Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications

1 Name: Devendra Kumar OJHA

2 Present Position and official address with E-mail id:

Senior Professor (I)

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba,Mumbai 400 005, INDIA.

E-mail: ojha@tifr.res.inTelephone: (+91) - 22 - 2278 2684 (Office)Fax: (+91) - 22 - 2280 4610Homepage: http://www.tifr.res.in/∼ojha/

3 Academic Qualifications:

Qualifications Name of the University Year Distinction

High School U.P. Board (India) 1981 First Rank

Higher Secondary U.P. Board (India) 1983 First Rank

B.Sc. (Physics) Kumaon University, Nainital 1985 First Rank

M.Sc. (Physics) Kumaon University, Nainital 1987 University medallistfor holding First Rank

Ph.D. (A&A) Louis Pasteur University 1994 Very Honourable GradeStrasbourg (France)

4 Research Areas:

Interstellar medium, Multiwavelength study of Galactic star-forming regions,Galactic structure & kinematics of the stellar populations of our Galaxy, Mass-losing Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in the Galactic bulge, Astronomical instru-mentation development for ground-based telescopes and development of balloon& space-borne payloads for space-based infrared astronomy.

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5 (a) Positions held earlier (chronological order):

Silver Jubilee Fellow, 1987–1989, U.P. State Observatory, Nainital (India).

CSIR Senior Research Fellow, 1989–1992, Worked at U.P. State Observatory,Nainital (India).

Ph.D. Degree, December 15, 1994, Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg (France),“Study of Galactic Structure and Stellar Populations : Kinematics of the Galaxy’sStellar Populations”, very honourable grade.

Research Fellow, 1992–1995 (French Government Scholarship under the Indo-French Collaborative project “Stellar populations and galactic evolution: A pho-tometric and astrometric sample survey”, financed by Indo-French Centre for thePromotion of Advanced Research, New Delhi).

Post Doctoral Fellowship, June 12, 1995 – March 15, 1996, Inter-University Cen-tre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India.

Post Doctoral Fellowship, April 1, 1996 – March 31, 1997, Institut d’Astrophysiquede Paris (IAP), France.

Fellow (D), May 2, 1997 – January 31, 1999, T.I.F.R., Mumbai, India.

Fellow (E), February 1, 1999 – January 31, 2002, T.I.F.R., Mumbai, India.

Reader (F), February 1, 2002 – January 31, 2007, T.I.F.R., Mumbai, India.

Associate Professor (G), February 1, 2007 – December 31, 2011, T.I.F.R., Mum-bai, India.

Professor (H), January 1, 2012 – June 30, 2020, T.I.F.R., Mumbai, India.

Senior Professor (I) (Level 15), July 1, 2020 –, T.I.F.R., Mumbai, India.

Chairperson, TIFR Balloon Facility Committee (BFC), since April, 2011 till now.

Convener, TIFR Balloon Facility Management Board (BFMB), since April, 2011till now.

Chairperson, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, TIFR, July, 2013 – July,2019.

Co-Convenor, Internal Working Group (IWG) and Budget Planning Group (BPG),TIFR, June – October, 2019.

Dean (Finance), TIFR and Convenor, IWG and BPG, TIFR, since October 30,2019 till now.

Financial Advisor, TIFR (additional charge), since October 30, 2019 till now.

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(b) Visiting Positions abroad:

Visiting Scientist at Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France for a month (inJune, 2000), under the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Re-search (IFCPAR) project.

Visiting Scientist, June, 2001 (one month), Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris,France.

Visiting Scientist at Besancon Observatory (France), May – July, 2003 (3 months).

JSPS Visiting Scientist at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo(Japan), August, 2003 – May, 2004 (10 months).

JSPS Visiting Scientist at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo(Japan), June – July, 2008 (2 months).

Visiting Scientist, May – June, 2010 (one month), Centro de Astrofısica da Uni-versidade do Porto (CAUP), Portugal.

Visiting Scientist, October, 2011 (15 days), Besancon Observatory (France).

Visiting Scientist, May 6 - 30, 2013, Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg (Germany).

NAOJ Visiting Professor at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo(Japan), June 8, 2014 – July 9, 2014 (one month).

Visiting Professor at National Central University, Zhongli, Taiwan, June 8 – 29, 2019.

6 Awards & Distinctions:

• 2015: Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, India

• 2015: Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India

• 2014: NAOJ Visiting Professor fellowship (1 month)

• 2013: MPIA (Germany) Visiting Scientist fellowship (∼1 month)

• 2008: JSPS (Japan) Visiting Scientist fellowship (2 months)

• 2003: CNRS (France) postes des chercheurs associes fellowship (3 months)

• 2003 – 2004: JSPS (Japan) Visiting Scientist fellowship (10 months)

• 1996: Indo-French Research Collaboration (IFCPAR / CEFIPRA) Postdoctoralfellowship

• 1992 – 1994: French Government Research Scholarship under the Indo-FrenchCollaborative project

• 1987: Gold medal for 1st rank in M.Sc. (Physics) in University

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7 Membership:

Life member of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI).

Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

Past member of the National Committee for Astronomy in India.

Past member of the French Astronomical Society (Societe Francaise des Specialistesen Astronomie).

Member of the IAU Division H: Interstellar Matter and Local Universe.

Member of the IAU Working Group on “Wide-Field Imaging”.

Past member of the IAU Commission 33: Structure & Dynamics of the GalacticSystem (until 2015)

Past member of the Indo-French Astronomy Network (IFAN).

Past member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012).

8 (a) National and International Conferences / Symposia:

1. September 29 - 30, 2020, attended HCT@20 - 20 Years of Himalayan Chan-dra Telescope meeting. Delivered invited talk on “The Episodic Accretionin Young Low Mass Stars and NIR instrumentation with 2-meter HCT”.

2. February 1 - 2, 2020, attended Winter School in Observational Astronomyat Ujjain Planetarium and Varahmihir Observatory Dongla, Ujjain, MP.Delivered two invited talks on “The Universe at Infrared Wavelength & StarFormation in the Milky Way Galaxy and “Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) &Ground- and Space-based Infrared Instruments”.

3. January 10 - 12, 2020, attended Workshop on Star Formation in associa-tion with School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University,Kottayam. Delivered two invited talks on “The Universe at Infrared Wave-length & Star Formation in the Milky Way Galaxy” and “Space ScienceExploration using Balloons as Suborbital Platforms”.

4. December 18 - 20, 2019, attended an International Workshop on “Sciencewith Subaru: An Indian Perspective” at TIFR, Mumbai. Delivered invitedtalk on “TIFR Facilities: Ground, Balloon, Space”.

5. December 3 - 4, 2019, attended Second Indo-Chilean Astronomical DialogueMeeting at IUCAA, Pune. Delivered invited talk on “Near Earth and SpaceScience Research using Balloon Platforms & IR Imaging and SpectroscopicInstrumentation for Indian Telescopes”.

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6. November 13, 2019, attended SALT Science Meeting 2019 at IUCAA, Pune.Delivered invited talk on “Evolution of outflows/jets in young low-massstars using HRS”.

7. October 22 - 24, 2019, attended an International Conference on InfraredAstronomy and Astrophysical Dust (IRAAD-2019) at IUCAA, Pune. De-livered review talk on “Evidence for cloud-cloud collision as a trigger ofhigh-mass star formation in our Galaxy”.

8. September 29 - 2 October, 2019, 2019 BRICS Astronomy Working Groupand Workshop on Multi-messenger and Multi-wavelength Astronomy, Riode Janeiro, Brasil. Delivered invited talk (via Skype) on “Multi-wavelengthAstronomy in India”.

9. February 19 - 23, 2019, attended International Winter School in Astron-omy 2019 (Astrowin 19), Birla Science Centre and TIFR Balloon Facility,Hyderabad. Delivered invited talk on “Scientific Ballooning in India: NearEarth and Space Science Research using Balloon Platforms”.

10. February 18, 2019, attended ASI workshop on National Large Optical-NIRTelescope during the 37th ASI meeting at Christ (Deemed to be Univer-sity), Bengaluru. Delivered invited talk on “Possible NIR-MIR ScienceInstruments”.

11. February 7, 2019, attended ISRO-Structured Programme (Recent Advancesin Scientific Research in the Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences usingGround and Space based data: Global Perspective) at PRL, Ahmedabad.Delivered invited talk on “Near Earth and Space Science Research usingBalloon Platforms”.

12. December 3 - 4, 2018, attended Brainstorming Meeting on Indo-JapaneseCollaboration in Astronomy and Astrophysics at IUCAA, Pune. Deliveredinvited talk on “TIFR overview, facilities and interests”.

13. November 14 - 17, 2018, attended an international meeting on Exploringthe Universe: Near Earth Space Science to Extra-Galactic Astronomy atS. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata. Delivered invitedtalk on “Research on space science using balloon platform”.

14. August 9 - 10, 2018, attended a meeting on VBO-50: Celebrating 50 yearsof Vainu Bappu Observatory at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluruand Vainu Bappu Observatory, Kavalur.

15. March 5, 2018, attended ISRO-Structured Programme (Space Science Pro-gramme: ISRO & Global Scenario) at PRL, Ahmedabad. Delivered invitedtalk on “Research on Space Science using Balloon Platforms”.

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16. February 5, 2018, attended ASI Workshop on Early science with the newlyinstalled 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope during the 36th Annual Meetingof the Astronomical Society of India at Osmania University, Hyderabad.Delivered Invited talk on “TANSPEC overview and possible science cases”.

17. January 22 - 24, 2018, attended an international meeting on Galaxy Evo-lution and Dynamical Structures-I (GEDS-I 2018) at IUCAA, Pune. De-livered invited talk on “A Stellar Population Synthesis Model for the Studyof Ultraviolet Star Counts of the Galaxy”.

18. January 13, 2018, attended First TIFR-BARC interaction meeting on As-trophysics, High Pressure & Synchrotron Radiation Physics at TIFR, Mum-bai. Delivered talk on “DAA Overview & IR Astronomy in DAA”.

19. January 10 - 12, 2018, attended First Indo-Chilean Astronomical DialogueMeeting at IUCAA, Pune. Delivered invited talk on “Astronomy at TIFR”.

20. November 3 - 5, 2017, attended 83rd Annual Meeting of the Indian Academyof Sciences at N-EHU, Shillong (Meghalaya). Delivered invited talk on“Star formation in the Milky Way Galaxy”.

21. October 17 - 20, 2017, attended AKARI2017 conference: The Cosmic Wheeland the Legacy of the AKARI archive: from galaxies and stars to planetsand life at University of Tokyo (Japan). Delivered invited talk on “Prospectsof star formation studies with near infrared instruments on 2-4 meter classIndian ground-based telescopes”.

22. September 22, 2017, attended Third BRICS Workshop on Astronomy In-frastructure and Instrumentation at IUCAA, Pune. Delivered invited talkon “Astronomy at TIFR”.

