Research Interest (s) : My primary research interest includes the study of Galactic star forming regions, especially, low-mass molecular clouds and associated young stellar objects. The distance to molecular clouds are one of the poorly determined parameters of these clouds. Using various techniques, I try to estimate their distances which is an important parameter to calculate various properties of the clouds. Using optical and sub-mm polarimetry, I try to map the projected magnetic field geometry of the clouds and the interstellar medium in general.