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Prof. Annapurni Subramaniam


Annapurni Subramaniam

Professor Annapurni Subramaniam is the Director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore.

She has more than three decades of research experience and has published about 175 research publications in topics such as star clusters, stellar populations, galaxies, and ultraviolet astronomy. She has trained a large number of students in various projects and has guided 15 students for their Ph.D.s, and several more have collaborated with her for their thesis work. She was the calibration scientist for the Ultra-violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on-board AstroSat and carried out the in-orbit performance verification phase. She has contributed to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), which is being built by an international consortium with India as a partner.

She is the Principal Investigator of the proposed next generation UV-Optical space telescope (INSIST), leveraging on the experience gained from AstroSat and UVIT.

Awards

  • Conferred the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar - Vigyan Shri for 2024 in the category of Space Science and Technology
  • Conferred the Vanitha Ratna 2023 Award from the Government of Kerala in the field of education, science and technology
  • NDTV Science Icon of the Year 2024 - December 2024
  • Future Forward Female Award from CNBC-News18 - February 2024
  • Devi Awardee - by The New Indian Express (TNIE) - January 2024
  • One of the top 100 women achievers of India - India Today - Dec 2023
  • Recipient of NASI-BUTI foundation lecture award (2021)
  • Recipient of C.V. Raman Young scientist award for physical sciences, from the Karnataka Government for the year 2018.

Fellowships/Memberships

  • Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (since 2014)
  • Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (since 2013)
  • Life member of International Astronomical Union and Astronomical Society of India.
  • Kavli Frontiers of Science Alumni, instituted by Kavli foundation and National Academy of Sciences, USA.
  • Recipient of SERB-POWER fellowship (2021)
  • Chief Editor of the Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, jointly published by the Indian Academy of Sciences and Astronomical Society of India (2019-2024)
  • Scientific Editor of Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, published by the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Chair, membership committee of the International Astronomical Union.

Research Interests

Star clusters, Classical Be stars, Young stellar Objects, Blue straggler stars, Magellanic Clouds, nearby galaxies, UV astronomy

Contact

Director
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
2nd Block, Koramangala
Bengaluru 560 034, India
Phone : +91 80 2553 0583 (O)
Fax : +91 80 2553 4019

E-mail : diriia @iiap. res.in, purni @iiap.res .in

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Last updated on December 9, 2024