23. January 23 - 24, 2017, attended TMT-India School at IUCAA, Pune. De-livered invited talks on “NIR Instrumentation” on January 23, 2017 and on“TMT Science with NIR instruments” on January 24, 2017.

24. December 5 - 7, 2016, attended Conference on Star and Planet Formation:Insights and Intricacies at Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology,Thiruvananthapuram. Delivered invited talk on “Overview of Star Forma-tion”.

25. November 15 - 18, 2016, attended The First BINA Workshop on Instru-mentation and Science with the 3.6-m DOT and 4.0-m ILMT telescopes atARIES, Nainital. Delivered invited talk on “Prospects for star formationstudies with infrared instruments (TANSPEC and TIRCAM2) on 3.6-mDOT”.

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26. January 22 - 23, 2016, attended two-day Conference on Current Trendsin Physics at Banaras Hindu University. Delivered invited talk on “TheUniverse at Infrared Wavelengths”

27. December 2 - 6, 2015, attended Conference on Novae and accretion bina-ries: a multi wavelength study at Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences,Mumbai. Delivered invited talk on “Star Formation in the Galaxy: AnObservational Perspective”.

28. June 29 - July 1, 2015, attended Star Formation Workshop 2015: FromClouds to Cores at NAOJ, Mitaka (Tokyo), Japan. Delivered invited talkon “Feedback from massive stars on smaller scales and modes of triggeredstar formation in molecular clouds”.

29. February 17, 2015, attended 33rd Meeting of the Astronomical Society ofIndia at NCRA-TIFR, Pune. Delivered invited talk on “Star formation onlocal scales and modes of triggered star formation”.

30. February 16, 2015, attended Workshop on Star and Planet Formation atIUCAA, Pune. Delivered invited talk on “Optical/NIR view of star forma-tion using Indian facilities”.

31. November 25 - 27, 2014, attended international workshop on Current trendsin Near Infrared Astronomy in India at TIFR Balloon Facility, Hyderabad.Delivered invited talk on “TIFR Near Infrared Spectrometer and Imager(TIRSPEC)”.

32. November 2 - 7, 2014, attended international workshop on The Early Life ofStellar Clusters: Formation and Dynamics at The Niels Bohr InternationalAcademy in Copenhagen (Denmark). Delivered invited talk on “Triggeredstar formation in molecular clouds”.

33. July 17 - 19, 2014, attended Workshop on Galaxies and Cosmology atNCRA, Pune. Delivered invited talk on “Multiwavelength study of massivestar-forming regions in our Galaxy”.

34. March 20 - 22, 2014, 32nd Astronomical Society of India meeting at IISERMohali. Delivered invited talk on “TIFR Near-Infrared Spectrometer andImager for 2-meter Himalayan Chandra Telescope”.

35. January 16 - 18, 2014, India-TMT science and instrumentation meetingat Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. Delivered invited talk on“Instrument development activities at TIFR”.

36. January 21 - 22, 2013, attended an international workshop on CurrentTrends in Radial-Velocity and Exo-planets at PRL, Ahmedabad.

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37. August 5 - 10, 2012, attended South Africa - India joint Ground-basedAstronomy Workshop at Cape Town (South Africa), Delivered invited talkon “Multiwavelength studies of Galactic star-forming regions”.

38. July 10 - 13, 2012, attended international conference on Chemical Evolutionof Star Forming Region and Origin of Life, SNBNCBS, Kolkata, Deliveredinvited talk on “Structure and chemistry of the high mass star forming re-gion S255 on small scales.”

39. March 25, 2012, attended the national meeting on “Thirty Meter TelescopeProject” in New Delhi, on March 25, 2012.

40. December 5 - 9, 2011, attended international Workshop on Stellar Spec-tral Libraries (IWSSL 2011), University of Delhi, Delivered invited talk on“Study of Galactic Structure Using Ultra-Violet Surveys”.

41. November 22 - 25, 2011, International Conference on Interstellar Dust,Molecules and Chemistry (IDMC-2011), IUCAA, Pune, Delivered invitedtalk on “Triggered star formation and IMF in massive star-forming re-gions”.

42. November 7 - 8, 2011, National Workshop on Role of Small Telescopes inModern Astronomy Research, SNBNCBS, Kolkata, Delivered invited talkon “The Role of Small Telescopes in the Study of Low-Mass Young StellarObjects and Star Formation, etc.” and Co-Chaired the final concludingsession.

43. October 11 - 14, 2011, ESO Workshop on Formation and Early Evolutionof Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs, ESO headquarters, Garching(Germany), Presented a poster paper on “Young Brown Dwarfs Search inthe Core of Distant Massive Star Forming Regions”.

44. June 28 - July 1, 2011, International Workshop on Recent Advances in StarFormation, at IIA, Bangalore. Delivered invited talk on “The outburst andnature of young eruptive low mass stars in the dark clouds” and Chairedthe Session on Triggered Star Formation.

45. February 23 - 25, 2011, 29th Scientific Meeting of the Astronomical Societyof India, Raipur.

46. November 16 - 18, 2010, An international workshop on 10 years of InfraredSurvey Facility and the future, Nagoya (Japan). Delivered invited talk on“Multiwavelength study of Galactic H II regions”.

47. September 13 - 17, 2010, An international conference on Great Barriersin High Mass Star Formation, Townsville (Australia). Presented a posterpaper on “Massive and Distant Star Forming Regions”.

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48. February 5, 2010, Delivered an invited talk titled “TIRSPEC - A Near In-frared Spectrometer and Imager for Large Aperture Indian Telescopes”, dur-ing the XIth Project Management Board Meeting of ARIES 3.6 meter op-tical telescope held at ARIES, Nainital.

49. December 7 - 23, 2009, 1st TIFR Winter School in Astronomy & Astro-physics, TIFR, Mumbai. Delivered invited talk on “”Ground-based Opticaland Infrared Astronomy”.

50. October 10, 2009, A National Meeting on India’s participation in LargeTelescope Projects at IIA, Bangalore.

51. October 5 - 7, 2009, An International Workshop on Interstellar Matterand Star Formation - A Multi-Wavelength Perspective, held at the TIFRNational Balloon Facility, Hyderabad. Delivered invited talk on “YoungBrown Dwarfs Search in the core of distance massive star forming regions”.

52. September 27, 2008, A National Meeting on India’s participation in LargeTelescope Projects at IIA, Bangalore. Delivered invited talk on “TIFRScience Interests”.

53. March 3 - 6, 2008, ESO workshop on Star Formation Across the Milky WayGalaxy at Santiago de Chile. Delivered invited talk on “A multi-wavelengthstudy of triggered star formation around Galactic HII regions”.

54. May 25, 2007, A National Meeting at ISRO HQ, Bangalore and deliveredinvited talk on “Suggestion for an Indian experiment in response to ESA’soffer”.

55. August 13 - 19, 2006, XXVth International Astronomical Union GeneralAssembly, Prague, Czech Republic. Presented a poster paper in the IAUsymposium 237: “Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM”.

56. June 30 - July 1, 2006, Science discussion meeting on 3.8 metre opticaltelescope at ARIES, Nainital. Delivered invited talk on “Multiwavelengthstudy of Galactic Star Forming Regions”.

57. May 13 - 14, 2006, Symposium on observations with 2 metre class telescope:Dedication Ceremony for the 2 metre telescope of IUCAA at IUCAA, Pune.Delivered invited talk on “Multiwavelength studies of Galactic Star FormingRegions”.

58. January 21 - 22, 2006, Himalayan Chandra Telescope Users meeting at In-dian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore. Delivered invited talk on “FutureIR instruments for 2.01-meter HCT”.

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59. June 30 - July 1, 2005, Indo-French Network for Astronomy meeting at IU-CAA, Pune. Delivered invited talk on “Study of Galactic Structure (Opticaland Infrared surveys)”.

60. May 16 - 20, 2005, IAU Symposium 227 on Massive Star Birth: A Cross-roads of Astrophysics at Acireale, Italy. Presented a poster paper in theIAU Symposium.

61. February 21 - 24, 2005, XXIII Astronomical Society of India meeting atARIES, Nainital. Delivered invited talk on “Luminosity Functions of YSOs”.

62. March 25 - 26, 2004, Star Formation Workshop at Kyoto, Japan. Deliveredinvited talk on “High angular resolution infrared and radio study of massiveGalactic star forming regions”.

63. March 22 - 24, 2004, “Astronomical Society of Japan meeting” at Nagoya,Japan. Delivered invited talk on “Deep near-infrared observations of highmass Galactic star forming regions: W3 Main and NGC 7538”.

64. December 18 - 19, 2003, Star Formation Workshop, Ito, Japan. Deliveredinvited talk on “Deep near-infrared observations of high mass Galactic starforming regions”.

65. February 13 - 15, 2003, XXII Astronomical Society of India meeting atTrivandrum, India. Delivered invited talk on “Structure of the Milky WayDisk”.

66. July 2 - 5, 2002, The IAU 8th Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting, Tokyo,Japan. Delivered invited talk on “ISOGAL survey of the outer Galacticbulge : Mass-Losing AGB stars in Galactic Bulge ISOGAL Fields”.

67. May 13 - 16, 2002, Workshop on Mass-losing Pulsating Stars and TheirCircumstellar Matter, Sendai, Japan. Delivered Contributed talk on “Stellarsources in the ISOGAL intermediate bulge fields : 7 and 15 µm ISOCAMobservations”.

68. September 11 - 14, 2001, attended international Conference on Multi ColourUniverse, TIFR, Mumbai, India.

69. June 11 - 13, 2001, An international Conference on Infrared and Submil-limeter Space Astronomy, Toulouse, France. Contributed talk on “Stellarsources in the ISOGAL outer bulge fields”.

70. December 21 - 23, 2000, Workshop on Observing with IUCAA Telescope atIUCAA, Pune. Delivered invited talk on “Infrared Study of Young StellarObjects and Mass-losing AGB Stars”.

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71. November 15 - 18, 2000, XX Astronomical Society of India Meeting, D.D.U,Gorakhpur. Delivered invited talk on “Mass-losing AGB Stars in the ISO-GAL survey”.

72. August 7 - 18, 2000, XXIVth International Astronomical Union General As-sembly at Manchester, UK. Delivered invited talk on “2MASS star countsand the Galactic structure” at the IAU Symposium No. 204 on “The Ex-tragalactic Infrared Background and its Cosmological Implications”.

73. August 17 - 20, 1999, Workshop on current trends in Infrared Astronomyat Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India. Delivered invited talkon “Survey of the Galaxy with ISOGAL, DENIS and 2MASS”.

74. February 1 - 4, 1999, XIX Astronomical Society of India Meeting at RamanResearch Institute, Bangalore, India. Presented a poster paper on “Asymp-totic Giant Branch Stars in the ISOGAL Survey”.

75. August 27 - September 1, 1998, IAU Symposium 191 on Asymptotic GiantBranch Stars in Montpellier, France. Presented a poster paper on “Mass-losing AGB stars in the ISOGAL survey”.

