• Source: Annapurni Subramaniam

Annapurni Subramaniam is the director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore and works on areas like star clusters, stellar evolution and population in galaxies and Magellanic clouds.




Education


Subramaniam finished her schooling from Victoria College, Palakkad, in science. She did her PhD on the topic "Studies of star clusters and stellar evolution" from Indian Institute of Astrophysics in 1996.




Career


Subramaniam was a Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics from 1990 to 1996. She then became a Post Doctoral Fellow in 1998 at the institute and currently works as a professor and director of institute. She is an active member of the International Astronomical Union.




Field of research


Subramaniam's major field of research includes:

Star clusters (open and globular)
Star formation and pre-MS stars
Classical Be & Herbig Ae/Be stars
Galactic structure
Magellanic Clouds
Stellar population
Her list of publications can be found on the Astronomy Database




Current projects


At Indian Institute of Astrophysics, her current projects include:

Emission line stars in star clusters
Star formation history of young star clusters
Candidate old open clusters - unraveling the old disk
Accurate photometry of unstudied open clusters
Halo of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Stellar population in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Outer limits Survey: Magellanic Clouds




Awards


Vigyan Shri Award under Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar scheme (2024)




References

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• Annapurni Subramaniam
• Subramaniam
• Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar
• Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics
• List of women astronomers
• IC 2574
• NGC 6709
• Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte
• NGC 6649