Indu Gopalakrishnan One fine morning, 14 years ago, I walked into the Indian Institute of Astrophysics to attend my first ever interview as a research trainee. I had a file with all my certificates and scorecards arranged neatly in it that I held so tight to my chest, hoping that the good credentials I earned…
Prof. Jayant Murthy speaks about his career, life stories, academic training in the United States, research experience with space payloads and UV missions, etc. About the Interviewee Prof. Jayant Murthy obtained his PhD from Johns Hopkins University in 1987. He went to NASA/GSFC for two years as a NAS/NRC Research Associate and then back to…
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B. C. Bhatt, Dorje Angchuk & Maan Singh In the final part of this series “Glimpses of Memories at IAO, Ladakh”, I will start with the installation of the 2m telescope. The telescope consignment journey from EOST, Tucson (USA) to Hanle, Ladakh was over on 18/19th of August, 2000. During this period, all the civil/mechanical/electrical…
Varun Kumar, Project Engineer-I (ADITYA-L1) After joining IIA for Integrated M.Tech – PhD course in July 2013, I and my four other batch mates left for Kolkata for mandatory one-year course work at the University of Calcutta. During my stay at Kolkata, the IIA outreach photos uploaded on social media by our seniors attracted me…