76. November 28 - December 1, 1997, XVIII Astronomical Society of IndiaMeeting at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India. Deliveredinvited talk “Infrared view of the Galaxy with ISO”.

77. August 18 - 22, 1997, XXIIIrd International Astronomical Union GeneralAssembly, Kyoto, Japan. Presented a poster paper at the IAU SymposiumNo. 184 on “The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies”.

78. April 7 - 9, 1997, UPSO Workshop on Astronomy with moderate sizedoptical telescopes, Nainital, India. Delivered invited talk on “Optical/IRfollow-up of ISOGAL survey”.

79. September 3 - 4, 1996, CNRS Workshop, La matiere extra-terrestre vue parISO, Paris, France. Presented a poster paper on “Stellar sources in a fieldat l'-45◦, b'0◦ of the ISOGAL survey (ISOCAM 15 µm)”.

80. August 26 - 30, 1996, IAU Symposium No. 179 on New Horizons fromMulti-Wavelength Sky Surveys, Baltimore, USA. Presented a poster paperon “Structural and kinematical properties of the Galaxy at intermediategalactic latitudes”.

81. September 5 - 10, 1994, Workshop on The Formation of the Milky Way,Granada, Spain. Delivered invited talk on “Kinematical properties of thethick disk of the Galaxy”.

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82. August 15 - 19, 1994, XXIInd International Astronomical Union GeneralAssembly at The Hague, Netherlands. Presented two poster papers at theIAU Symposium Nos. 164 & 166 on “Stellar Populations” & “The asym-metric drift of the thick disk population”, respectively.

83. March 28 - 31, 1994, 14em Journees Scientifiques de la Societe Francaise desSpecialistes d’Astronomie (SFSA), Besancon, France. Presented a posterpaper on “Surveys de la structure galactique et structure radiale de la galaxie”.

84. January 3 - 21, 1994, 20th IAU School for Young Astronomers, Pune, In-dia. Presented invited talk on “Galactic structure surveys and kinematicsof Galaxy’s stellar populations”.

85. August 23 - 27, 1993, IAU Symposium No. 161: Wide Field Imaging,Potsdam, Germany. Presented a poster paper on “A complete, multicolorsurvey of absolute proper motions in the anticentre direction at intermediatelatitude : Kinematics of Galaxy’s stellar populations”.

86. June 21 - 24, 1993, Workshop on Galactic and Solar System Optical As-trometry, Cambridge, UK. Presented a poster paper on “Magnitude, colorand absolute proper motion survey in the anticentre direction at intermedi-ate galactic latitude”.

(b) Talks / Colloquia Given Elsewhere:

1. September 14, 2020, Delivered invited talk on “The Universe at InfraredWavelength and Star Formation in the Milky Way Galaxy” at TIFR, Mum-bai (INO Outreach talk).

2. February 27, 2020, Delivered colloquium on “IR Astronomy Activity atTIFR” at Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, Japan.

3. January 20 - 21, 2020, Delivered invited talk on “Infrared astronomy usingballoons” during TIFR Balloon Faciity Users Meeting at Balloon Facility,Hyderabad.

4. January 13 - 14, 2020, Delivered invited talk on “Massive Star FormationTriggered by Collisions of Molecular Clouds” during DAA Annual Interac-tion Meeting (DAIM-2020) at TIFR, Mumbai.

5. June 27, 2019, Delivered colloquium on “Near earth and space science re-search using balloon platforms” at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu,Taiwan.

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6. June 24, 2019, Delivered colloquium on “Evidence for cloud-cloud colli-sion as a trigger of high-mass star formation in our Galaxy” at AcademiaSinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, National Taiwan Univer-sity, Taipei, Taiwan.

7. June 21, 2019, Delivered colloquium on “Observational Signatures of Cloud-Cloud Collision in Galactic Star-Forming Regions” at National Central Uni-versity, Zhongli, Taiwan.

8. June 12, 2019, Delivered special colloquium on “Near Earth and SpaceScience Research using Balloon Platform” at National Central University,Zhongli, Taiwan.

9. August 27, 2018, Delivered colloquium on “Research on space science usingballoon platforms” at the Astro Space Center, Lebedev Physical Instituteof the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

10. August 27, 2018, Delivered colloquium on “Observational aspects of trig-gered star formation in the Milky Way & Indian observational facilities” atthe Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow, Russia.

11. August 22, 2018, Delivered colloquium on “Star formation on local scalesand modes of triggered star formation & Indian Observational Facilities”at the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences(IAA-RAS), Saint Petersburg, Russia.

12. August 21, 2018, Delivered colloquium on “Observational Aspects of Trig-gered Star Formation in the Milky Way & Indian Observational Facilitie”at the Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

13. August 2, 2018, Delivered colloquium on “Observational Aspects of Trig-gered Star Formation in the Milky Way” at Indian Institute of Astrophysics,Bengaluru.

14. July 5, 2018, Delivered a presentation on “Mid-Infrared IFU SpectroscopySatellite (MISS) for the L2 Orbit” at ISRO HQ, Bengaluru during FutureAstronomy AO payloads/missions Review committee Meeting.

15. April 3, 2018, Delivered invited talk on “Research on Space Science usingBalloon Platforms” at the institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academyof Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

16. March 20, 2017, Delivered colloquium on “Observational Aspects of Trig-gered Star Formation in the Milky Way” at NCRA, Pune.

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17. December 17, 2016, Delivered colloquium on “Star Formation in the Galaxy:An Observational Perspective” at University of Raipur.

18. October 10, 2016, Delivered invited talk on “Episodic accretion outburstsin protoplanetary discs and outflows” at the Institute of Applied Physics,Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

19. March 30, 2016, Delivered invited talk on “Star Formation in the Galaxy:An Observational Perspective” at University of Delhi.

20. March 24, 2016, Delivered colloquium on “Study of Galactic Structure usingUltra-violet Surveys” at the Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academyof Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod (Russia).

21. February 16, 2016, Delivered invited talk on “Is the IMF of Stellar ClustersUniversal?” at Anand Engineering College, Agra.

22. December 12, 2015, Delivered colloquium on “The Universe at InfraredWavelengths” at Motiram Baburam Government Post Graduate (MBGPG)College, Haldwani (Nainital).

23. November 26, 2015, Delivered colloquium on “An Overview of InfraredAstronomy” at University of Raipur.

24. July 1, 2014, Delivered invited talk on “Understanding the outbursts inyoung low mass stars” at Department of Astronomy, University of Tokyo,Hongo Campus, Japan.

25. June 30, 2014, Delivered colloquium on “The Episodic Accretion in YoungLow Mass Stars” at Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS-JAXA), Sagamihara, Japan.

26. June 26, 2014, Delivered invited talk on “The outburst and nature of youngeruptive low mass stars in dark clouds” at Nishi-Harima Astronomical Ob-servatory (NHAO) at Sayo (Hyogo), Japan.

27. March 6, 2014, Delivered Colloquium at the Institute of Applied Physics,Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) on “A stellarpopulation synthesis model for the study of ultraviolet star counts of theGalaxy”.

28. February 18, 2014, Delivered Colloquium at the Centre of Excellence in Ba-sic Sciences (CBS), Mumbai on “Star Formation in the Milky Way Galaxy”.

29. May 23, 2013, Delivered Talk at Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, Uni-versity of Heidelberg (France) on “Multiwavelength studies of star forma-tion in the vicinity of Galactic HII regions”.

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30. November 14, 2012, Delivered Colloquium at the Institute of Applied Physics,Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) on “A multiwave-length study of star formation in the vicinity of Galactic HII regions”.

31. March 22, 2012, Delivered Colloquium at the Institute of Applied Physics,Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) on “The outburstand nature of young eruptive low mass stars in the dark clouds”.

32. October 20, 2011, Delivered Colloquium at Besancon Observatory (France)on “Young Brown Dwarfs Search in the Core of Distant Massive Star Form-ing Regions”.

33. September 15, 2011, Delivered Talk at PRL, Ahmedabad on “The outburstand nature of young eruptive low mass stars in the dark clouds”.

34. September 14, 2011, Delivered Colloquium at PRL, Ahmedabad on “DoMassive Stars Trigger New Waves of Star Formation ?”.

35. June 1, 2010, Delivered Colloquium at Centro de Astrofısica da Universi-dade do Porto (CAUP), Portugal on “Young Brown Dwarfs Search in theCore of Distant Massive Star Forming Regions”.

36. May 21, 2010, Delivered Talk at Centro de Astrofısica da Universidade doPorto (CAUP), Portugal on “Current Ground and Space based AstronomyProgrammes in India”.

37. December 8, 2008, Delivered Colloquium at ARIES, Nainital on “IMF oflow-mass stars and young brown dwarfs in distant massive star formingregions”.

38. November 6, 2008, Delivered Talk at PRL, Ahmedabad on “Young BrownDwarfs Search in Distant Massive Star Forming Regions”.

39. July 18, 2008, Delivered Colloquium at National Astronomical observatoryof Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo (Japan) on “Multiwavelength study of Galactic HII regions and Young Brown Dwarfs search in distant massive star formingregions”.

40. July 2, 2008, Delivered Colloquium at Institute of Space and AstronauticalScience (ISAS), Kanagawa, Japan on “Young Brown Dwarfs Search in thecore of distance massive star forming regions”.

41. June 12, 2008, Delivered Talk at National Astronomical observatory ofJapan (Subaru Group) on “Young Clusters: Star Formation and Morphol-ogy”.

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42. March 13, 2008, Delivered Colloquium at Besancon Observatory (France)on “A multi-wavelength study of triggered star formation around GalacticH II regions”.

43. June 25, 2007, Delivered Colloquium at National Astronomical Observatoryof Japan (Mitaka) in Japan on “Multiwavelength Study of Galactic HIIregions”.

44. June 22, 2007, Delivered Talk at Nagoya University (Japan) on “Multi-wavelength Study of Galactic Star Forming Regions”.

45. June 19, 2007, Delivered Colloquium at Institute of Space and Astronau-tical Science-JAXA, Kanagawa (Japan) on “A multi-wavelength study oftriggered star formation around Galactic H II regions”.

46. August 18, 2007, Delivered Saturday Interaction Talk titled “The Universeat Infrared Wavelengths” to the first year physics graduate students atTIFR.

47. November 12, 2007, Delivered Colloquium at Indian Institute of Astro-physics, Bangalore on “Study of Galactic Star Forming Regions and Signsof Triggered Star Formation”.

48. January 15, 2003, Delivered Colloquium at Institute of Space and Astro-nautical Science, Kanagawa (Japan) on “The ISOGAL survey : AGB starsand star formation in the inner Galaxy”.

49. September 11, 2002, Delivered Colloquium at TIFR, Mumbai on “Infraredview of the inner regions of our Galaxy”.

50. March 18, 2001, Delivered Talk at Nagoya University (Japan) on “ISOCAMimaging of inner Galaxy at 7 & 15 µm and Massive & Luminous YSOs”.

51. March 28, 2001, Delivered Talk at Tokyo University (Japan) on “ISOCAMimaging of inner Galaxy at 7 & 15 µm and Massive & Luminous YSOs”.

