clouds in the Galaxy.
faculty at ARIES in 2006; subsequently, he did a postdoctoral fellowship at Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), South Korea, from 2007 – 2009. He joined IIA as an associate professor in 2017 and is currently a Professor there. He has significantly contributed to several national and international developmental activities, including India’s largest optical telescope, 3.6m DOT at ARIES, Nainital. He is currently the work package manager of the upcoming international observing facility, The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), a DST mega-science project. His major research interests are
1. Estimation of distances to molecular clouds
2. Magnetic field measurements of molecular clouds using polarimetry
3. Multi-wavelength study of triggered star-forming regions