S.Giridhar.
• Abundance Analysis of Selected Cepheids and the Galactic distribution of metallicity. J. Astrophys. Astr. 4, p.75-107, 1983. S.Giridhar.
• The He II 5411 Åvelocity curve of the Wolf-Rayet eclipsing system HD 214419. Kodaikanal Obs. Bull., Ser. A. 2, p.164-166, 1978. S.Giridhar.
• Violet absorption edges of C IV lines in Wolf-Rayet Spectra: Possible superposition with diffuse Interstellar bands at 5780 Å and 5797 Å. Kodaikanal Obs. Bull., Ser. A. 2, p.161-163, 1978. S.Giridhar & M.K.V.Bappu.

In Proceedings

• A New Post-AGB star HD 172481. Presented at 20th A.S.I. meeting at Gorakhpur, Nov 2000. S.Giridhar, Arellano Ferro,A. & Mathias, P.
• The chemical composition and atmospheric parameters for selected F-G supergiants. Invited paper, presented at the Workshop on Astronomy with moderate sized telescopes. The summary in Bull. A.S.I., 26, 493 Eds. Ram Sagar and H.C. Bhatt.
• Surface compositional changes encountered during last stages of stellar evolution. Invited review paper, 18 th A.S.I. meeting conducted at PRL Ahemedabad during Nov 29-Dec 1,1997. Bull. A.S.I., 27, 99
• Spectral Characteristics of RV Tau stars. Invited review paper, IAU Symp. 177 on Carbon star Phenonmenon conducted at Antalaya, Turkey. in May 1996, Editor R.F. Wing. p 118.
• Behaviour of OI 7774Å feature in the spectrum of 10 days period cepheid zeta Gem Proc.III East Asian meeting on Astronomy on Ground based Astronomy in Asia, 1995 ,p95. Editor N.Kaifu. Aruna Goswami and S.Giridhar.
• The Chemical Composition of R Coronae Borealis stars. Proc. IAU. Symp. 145. on Evolution of Stars: The photospheric abundance connection. Ed. G.Michaud, Reidel Press. p117,1991. S.Giridhar, A.Goswami, N.K.Rao and D.L.Lambert.
• Spectroscopic studies of F-G supergiants showing semi-regular light variation. Proc. IAU. Symp. 145. on Evolution of Stars: The photospheric abundance connection. Ed. G.Michaud, Reidel Press. p115, 1991. S.Giridhar, A.Arellano Ferro, A.Goswami.
• Further Spectroscopic Observations SN 1987a. Proc. IV Asian-Pacific Regional IAU meeting at Beijing p.261,1988. Eds. J.B.Hearnshaw & Z.Erhe. Anupama,G.C., Prabhu,T.P., Ghosk,K.K., S.Giridhar, Ashoka,B.N. & Kameswara Rao,N.
• Absorption Spectrum of R CrB during the light minimum. Proc. IAU. Coll. 106 on Evolution of Peculiar Red Giants, Bloomington, Indiana, July 1988. N.Kameswara Rao, S.Giridhar, B.N.Ashoka.
• Spectroscopic Studies of 89 Her and HD 161796. Proc. IAU. Symp.132, on Impact of very high S/N Spectroscopy on Stellar Physics Ed. G.Cayrel, de Strobel and M.Spite. p.407-410, 1988. S.Giridhar, A.Arellano Ferro, L.E.Parrao.
• Image Processing Facilities at Vainu Bappu Observatory. Proc. Workshop on Image Processing in Astronomy, p.47-51,1988. Ed. T.Veluswamy and V.R.Venugopal. S.Giridhar, J.C.Bhattacharyya, K.N.Kutty.
• Abundance Analysis of R CrB Variable UW Cen. Proc. IAU. Symp. 87, on Hydrogen deficient stars and related objects. Eds. K.Hunger et al. p.177-182, 1986. S.Giridhar, N.Kameswara Rao.
• Abundances of Classical Cepheids and Evidence of Secondary star-formation. Proc. IAU. Symp. 115, p.545-547 1986,on Star Forming Regions. Eds. M.Peimbert and J.Jagaku, Reidel Press.
• Abundance Analysis of alpha UMi. Proc. of IAU. Coll. 82: on Cepheids: Observation and Theory p.82-85, 1985. Ed. B.Madore.
• Abundance Gradient in Interstellar medium. Invited Review Paper. Proc. Platinum Jubilee Symp. Nizamiah Observatory on Binary and Multiple System, Ed. K.D.Abhyankar and G.M.Ballah 1984, p.143-155.

Notes/Technical Reports/Newsletter

Contributions to the notes for the observer column of Bull. Astr. Soc. India

• 1983:Bull. Astr. Soc. India, 11, 109-111
• 1983:Bull. Astr. Soc. India, 11, 180-186
• 1984:Bull. Astr. Soc. India, 12, 94-101
• 1984:Bull. Astr. Soc. India, 12, 210-212
• 1984:Bull. Astr. Soc. India, 12, 333-337

Conference Summary

For IAU 177, on Carbon Star Phenonmenon which was published in Bull.Astr.Soc.India 24, 561,1997.

Technical Notes

• 1987:User's Aid at Kavalur Vax-11/780
• 1985:Scientific Subroutine Package at Kavalur Vax-11/780

Contributions to IIA Newsletter

• IUE Data Reduction, IIA Newsletter No. 1 p26, 1986, N.Kameswara Rao, S.Giridhar
• Echelle spectroscopy with a new CCD Detector, IIA Newsletter 5,p9, 1990, Aruna Goswami, S.Giridhar

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