52. November 9, 2000, Delivered Colloquium at Institute of Astrophysics, Ban-galore on “Massive and Luminous YSOs and their environment”.

53. March 28, 2000, Delivered Colloquium at Institute of Astrophysics, Banga-lore on “Infrared surveys : A golden age of exploration”.

54. September 3, 1998, Delivered Colloquium at Besancon Observatory (France)on “Infrared view of the inner Galaxy with ISO”.

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9 Involvement in Collaborative Programmes:

• Principal Investigator of a proposal titled “Large-scale mapping of massive star-forming regions in the far-infrared [C II] emission with a balloon-borne telescope”,Indo-Japan Cooperative Science Programme-2018 (IJCSP) (2019 - 2021).

• Principal Investigator of a proposal titled “Multi-wavelength studies of Galacticstar-forming regions”, Indo-Russian Joint Project under DST-RFBR Programme(2017 - 2019).

• Principal Investigator of a proposal titled “Investigation of the distribution ofvarious gas components (ionized, neutral atomic and molecular) in star-formingcomplexes”, Indo-Russian Joint Project under DST-RFBR Programme (2015 -2017).

• Principal Investigators of the following current TIFR plan proposals:(a) Upgradation of ground-based infrared instruments, test facilities for space-based infrared instruments and feasibility study on the possible instrumentationfor an astronomy satellite at the L2 point.(b) Research & Development of Scientific Ballooning and Maintenance, Refur-bishment and Upgradation of Technical & Civil Infrastructure at TIFR BalloonFacility, Hyderabad.

• Principal Investigators of TANSPEC and IRSIS 12th plan TIFR projects.

• Principal Investigator of a proposal titled “Study of Neutral and Ionized Gasin Star Forming Regions”, Indo-Russian Joint Project under DST-RFBR Pro-gramme (2013 - 2015).

• Principal Investigator of a proposal titled “Interaction of ionized, atomic andmolecular gas in star forming regions”, Indo-Russian Joint Project under DST-RFBR Programme (2011 - 2013).

• Co-Investigator of a proposal titled “High Resolution spectroscopy of FUOrs likeoutburst objects”, accepted for high resolution optical spectroscopic observationswith the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), South Africa.

• Co-Investigator of a proposal titled “Understanding cluster formation within thefilamentary environment”, accepted for molecular line observations with Onsala20m millimetre wave telescope.

• Principal Investigator (Indian) of a proposal titled “Wide Field Studies of StarForming Regions”, Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), Marie Curie Actions,IRSES, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium (Start date: 1-Feb-2009; Du-ration: 40 months). The collaborating institutes were: Centro de Astrofısicada Universidade do Porto (CAUP), Portugal and Centre for Astrophysics andPlanetary Science (CAPS), University of Kent, UK.

•Member of the Indian Multiwavelength Astronomy Satellite ASTROSAT (launched

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on 28 September 2015) Science Team.

• Co-Investigator of the Indian team in the Indo-Japanese collaborative balloon-borne far-infrared astronomy programme (1997-2010), being carried out fromTIFR Balloon Facility. The Japanese collaborating Institutes were: ISAS:JAXAand Universities of Nagoya & Tokyo.

• Principal Investigator of a proposal titled “A Near-Infrared and Optical Studyof Galactic Star Forming Regions”, submitted for the long-term observationalprogramme of the 2 meter Himalayan Chandra Telescope, Hanle (Ladakh), India& 2 meter IUCAA Girawali telescope, Pune.

• Principal Investigator of proposals titled “High angular resolution radio studyof Galactic star forming regions”, submitted for the long-term observational pro-gramme of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), Pune.

• Co-Investigator of the proposals titled “Ionized gas on small scales in HMSFcores and triggered star formation”, submitted for the long-term observationalprogramme of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), Pune.

• Co-Investigator of the proposals submitted for the NIR observational pro-grammes of the 3.8 meter UKIRT (Hawaii), 1.4 meter IRSF (South Africa), 8meter SUBARU (Hawaii), 8 meter VLT (Chile) and 3.6 meter TNG (La Palma)telescopes, for the study of massive Galactic star-forming regions of our Galaxy.

• Associate of the ISOGAL (Infrared Space Observatory) project. ISOGAL wasa 7 and 15 µm survey of the inner Galaxy performed with the ISOCAM (ISOCAMera). Prof. Alain Omont was the PI of this project.

10 Ph.D. Students & Postdoctoral Fellows Supervised / Collaboratedwith & Their Trajectories:

Present students / Postdocs in TIFR:

1. Supriyo Ghosh (since 1 July 2019), Postdoc, TIFR (Topic: Galactic Struc-ture, RGB & AGB stars & Infrared Instrumentation)

2. Susmitha Rani Antony (since 15 January 2019), Postdoc, TIFR (Topic:Galactic Structure, Star Formation & Infrared Instrumentation)

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Past students / Postdocs in TIFR:

1. Priyanka Chaturvedi (2017 - 2018), Postdoc, TIFR (Topic: Exo-Planet &Star Formation)

[currently Postdoctoral Researcher at Thuringer Landessternwarte, Taut-enburg, Germany]

2. Tapas Baug (2014 - 2017), Postdoc, TIFR (Topic: Infrared Instrumentation& Star Formation]

[currently Postdoctoral Researcher at The Kavli Institute for Astronomyand Astrophysics at Peking University (KIAA-PKU), China]

3. Joe Philip Ninan (2012 - 2016), Ph.D. student, TIFR (Topic: InfraredInstrumentation & Star Formation)

[currently Postdoctoral Researcher at The Pennsylvania State University,USA]

4. Kshitiz K. Mallick (2011 - 2015), Ph.D. student, TIFR (Topic: Star For-mation)

[preparing for Indian Administrative Service]

5. Ananta C. Pradhan (2011 - 2014), Postdoc, TIFR (Topic: Galactic Struc-ture)

[currently faculty member at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela,Odisha]

6. Lokesh K. Dewangan (2011 - 2012), Postdoc, TIFR (Topic: Star Formation)

[currently faculty member at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad]

7. Manash Ranjan Samal (2004 - 2010), Ph D student, ARIES, Nainital.Worked under Dr. A. K. Pandey (ARIES, Guide) and Prof. D. K. Ojha(Co-Guide) (Topic: Star Formation)

[currently faculty member at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad]

8. Saket Singh Kaurav (2008 - 2010), Junior Research Fellow, TIFR (Topic:Infrared Instrumentation)

[currently Curator ‘C’ at Regional Science Centre, Bhopal]

9. Sandeep S. Borgaonkar (2009 - 2010), Ph.D. Student, TIFR (left TIFR in2010).

10. Anandmayee Tej (2004 - 2007), Postdoc, TIFR (Topic: Star Formation)

[currently faculty member at Indian Institute of Space Science and Tech-nology, Thiruvananthapuram]

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11. Abhijit Chakraborti (1999 - 2000), Postdoc, TIFR (Topic: Infrared Instru-mentation & Star Formation)

[currently faculty member at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad]

Students elsewhere:

I had supervised (as a collaborator) the following students from ARIES, Nainitaland other places, for their Ph.D. theses:

Saurabh Sharma (2002 - 2007) from ARIES, NainitalThesis title: “Studies of young & intermediate age Galactic star clusters”; joinedas faculty member at ARIES, Nainital in 2009.

Neelam Chauhan (2005 - 2011) from ARIES, NainitalThesis title: “Age sequence in small clusters associated with bright-rimmed clouds(BRCs)”; joined as faculty member at ARIES, Nainital in 2018.

Jessy Jose (2005 - 2011) from ARIES, NainitalThesis title: “A Multi-Wavelength Study of Young Embedded Clusters”; joinedas faculty member at IISER, Tirupati in 2017.

Kaushar Sanchawala (2003 - 2007) from National Central University, Zhongli,Taiwan.Thesis title: “X-ray and NIR study of young stars in the Carina Nebula”, joinedas faculty member at BITS, Pilani.

11 Involvement in Conferences / Schools Organization:

1. International Conference on Infrared Astronomy and Astrophysical Dust,IUCAA, Pune, October 22-25, 2019.

I was one of the members of the Scientific Organizing Committee.

2. Winter School in Astronomy 2019 (Astrowin19), Birla Science Centre, Hy-derabad, February 19-23, 2019.

I was one of the organisers of this workshop at TIFR Balloon Facility,Hyderabad.

3. ASI Workshop on National Large Optical-NIR Telescope, Christ (Deemedto be University), Bengaluru, February 18, 2019.

I was one of the members of the Scientific Organizing Committee.

4. First TIFR-BARC interaction meeting on Astrophysics, High Pressure &Synchrotron Radiation Physics, TIFR, Mumbai, January 13, 2018.

I was one of the organisers of this interaction meeting.

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5. Conference on Star and Planet Formation: Insights and Intricacies, IndianInstitute of Space Science & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, December5-7, 2016.

I was one of the members of the Scientific Organizing Committee.

6. Star and Planet Formation Workshop, IUCAA, Pune, February 16, 2015.

I was one of the members of the Scientific Organizing Committee of thisworkshop.

7. Recent Development in Physics & Prosperity in Solar Physics Space Sci-ence, M. B. Govt. P. G. College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, December 27 -28, 2014.

I was one of the members of the National Advisory Committee of thisconference.

8. Current trends in Near Infrared Astronomy in India, TIFR Balloon Facility,Hyderabad, November 25 - 27, 2014.

I was the Chairperson of the Scientific Organizing Committee of this work-shop.

9. National Conference on Recent Trends in Interdisciplinary Research andAstrophysics Space Science, M. B. Govt. P. G. College, Haldwani, Uttarak-hand, November 3 - 4, 2012.

I was one of the members of the National Advisory Committee of thisconference.

10. Chemical Evolution of Star Forming Region and Origin of Life, S.N. BoseNational Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, July 10 - 13, 2012.

I was one of the members of the Scientific Organizing Committee.

11. Legacy of AKARI: A Panoramic View of the Dusty Universe, The SecondAKARI Conference, Jeju Island, South Korea, February 27 - 29, 2012.

I was one of the members of the Scientific Organizing Committee.

12. 1st TIFR Winter School in Astronomy & Astrophysics TIFR, Mumbai,December 7 - 23, 2009.

The school was organized as a part of the Homi Bhabha Birth CentenaryCelebrations. I was one of the members of the SOC & LOC of this school.

13. Interstellar Matter and Star Formation - A Multi-Wavelength Perspective,TIFR National Balloon Facility, Hyderabad, October 5 - 7, 2009.

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This international workshop was organized as a part of the Homi BhabhaBirth Centenary Celebrations. I was the Chair of SOC & LOC of this work-shop. I have also edited the Proceedings of this workshop, which appearedas the first Conference Series of the Astronomical Society of India in 2010(ASICS Volume 1, 2010).

14. COSPAR Colloquium on “Spectra and Timing of Compact X-ray Binaries”,TIFR, Mumbai, January 17 - 21, 2005.

I was one of the members of the LOC.

