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G C Anupama is Dean and Senior Professor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in Bengaluru. She is currently (for the period of 2019-2022) serving as president of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI), becoming the first woman to head this association of professional astronomers in India[1]. Anupama is a member of the Indian core team which is part of the international effort to establish the thirty meter telescope (TMT) in Hawaii[2], USA. Anupama was also in charge for the design and establishment of the Himalayan Telescope[3] at Hanle near Leh in Ladakh, the world's ninth highest site for optical, infrared and gamma-ray telescopes in the world.
Anupama has published articles in the field of astronomy, with a focus on the initial physical conditions after a Supernova. She has also been the editor of the Journal of the ASI. She is also studying ‘transients’ — objects that brighten up for a brief period of time before going dark in space.
Awards and Recognition
Anupama has received the Sir CV Raman Young Scientist Award in 2001 and is a fellow of National Academy of Sciences[4].She completed her PhD in 1991 from IIA and has been a faculty member at the institute since 1994.
References
- ^ DelhiFebruary 19, India Today Web Desk New; February 19, India Today Web Desk New; Ist, India Today Web Desk New. "All about GC Anupama, the first woman president to lead Astronomical Society of India". India Today.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ https://tmt.iiap.res.in/people.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Sharma, Dinesh C. "India's first robotic telescope opens its eyes to the universe". @businessline.
- ^ India, Press Trust of (18 February 2019). "Anupama elected Astronomical Society of India president, first". Business Standard India.