IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division E Sun and Heliosphere
• Member of Inter-Division B-E WG Coordination of Synoptic Observations of the Sun
• Member of Executive Committee WG Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 10 Solar Activity (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 12 Solar Radiation & Structure (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 14 Atomic & Molecular Data (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 49 Interplanetary Plasma & Heliosphere (until 2015)

Other affiliation(s)

• Member of the National Committee for Astronomy in India

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.7 - Atomic data
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.8 - Space instruments
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.3 - Eclipses
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.3 - Sun: atmosphere, 6.5 - Sun: corona, 6.6 - Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs), 6.8 - Sun: faculae, plages
8 - Stars: 8.3 - Stars: chromospheres