15. An International Conference on Multi Colour Conference, September 11 to14, 2001, TIFR, Mumbai, India.

I was one of the members of the LOC.

12 Other Responsibilities:

• Chairperson of the Scientific Organising Committee of Astronomical Society ofIndia for a period of three years (2019 - 2022).

• Member of the AstroSat Time Allocation Committee (ATAC) for a period oftwo years (2019 - 2020).

• Member of the National Committee for Astronomy – International Astronom-ical Union (IAU), INSA, New Delhi from 2016 to 2019.

• Member of the Scientific Organising Committee of Astronomical Society ofIndia for a period of three years (2016 - 2019).

• Member of the Project Advisory Committe (Physics-II) of Science and Engi-neering Research Board (SERB), DST, New Delhi.

• Chairperson of the Technical Evaluation Committee for the development ofNear-Infrared, Imager, Spectrometer and Polarimeter (NISP) for the upcoming2.5-m telescope of PRL, Ahmedabad (since December, 2017).

• Member of the Project Management Board of India TMT Coordination Centreand Member of the India-TMT Management Advisory Committe.

• Member of the Scientific Organising Committee of Astronomical Society ofIndia for a period of three years (2004 - 2007).

• Member of the Time Allocation Committee (ARIES-TAC) of 3.6-meter Dev-asthal Optical Telescope since 2017.

• Member of the Time Allocation Committee (IIA-TAC) of 2-meter HimalayanChandra Telescope, Hanle (Ladakh), from 2009 to 2015. Served as Chairpersonof IIA-TAC from 2016 to 2018.

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• Member of the Time Allocation Committee (IUCAA-TAC) of 2-meter IUCAAGirawali telescope, Pune, from 2009 to 2012. Served as Chairperson of IUCAA-TAC from 2012 to 2015.

• Member of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Time Allocation Committee(GTAC) from 2009 to 2012.

• Elected as Councillor of the Astronomical Society of India for a period of threeyears (2010 - 2012).

• Member of the TMT-India (Thirty Meter Telescope Project) Science Assess-ment Committee.

• Member of the TMT International Science Development Team (ISDT) of “For-mation of stars and planets”.

• Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of ARIES, Nainital.

• Member of the External Screening Committee (ESC) of ARIES, Nainital.

• Member of the TIFR Balloon Facility Management Board.

• Member of the NCRA Management Board (NMB), Pune.

• Serving as Chairperson of the TIFR Balloon Facility Committee sinceApril 2011. The TIFR Balloon Facility operates under the overall executivecontrol of a Chairperson of a committee appointed by the Director, TIFR. Atpresent there are about 45 regular members at the Balloon Facility. TIFR BalloonFacility staff is organized into various specialized groups for efficient and timebound operational preparedness. It is ably supported by a team of administrationstaff which provides administrative support and budget control as per the rulesand regulations. However, the entire staff of the Balloon Facility operates asa single specialized team during the balloon launch, flight control and recoveryoperations.

• Served as Chairperson of the Department of Astronomy & Astro-physics (DAA), TIFR, from July 2013 – July 2019. At present there areabout 65 regular members in the DAA.

• Serving as Dean (Finance) of TIFR since October 30, 2019. In thiscapacity, I am overseeing all budgetary matters of TIFR (main campus Colaba,TIFR centres and field stations). I am also the Convenor of the Budget PlanningGroup (BPG) and the Internal Working Group (IWG) of TIFR. I am also hold-ing the additional charge of Financial Advisor of TIFR. The mandate of BPGincludes budget planning, monitoring and overall coordination of plan projectand reporting their progress to Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). The BPGis also responsible for non-plan budget planning and reporting to DAE. As Dean(Finance), I am responsible for coordination and interfacing with the DAE.

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13 Full List of Publications of Devendra K. Ojha

(a) In Refereed Journals:

1. T. Suzuki, S. Oyabu, S.K. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha, H. Kaneda, et al., “[CII]emission properties of the massive star-forming region RCW 36 in a fila-mentary molecular cloud”, A&A (Under Review) (2020).

2. R. Kumar, A.C. Pradhan, A. Mohapatra, A. Moharana, D.K. Ojha, M.Parthasarathy & J. Murthy, “Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) obser-vation of Galactic Globular Cluster NGC 7492”, MNRAS (Under Review)(2020).

3. N. Panwar, S. Sharma, D.K. Ojha, T. Baug, L.K. Dewangan, B.C. Bhatt& R. Pandey, “Star formation and evolution of blister-type Hii region Sh2-112”, ApJ (Accepted), eprint: arXiv:2010.11065 (2020).

4. R.K. Anand, S. Rastogi, B. Kumar, A. Ghosh, S. Sharma, D.K. Ojha& S.K. Ghosh, “PAH and nbL Features Detection in Planetary NebulaeNGC 7027 and BD +303639 with TIRCAM2 Instrument on 3.6m DOT”,Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics; doi:10.1007/s12036-020-09644-9(Accepted), eprint: arXiv:2010.01411 (2020).

5. L.K. Dewangan, D.K. Ojha, S. Sharma, S. del Palacio, N.K. Bhadari &A. Das, “New Insights into the H II Region G18.88-0.49: Hub-FilamentSystem and Accreting Filaments”, ApJ, Volume 903, Issue 1, id.13 (2020).

6. S. Sharma, A. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha, R. Pandey, T. Sinha, A.K. Pandey, S.K.Ghosh, N. Panwar & S.B. Pandey, “The disintegrating old open clusterCzernik 3”, MNRAS, Volume 498, Issue 2, p.2309 (2020).

7. A. Richichi, S. Sharma, T. Sinha, R. Pandey, A. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha, A.K.Pandey & M.B. Naik, “Further milliarcsecond resolution results on coolgiants and binary stars from lunar occultations at Devashtal”, MNRAS,Volume 498, Issue 2, p.2263 (2020).

8. N.K. Bhadari, L.K. Dewangan, L.E. Pirogov & D.K. Ojha, “Star-formingSites IC 446 and IC 447: An Outcome of End-dominated Collapse of Mono-ceros R1 Filament ”, ApJ, Volume 899, Issue 2, id.167 (2020).

9. L.K. Dewangan, S. Sharma, R. Pandey, S. del Palacio, D.K. Ojha, P.Benaglia, T. Baug & S.R. Das, “Probing the Physical Conditions and StarFormation Processes in the Galactic H II Region S305 ”. ApJ, Volume 898,Issue 2, id.172 (2020).

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10. L.K. Dewangan, T. Baug, L.E. Pirogov & D.K. Ojha, “Investigating thephysical conditions in extended system hosting mid-infrared bubble N14”,ApJ, Volume 898, Issue 1, id.41 (2020).

11. C. Eswaraiah, D. Li, M.R. Samal, J.-W. Wang, Y. Ma, S.-P. Lai, A. Zav-agno, T.-C. Ching, T. Liu, K. Pattle, D. Ward-Thompson, A.K Pandey &D.K. Ojha, “Unveiling the importance of magnetic fields in the evolutionof dense clumps formed at the waist of bipolar H II regions: a case study onSh2-201 with JCMT SCUBA-2/POL-2”, ApJ, Volume 897, Issue 1, id.90(2020).

12. L.K. Dewangan, T. Baug & D.K. Ojha, “Uncovering distinct environ-ments in an extended physical system around the W33 complex”, MNRAS,Volume 496, Issue 2, p.1278 (2020).

13. H. Kaur, S. Sharma, L.K. Dewangan, D.K. Ojha, A. Durgapal & N. Pan-war, “Unveiling the physical conditions in NGC 6910”, ApJ, Volume 896,Issue 1, id.29 (2020).

14. R. Pandey,S. Sharma, N. Panwar, L.K. Dewangan, D.K. Ojha. D.P.Bisen, T. Sinha & A. Ghosh, “Stellar Cores in the Sh 2-305 H II Region”,ApJ, Volume 891, Issue 1, id.81 (2020).

15. J.S. Dhanya, L.K. Dewangan, D.K. Ojha & S. Mandal, “New insights ingiant molecular cloud hosting S147/S153 complex: signatures of interactingclouds”, PASJ, 2020PASJ..tmp..149D (2020).

16. T. Baug, R. de Grijs, L.K. Dewangan, G.J. Herczeg, D.K. Ojha, K. Wang,L. Deng & B.C. Bhatt, “Influence of Wolf-Rayet Stars on Surrounding Star-forming Molecular Clouds”, ApJ, 885, article id. 68, 24 pp. (2019).

17. A.C. Pradhan, S. Panda, M. Parthasarathy, J. Murthy & D.K. Ojha,“A catalogue of 108 extended planetary nebulae observed by GALEX”,Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 364, Issue 10, article id. 181, 19pp. (2019).

18. L.K. Dewangan, H. Sano, R. Enokiya, K. Tachihara, Y. Fukui & D.K.Ojha, “Unveiling molecular clouds toward bipolar HII region G8.14+0.23”,ApJ, Vol. 878, Issue 1, article id. 26, 12 pp. (2019).

19. L.K. Dewangan, L.E. Pirogov, O.L. Ryabukhina, D.K. Ojha & I. Zinchenko,“Observational signatures of end-dominated collapse in the S242 filamen-tary structure”, ApJ, Vol. 877, Issue 1, article id. 1, 15 pp. (2019).

20. L.K. Dewangan, D.K. Ojha, T. Baug & R. Devaraj, “Evidence of inter-acting elongated filaments in the star-forming site AFGL 5142”, ApJ, Vol.875, Issue 2, article id. 138, 14 pp. (2019).

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21. C. Eswaraiah, S.-P. Lai, Y. Ma, A.K. Pandey, J. Jose, Z. Chen, M.R. Samal,J.-W. Wang, S. Sharma & D.K. Ojha, “Polarimetric and photometricinvestigation of a dark globule LDN 1225: distance, extinction law, andmagnetic fields”, ApJ, Vol. 875, Number 1, 64 (2019).

22. P.R. Sinha, N. Nagendra, R.K. Manchanda, D.K. Ojha, et al., “Devel-opment of balloon-borne impactor payload for profiling free troposphericaerosol”, Aerosol Science and Technology, vol. 53, issue 3, pp. 231-243(2019).

23. L.K. Dewangan, T. Baug, D.K. Ojha & S.K. Ghosh, “Investigating In-ner and Large-scale Physical Environments of IRAS 17008-4040 and IRAS17009-4042 toward L = 345.5 deg, B = 0.3 deg”, ApJ, Vol. 869, Issue 1,article id. 30 (2018).

24. L.K. Dewangan, J.S. Dhanya, D.K. Ojha & I. Zinchenko, “The Study ofa System of H II Regions toward L = 24.8 deg, B = 0.1 deg at the GalacticBar: Norma Arm Interface”, ApJ, Vol. 866, Issue 1, article id. 20 (2018).

