Research Interest (s) : 1) Optical and Infrared studies of Planetary Nebulae with Wolf-Rayat and other H-poor Central stars 2) IR Excess and Li enrichment in Red clump stars 3) IR studies of Circumstellar dust around post-AGB stars 4) Optical and UV spectroscopic study of rapidly evolving AGB stars Student(s): Ms. Anohita Mallick (as co-supervisor), Ms. Khushbu Kathpali (JRF, DST-funded project), Mr. Prateek Gupta (SRF, CEFIPRA project)

Selected Publications (s)

• Infrared properties of planetary nebulae with [WR] and wels central starsC. Muthumariappan, M Parthasarathy
• Three-dimensional Monte Carlo dust radiative transfer study of the H-poor planetary nebula IRAS 18333-2357 located in M22 C. Muthumariappan
• A study of K I 7699 Å and related shell lines during the recent eclipse of ɛ AurigaeC. Muthumariappan, M. Parthasarathy, R Leadbeater et al.