25. L.K. Dewangan, T. Baug, D.K. Ojha, I. Zinchenko & A. Luna, “Filamen-tary Structures and Star Formation Activity in the Sites S234, V582, andIRAS 05231+3512”, ApJ, Vol. 864, Issue 1, article id. 54 (2018).

26. O.L. Ryabukhina, I.I. Zinchenko, M.R. Samal, P.M. Zemlyanukha, D.A.Ladeyschikov, A.M. Sobolev, C. Henkel & D.K. Ojha, “Study of the fila-mentary infrared dark cloud G192.76+00.10 in the S254-S258 OB complex”,Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 18, Issue 8, article id. 095(2018).

27. K. Vaidya, S. Bhattacharya, V. Panwar, M.R. Manash, W.-P. Chen & D.K.Ojha, “Star formation toward the H II region IRAS 10427-6032”, NewAstronomy, Vol. 63, p. 27 (2018).

28. L.K. Dewangan, D.K. Ojha, I. Zinchenko & T. Baug, “Cloud-Cloud Collision-induced Star Formation in IRAS 18223-1243”, ApJ, Vol. 861, Issue 1, articleid. 19 (2018).

29. T. Baug, D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, S. Sharma, A.K. Pandey, B. Kumar, A.Ghosh, J.P. Ninan, M.B. Naik, S.L.A. D’Costa, S.S. Poojary, P.R. Sandi-mani, H. Shah, B. Krishna Reddy, S.B. Pandey & H. Chand, “TIFR NearInfrared Imaging Camera-II on the 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope”,Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, Vol. 7, Issue 1, id. 1850003-1881 (2018).

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30. L.K. Dewangan, R. Devaraj & D.K. Ojha, “The Embedded Ring-like Fea-ture and Star Formation Activities in G35.673-00.847”, ApJ, Vol. 854, Issue2, article id. 106 (2018).

31. T. Baug, L.K. Dewangan, D.K. Ojha, K. Tachihara, A.K. Pandey, S.Sharma, M. Tamura, J.P. Ninan & S.K. Ghosh, “Star Formation in the Sh2-53 Region Influenced by Accreting Molecular Filaments”, ApJ, Vol. 852,Issue 2, article id. 119 (2018).

32. N. Panwar, A.K. Pandey, M.R. Samal, P. Battinelli, K. Ogura, D.K. Ojha,W.-P. Chen & H.P. Singh, “Young Cluster Berkeley 59: Properties, Evolu-tion, and Star Formation”, AJ, Vol. 155, Issue 1, article id. 44 (2018).

33. L.K. Dewangan, D.K. Ojha & I. Zinchenko, “New Insights in the Mid-infrared Bubble N49 Site: A Clue of Collision of Filamentary MolecularClouds”, ApJ, Vol. 851, Issue 2, article id. 140 (2017).

34. L.K. Dewangan & D.K. Ojha, “Observational Signatures of Cloud-CloudCollision in the Extended Star-forming Region S235”, ApJ, Vol. 849, Issue1, article id. 65 (2017).

35. L.K. Dewangan, R. Devaraj, T. Baug & D.K. Ojha, “Embedded Filamentsin IRAS 05463+2652: Early Stage of Fragmentation and Star FormationActivities”, ApJ, Vol. 848, Issue 1, article id. 51 (2017).

36. L.K. Dewangan, T. Baug, D.K. Ojha, P. Janardhan, R. Devaraj & A.Luna, “The Molecular Cloud S242: Physical Environment and Star-formationActivities”, ApJ, Vol. 845, Issue 1, article id. 34 (2017).

37. N. Panwar, M.R. Samal, A.K. Pandey, J. Jose, W.-P. Chen, D.K. Ojha,K. Ogura, H.P. Singh & R.K. Yadav, “Low-mass young stellar populationand star formation history of the cluster IC 1805 in the W4 H II region”,MNRAS, Volume 468, Issue 3, p.2684 (2017).

38. L.K. Dewangan, D.K. Ojha & T. Baug, “Hub-filament System in IRAS05480+2545: Young Stellar Cluster and 6.7 GHz Methanol Maser”, ApJ,Vol. 844, Issue 1, article id. 15 (2017).

39. S. Sharma, A.K. Pandey, D.K. Ojha, H. Bhatt, K. Ogura, N. Kobayashi,R. Yadav & J.C. Pandey, “Stellar contents and star formation in the NGC7538 region”, MNRAS, Vol. 467, Issue 3, p.2943 (2017).

40. V. Ramachandran, S.R. Das, A. Tej, S. Vig, S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha,“Radio and infrared study of the star-forming region IRAS 20286+4105”,MNRAS, Vol. 465, Issue 4, p.4753 (2017).

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41. L.K. Dewangan, D.K. Ojha, I. Zinchenko, P. Janardhan & A. Luna, “Mul-tiwavelength Study of the Star Formation in the S237 H II Region”, ApJ,Vol. 834, Issue 1, article id. 22 (2017).

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106. T. Goto & D.K. Ojha, “Deep J-band imaging of high redshift QSO candi-dates with the Himalayan Chandra Telescope”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India,Vol. 34, p. 291 (2006).

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136. V. Mohan, D.K. Ojha, O. Bienaym & 9 coauthors, “UBV CCD standardsnear 5C1 radio sources at intermediate galactic latitude I”, Bull. Astron.Soc. India, Vol. 22, p. 403 (1994).

137. D.K. Ojha, O. Bienayme, A.C. Robin & V. Mohan, “A multicolor survey ofabsolute proper motions: galactic structure and kinematics in the directionof galactic centre at intermediate latitude”, A&A, Vol. 290, p. 771 (1994).

138. D.K. Ojha, O. Bienayme, A.C. Robin & V. Mohan, “A new UBV andproper motion survey in the anticentre direction at intermediate latitude:Kinematics of the Galaxy’s stellar populations”, A&A, Vol. 284, p. 810(1994).

139. D.K. Ojha & S.C. Joshi, “On the shell star Pleione (BU Tauri)”, JoAA,Vol. 12, p. 213 (1991).

140. D.K. Ojha & S.C. Joshi, “Colour indices of the Markarian galaxies”, As-trophys. & Sp. Sci., Vol. 183, p. 245 (1991).

141. S.C. Joshi & D.K. Ojha, “Spectrophotometric observations of B-type starsHR 1207 and HR 1770”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 19, p. 53 (1991).

142. S.C. Joshi, D.K. Ojha & J.B.Srivastava, “Spectrophotometric observationsof HR 8107”, JoAA, Vol. 10, p. 113 (1989).

143. D.K. Ojha & S.C. Joshi, “Spectrophotometry of Comet Bradfield (1987s)”,Earth, Moon & Planets, Vol. 44, p. 1 (1989).

(b) In Conference Proceedings / Telegrams:

1. R. Kumar, A.C. Pradhan, M. Parthasarathy, D.K. Ojha, A. Mohapatra &J. Murthy, “UVIT Observations of UV-Bright Stars in four Galactic Glob-ular Clusters”, Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 351, Star Clusters: Fromthe Milky Way to the Early Universe, eprint: arXiv:1908.02512 (2019).

2. D. Anand, V.A. Reddy, T.V. Rao, B. Kapardhi, D. Trivedi, B.S. Kumar, A.Rodi, D.K. Ojha, S. Koli & S. Kumar, “Electronic instrumentation capa-bilities for scientific ballooning in India”, 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assem-bly, 14-22 July 2018, Pasadena, California, USA, Abstract id. PSB.1-45-18(2018).

3. B.S. Kumar, T.V. Rao, B. Kapardhi, D. Anand, P.M. Kulkarni, S. Korra,N. Nagendra, S.P. Godi, D.K. Ojha, V.A. Reddy & P.R. Sinha, “Design,fabrication and launch of small zero pressure plastic balloons for floating

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at upper troposphere and lower stratosphere region for atmospheric sci-ence experiments”, 42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 14-22 July 2018,Pasadena, California, USA, Abstract id. PSB.1-36-18 (2018).

4. D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, S. Sharma, A.K. Pandey, T. Baug, J.P. Ninan,B. Kumar, P. Manoj, S.L.A. D’Costa, M.B. Naik, S. Poojary, S. Bha-gat, R. Jadhav, G. Meshram, P. Sandimani, S. Gharat & C. Bakalkar,“Prospects for star formation studies with infrared instruments (TIRCAM2and TANSPEC) on the 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope”, Bulletin de laSociet Royale des Sciences de Liege, in Proceedings of the First Belgo-IndianNetwork for Astronomy & Astrophysics (BINA) workshop, November 2016,held in Nainital, India, Vol. 87, pp. 58-67 (2018).

5. D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, T. Baug, P. Chaturvedi, P. Manoj, S.L.A. D’Costa,M.B. Naik, S.S. Poojary, P.R. Sandimani, J.P. Ninan, S. Sharma & A.K.Pandey, “Prospects of star formation studies with near-infrared instrumentson 2-4 meter class Indian ground-based telescopes”, The Cosmic Wheel andthe Legacy of the AKARI archive: from galaxies and stars to planets andlife. pp.257-260 (2018).

6. I. Zinchenko, D.K. Ojha, L. Pirogov & P. Zemlyanukha, “Multi-BandStudies of High Mass Star Formation on Various Scales”, Stars: From Col-lapse to Collapse, Proceedings of a conference held at Special AstrophysicalObservatory, Nizhny Arkhyz, Russia 3-7 October 2016, Astronomical Soci-ety of the Pacific, 2017, p.9 (2017).

7. K. Vaidya, S. Bhattacharya, V. Panwar, M. Samal, W.-P. Chen & D.K.Ojha, “Star formation toward IRAS 10427-6032”, Memorie della SocietaAstronomica Italiana, v.88, p.846 (2017).

8. D. Anand, A.V. Reddy, T.V. Rao, B. Kapardhi, D. Trivedi, A. Rodi, D.K.Ojha & S. Koli, “An overview of instrumentation capabilities for Scientificballooning in India”, 41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 30 July - 7 Augustat the Istanbul Congress Center (ICC), Turkey, Abstract id. PSB.1-8-16(2016).

9. B.S. Kumar, V.A. Reddy, T.V. Rao, D. Trivedi, D. Anand, P.M. Kulka-rni, D.K. Ojha, S. Korra, N. Nagendra, L. Seng & S.P. Godi, “Near SpaceLab-Rat Experimentation using Stratospheric Balloon”, 41st COSPAR Sci-entific Assembly, 30 July - 7 August at the Istanbul Congress Center (ICC),Turkey, Abstract id. PSB.1-17-16 (2016).

10. Warren Skidmore; TMT International Science Development Teams; Sci-ence Advisory Committee, TMT (including D.K. Ojha, “Thirty Meter

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Telescope Detailed Science Case: 2015”, Research in Astronomy and As-trophysics, Volume 15, Issue 12, article id. 1945 (2015).

11. J.P. Ninan, D.K. Ojha & V. Mohan, “Probing the Structure and Kinemat-ics of Outflows in Episodic Accretion of YSOs”, Proceedings of the SALTScience Conference 2015 (SSC2015), 1-5 June 2015. Stellenbosch Instituteof Advanced Study, South Africa, id.69 (2015).

12. S. Srivastav, J.P. Ninan, G.C. Anupama, D.K. Sahu & D.K. Ojha, “Opti-cal and NIR observations of SN 2014J”, The Astronomer’s Telegram, #5876(2014).

13. A.C. Pradhan, A. Pathak, J. Murthy & D.K. Ojha, “Observations ofO VI Absorption from the Superbubbles of the Large Magellanic Cloud”,IAU Symposium 296: Supernova environmental impacts, Proceedings ofthe International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 296, pp.388-389 (2014).

14. R. Vasudevan, V.A. Reddy, T.V. Rao, S. Sreenivasan, B.S. Kumar, D.Anand & D.K. Ojha, “Report on activities of TIFR Balloon Facility, Hy-derabad, India”. 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2-10 August 2014,Moscow, Russia, PSB.1-3-14 (2014).

15. B.S. Kumar, S. Sreenivasan, D.K. Ojha, S. Korra, G.S. Peter, N. Nagen-dra & R. Vasudevan, “Development of ultra thin polyethylene balloons forresearch at mesospheric altitude”, 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2-10August 2014, Moscow, Russia, PSB.1-28-14 (2014).

16. J.P. Ninan, D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, G.C. Anupama, T.P. Prabhu & B.C.Bhatt, “Dust formation in Nova Cephei 2013”, The Astronomer’s Telegram,#5269 (2013).

17. K.K. Mallick, M.S.N. Kumar, D.K. Ojha, R. Bachiller, M.R. Samal & LevPirogov, “Multi-wavelength study of Galactic H II region W40”, 31st ASIMeeting, ASI Conference Series, Vol. 9, pp 83 (2013).

18. J.P. Ninan, D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh & B.C. Bhatt, “Constraining models ofaccretion outbursts in low-mass YSOs”, 31st ASI Meeting, ASI ConferenceSeries, 2013, Vol. 9, pp 78 (2013).

19. D. Anand, A. Rodi & D.K. Ojha, “Design and Implementation of anexperiment-specific Payload Orientation Platform for balloon-borne Ex-periment”, 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 14-22 July 2012, inMysore, India. Abstract D3.1-24-12, p.447 (2012).

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20. J.P. Ninan, D.K. Ojha, K.K. Mallick, S.K. Ghosh, J.S. Joshi & B.C. Bhatt,“V1647 Orionis”, Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3164, 1 (2012).

21. J.P. Ninan, D.K. Ojha, K.K. Mallick, S.K. Ghosh, J.S. Joshi & B.C. Bhatt,“Slow dimming in the brightness of V1647 Orionis”, The Astronomer’sTelegram, #4237 (2012).

22. L. Pirogov, I. Zinchenko, D.K. Ojha & S.K. Ghosh, “Discovery of newnon-thermal radio sources in the W40 region”, The Astronomer’s Telegram,#4236 (2012).

23. D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, S.L.A. D’Costa, M.B. Naik, P.R. Sandimani, S.S.Poojary, S.B. Bhagat, R.B. Jadhav, G.S. Meshram & C.B. Bakalkar, “TIFRNear Infrared Spectrometer and Imager (TIRSPEC)”, ASI Conference Se-ries, Vol. 4, P. 191 (2012).

24. D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, S.L.A. D’Costa, M.B. Naik, P.R. Sandimani, S.S.Poojary, S.B. Bhagat, R.B. Jadhav, G.S. Meshram, C.B. Bakalkar, A.N.Ramaprakash, V. Mohan & J. Joshi, “First Light Observations with TIFRNear Infrared Imaging Camera (TIRCAM-II)”, ASI Conference Series, Vol.4, p. 189 (2012).

25. K.K. Mallick, D.K. Ojha, M.R. Samal, A.K. Pandey, S.K. Ghosh, B.C.Bhatt & M. Tamura, “A Multiwavelength Study of Galactic HII RegionS297”, ASI Conference Series, Vol. 4, p. 185 (2012).

26. J.P. Ninan, D.K. Ojha, B.C. Bhatt, K.K. Mallick, A. Tej, D.K. Sahu, S.K.Ghosh & V. Mohan, “The outburst and nature of young eruptive low massstars in the dark clouds”, ASI Conference Series, Vol. 4, p. 1 (2012).

27. I. Zinchenko, S. Kurtz, S.Y. Liu, D. Ojha & Y.N. Su, “Structure andchemistry of the high mass star forming region S255 on small scales”, TheMolecular Universe, IAU Symposium 280, #392 (2011).

28. S.S. Todmal, S.K. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha & A.C. Robin, “Study of Galacticstructure using ultra-violet surveys”, ASI Conference Series, Vol. 1, pp245-247, Edited by D. K. Ojha (2010).

29. V.S. Pawade, D.K. Ojha, J.P. Ninan, A. Tej, B.C. Bhatt, D.K. Sahu,S.K. Ghosh, S.S. Kaurav & V. Mohan, “Post-outburst phase of LDN 1415nebula (IRAS 04376+5413)”, ASI Conference Series, Vol. 1, pp 243-244,Edited by D. K. Ojha (2010).

30. K. Lakhchaura, J.K. Paul, S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, “Infrared study of theinterstellar medium around IRAS 16164-5046 (RCW 106)”, ASI ConferenceSeries, Vol. 1, pp 239-241, Edited by D. K. Ojha (2010).

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31. S.S. Kaurav, D.K. Ojha, J.P. Ninan, B.C. Bhatt, D.K. Sahu, S.K. Ghosh& A. Tej, “Second outburst phase of McNeil’s nebula (V1647 Orionis)”,ASI Conference Series, Vol. 1, pp 237-238, Edited by D. K. Ojha (2010).

32. J. Jose, A.K. Pandey, K. Ogura, D.K. Ojha, B.C. Bhatt, M.R. Samal & N.Chauhan, “Multi-wavelength study of the young cluster NGC 1624”, ASIConference Series, Vol. 1, pp 233-235, Edited by D. K. Ojha (2010).

33. S.S. Borgaonkar, D.K. Ojha, T. Nagayama, M. Tamura, S.K. Ghosh &M.R. Samal, “Isolated infrared nebula (IRAS 16148-5011) and evidenceof triggered star formation”, ASI Conference Series, Vol. 1, pp 217-219,Edited by D. K. Ojha (2010).

34. C. Eswaraiah, A.K. Pandey, G. Maheswar, B.J. Medhi, J.C. Pandey &D.K. Ojha, “Broad-band optical polarimetric studies of NGC 1893”, ASIConference Series, Vol. 1, pp 123-126, Edited by D. K. Ojha (2010).

35. M.R. Samal, A.K. Pandey, D.K. Ojha, I. Zinchenko, B.C. Bhatt, S.K.Ghosh & B. Pandey, “Multi-wavelength studies of Galactic HII regions”,ASI Conference Series, Vol. 1, pp 43-48, Edited by D. K. Ojha (2010).

36. D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, S.S. Kaurav, B.C. Bhatt, D.K. Sahu & A. Tej,“V1647 Orionis”, IAU Circular, 9006, 1 (2008).

37. Saurabh Sharma, A.K. Pandey, D.K. Ojha, W.-P. Chen, S.K. Ghosh, B.C.Bhatt, G. Maheswar & Ram Sagar, “Star Formation in Young Cluster NGC1893”, IAU Symposium, Volume 246, p. 73-74 (2008).

38. D.K. Ojha, “A Multi-wavelength study of triggered star formation aroundGalactic H II regions”, Star Formation Across the Milky Way Galaxy, ESOWorkshop, Santiago de Chile, 3-6 March, id. 27 (2008).

39. Saurabh Sharma, A.K. Pandey, D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, G. Mahesh, B.C.Bhatt & Ram Sagar, “Star formation in young open cluster NGC 1893”,Proceedings of 25th meeting of ASI (2007), p. 46 (2008).

40. D.K. Ojha & M. Tamura, “Luminosity Functions of YSO Clusters in Sh-2255, W3 Main and NGC 7538 Star Forming Regions”, IAU Symposium no.237, p. 458 (2007).

41. S. Vig, S.K. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha & R.P. Verma, “Infrared Study of IRAS10049-5657”, Cores to Clusters: Star Formation with Next Generation Tele-scopes. Editors: M. S. Nanda Kumar, M. Tafalla and P. Caselli, Publishedby Springer, New York, NY USA, 2005, p.197 (2005).

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42. S. Vig, S.K. Ghosh, V.K. Kulkarni, D.K. Ojha & R.P. Verma, “Radio andinfrared study of the region associated with the molecular cloud complexNGC 6334”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 33, p.394 (2005).

43. A. Tej, D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, S. Vig, V.K. Kulkarni, R.P. Verma &T.P. Prabhu, “Multiwavelength study of massive star forming region IRAS06055+2039”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 33, p.394 (2005).

44. S. Vig, S.K. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha & R.P. Verma, “Infrared study of thesouthern galactic star forming region associated with IRAS 14416-5937”,Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 33, p.393 (2005).

45. B.G. Anandarao, V. Venkataraman, S.K. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha & S. Vig,“Near-infrared photometry and radio continuum observations of the massivestar-forming region IRAS 21413+5442”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 33,p. 392 (2005).

46. D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, A. Tej, R.P. Verma, S. Vig, G.C. Anupama, B.C.Bhatt, P. Parihar, T.P. Prabhu, U.S. Kamath & B.G. Anandarao, “Post-outburst phase of the McNeil’s nebula (V1647 Orionis)”, Bull. Astron. Soc.India, Vol. 33, p. 370 (2005).

47. R.P. Verma, S.K. Ghosh, V.K. Kulkarni, D.K. Ojha, A. Tej & S. Vig,“High Resolution Radio Observations of Southern Galactic Star FormingRegions”, Star Formation in the Era of Three Great Observatories meeting,p.11 (2005).

48. D.K. Ojha, M. Tamura & Y. Nakajima, “SIRIUS observations of massivestar forming region: W3 Main and NGC 7538”, The Astronomical Herald(ISSN 0374-2466), Vol. 98, No. 3, pp 159-162 (2005).

49. D.K. Ojha, M. Tamura & Y. Nakajima, “SIRIUS observations of massivestar forming region: W3 Main and NGC 7538”, Annual Report of theNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan (ISSN 1346-1192), Vol. 7, p.15 (2005).

50. M. Tamura, D.K. Ojha, Sirius & ASTRO-F Star Formation Teams, “Lu-minosity Functions of YSO Clusters in Star Forming Regions: NIR andMIR Surveys”, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 322, p. 389 (2004).

51. S. Vig, S.K. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha & V.K. Kulkarni, “V1647 Orionis = IRAS05436-0007”, IAU Circular, 8354, 2 (2004).

52. D.K. Ojha, N. Kusakabe & M. Tamura, “IRAS 05436-0007”, IAU Circular,8306, 2 (2004).

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53. D.K. Ojha & A. Omont, “ISOGAL Survey of the Intermediate GalacticBulge: Mass-losing AGB Stars in Galactic Bulge ISOGAL Fields”, ASPConference Proceedings, Vol. 289, p. 121 (2003).

54. D.K. Ojha, A. Omont & ISOGAL Team, “Stellar sources in the ISOGALintermediate bulge fields, Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Vol. 283,p. 35 (2003).

55. D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, R.P. Verma & B.G. Anandarao, “Infrared L’-band(λcen ∼3.9 µm) observations with TIFR near-infrared camera (TIRCAM)”,Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 31, p. 467 (2003).

56. S. Vig, S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, “Warp of the Galacticda Disk as seenin Mid Infrared from Midcourse Space Experiment”, Bull. Astron. Soc.India, Vol. 31, p. 407 (2003).

57. R.P. Verma, S.K. Ghosh, V.K. Kulkarni & D.K. Ojha, “Infrared and radioobservations of IRAS 16571-4029 (RCW 116B)”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India,Vol. 31, p. 399 (2003).

58. S. Vig, S.K. Ghosh, V.K. Kulkarni, D.K. Ojha & R.P. Verma, “Infraredand radio observations towards the ultracompact HII region IRAS 19111+1048”,Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 31, p. 395 (2003).

59. S.K. Ghosh, V.K. Kulkarni, D.K. Ojha & R.P. Verma, “A Multiwave-length Study of the Galactic Star Forming Region Associated with IRAS20255+3712 / S 106”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 31, p. 391 (2003).

60. D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, V.K. Kulkarni, L. Testi, R.P. Verma & S. Vig,“A Study of the Galactic Star Forming Region IRAS 02593+6016 / S 201in Infrared and Radio Wavelengths”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 31, p.387 (2003).

61. B.G. Anandarao, A. Chakraborty & D.K. Ojha, “Near-Infrared Studiesof Massive Star Forming Regions”, IAU Symposium No. 221 (2003).

62. D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, R.P. Verma, A. Chakraborty & B.G. Anandarao,“First light observations with TIFR near-infrared camera”, Bull. Astron.Soc. India, Vol. 30, p. 827 (2002).

63. S.K. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha & R.P. Verma, “Far infrared study of the giant starforming complex W 51”, EAS Publications Series, Volume 4, Proceedingsof Infrared and Submillimeter Space Astronomy, p. 333 (2002).

64. D.K. Ojha, A. Omont, F. Schuller, G. Simon & ISOGAL Collaboration,“Stellar sources in the ISOGAL outer bulge fields (7 and 15 µm ISOCAM

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observations)”, EAS Publications Series, Volume 4, Proceedings of Infraredand Submillimeter Space Astronomy, p. 157 (2002).

65. S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, “Spatial distribution of unidentified infraredemission bands in star forming regions”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 30,p. 649 (2002).

66. D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh & R.P. Verma, “Far-infrared study of a few south-ern Galactic star forming regions”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 30, p.647 (2002).

67. S. Mishra, B.G. Anandarao & D.K. Ojha, “A near-infrared study of themassive young star IRAS 02230+6202 and its surroundings”, Bull. Astron.Soc. India, Vol. 30, p. 643 (2002).

68. B. Mookerjea, S.K. Ghosh, H. Kaneda, T. Nakagawa, D.K. Ojha, T.N.Rengarajan, H. Shibai & R.P. Verma, “Mapping of the Orion MolecularCloud in the [CII] line and continuum at 158 µm”, Bull. Astron. Soc.India, Vol. 29, p. 337 (2001).

69. D.K. Ojha, A. Omont & S. Ganesh, “ISOGAL and 2MASS study of thecentral regions of our Galaxy”, IAU Symposium No. 205, Galaxies andtheir Constituents at the Highest Angular Resolution, p. 282 (2001).

70. D.K. Ojha, “2MASS Star Counts and Galactic Structure”, IAU Sympo-sium No. 204, The Extragalactic Infrared Background and its CosmologicalImplications, p. 213 (2001).

71. D.K. Ojha, “Galactic structure parameters of the Galaxy from the 2MASSsurvey”, Workshop on The New Era of Wide Field Astronomy, 2001, ASPConference Series, Vol. 232, p. 247 (2001).

72. D.K.Ojha, A.Omont, G.Simon & J. Blommaert, “Asymptotic Giant BranchStars in the ISOGAL survey”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 28, p. 241(2000).

73. Y. Doi, H. Okuda,...,D.K. Ojha & 17 coauthors, “Far-Infrared 160 micronSurvey by Balloon-Borne Telescopes”, Proceedings of Star Formation 1999,Nagoya, Japan, June 21 - 25, pp 399-400 (1999).

74. J.A.D.L. Blommaert, S. Ganesh, A. Omont, M. Schultheis, D.K. Ojha,C. Alard, G. Simon & ISOGAL Collaboration, “Mass-losing AGB starsin galactic bulge ISOGAL fields”, IAU Symposium No. 191, AsymptoticGiant Branch Stars, p. 511 (1999).

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75. D.K. Ojha, A. Omont, G. Simon & The ISOGAL Team, “Mass-losingAGB stars in the ISOGAL survey”, IAU Symposium No. 191, AsymptoticGiant Branch Stars, p. 606 (1998).

76. D.K. Ojha, A. Omont & G. Simon, “Stellar sources in a field at l = -45deg, b = 0 deg of the ISOGAL survey (ISOCAM 15 microns observations)”,IAU Symposium No. 184, The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies,p. 43 (1998).

77. D.K. Ojha, O. Bienayme & A.C. Robin, “Structure and kinematical prop-erties of the Galaxy at intermediate galactic latitudes”, IAU SymposiumNo. 179, New Horizons from Multi-Wavelength Sky Surveys, p. 221 (1998).

78. D.K. Ojha, A. Omont & G. Simon, “Optical/IR follow-up of ISOGALsurvey”, Bull. Astron. Soc. India, Vol. 26, p. 573 (1998).

79. A. Omont, B. Caillaud, P. Fouque, G. Gilmore, D.K. Ojha, M. Perault,P. Seguin, G. Simon, R.F.G. Wyse & ISOGAL-Denis Team, “Mass-losingAGB stars and young stars in the ISOGAL survey”, proceedings of the 3rdEuroconference on Near-Infrared Sky Surveys on Galactic and ExtragalacticAstronomy, p. 49 (1998).

80. A. Omont, M. Perault,...,D. Ojha, et al., “Young Stars in the ISOGALSurvey”, Star Formation with the Infrared Space Observatory, 24-26 June1997, Lisbon, Portugal, ASP Conference Series, Vol. 132, P. 137 (1998).

81. D.K. Ojha & O. Bienayme, “Astrometric plate reduction with orthogonalfunctions and milliarcseconds accuracy in deep proper motion surveys”,IAU Symposium No. 166, Astronomical and Astrophysical Objectives ofSub-Milliarcsecond Optical Astrometry, p. 368 (1995).

82. A.C. Robin, M. Haywood, D.K. Ojha, O. Bienayme & M. Creze, “TheThick Disc Population of the Galaxy”, IAU Symposium Vol. 164, StellarPopulations, p. 388 (1995).

83. D.K. Ojha, A.C. Robin & O. Bienayme, “The Asymmetric drift of theThick Disk Population”, IAU Symposium No. 164, Stellar Populations, p.384 (1995).

84. D.K. Ojha, “Kinematical properties of the thick disk of the Galaxy”,Proceedings of the IAA-IAC-University of Pisa Workshop, The Formationof the Milky Way, p. 215 (1995).

85. D.K. Ojha, “Galactic structure surveys and the kinematic properties ofthe Galaxy’s stellar populations”, IAU Commission 9, Working Group onWide-Field Imaging, newsletter 6, pp 26-27 (1994).

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86. D.K. Ojha, O. Bienayme & A.C. Robin, “A Complete, Multicolour Surveyof Absolute Proper Motions in the Anticentre Direction at IntermediateLatitude: Kinematics of the Galaxy’s Stellar Populations”, IAU SymposiumNo. 161, Astronomy from wide-field imaging, p.447 (1994).

(c) In Technical Reports / Review Articles / Popular Science Articles:

Technical Reports:

1. “Micro-controller based compact Tele-command Encoders”, P.R. Sandi-mani, S.M. Gharat, S.L. D’Costa, S.S. Poojary, S.B. Bhagat, M.B. Naik,H. Shah, R.B. Jadhav, G.S. Meshram, C.B. Bakalkar, B.G. Bagade, S.K.Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/2019-4(2019).

2. “Laboratory Test Plans of Fabry Perot Spectrometer with 100cm BalloonBorne Far Infrared (FIR) Telescope”, S.S. Poojary, S.K. Ghosh, D.K.Ojha, S.L.A. DCosta, R.B. Jadhav, H. Shah, P.R. Sandimani, S.B. Bhagat,S.M. Gharat, G.S. Meshram, C.B. Bakalkar, V.N. Kurhade & B.G. Bagade,TIFR Tech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/2019-03 (2019).

3. “A Status Report of TANSPEC at 3.6-m Devasthal Optical Telescope: In-stallation and Acceptance Test Results”, S.R. Antony, D.K. Ojha, M.B.Naik, R.B. Jadhav, J.P. Ninan, S.K. Ghosh, S.L. D’Costa, et al., TIFRTech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2019-2 (2019).

4. “TIRCAM2 camera Interface on the Side port of the 3.6 meter DevasthalOptical Telescope”, S.B. Bhagat, M.B. Naik, G.S. Meshram, S.L. D’Costa,S.S. Poojary, D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, M. Puravankara, P.R. Sandimani,H. Shah, R.B. Jadhav, S.M Gharat, B.G. Bagade & C.B. Bakalkar, TIFRTech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2019-1 (2019).

5. “Multi-Object Infrared Spectrometer: Preliminary tests of the ARC (Leach)controller and signal test of the ARC-46 Video Processor board”, S.B.Bhagat,P.R. Sandimani, S. L. D’Costa, P. Manoj, B. Mookerjea, D.K. Ojha,S.K. Ghosh, M. Narang, S.M.Gharat, S.S.Poojary, H. Shah, P. Madhwani,G.S.Meshram & C.B.Bakalkar, TIFR Tech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2018-3 (2018).

6. “Configurable Slit Unit for a Multi-Object Infrared Spectrometer: testingthe mechnical movement of Piezo walker and its drive”, P. Madhwani, R.B.Jadhav, H. Shah, S.L. D’Costa, B. Mookerjea, P. Manoj, D.K. Ojha, S.K.Ghosh, M. Narang, S.S. Poojary, S.B. Bhagat, S.M. Gharat, P.R. Sandi-mani, G.S. Meshram & C.B.Bakalkar, TIFR Tech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2018-2 (2018).

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7. “Preliminary Optical Design for a Multi-Object Infrared Spectrometer forthe Devasthal Optical Telescope”, S.S.Poojary, S.M.Gharat, P. Manoj, M.Narang, S.L. D’Costa, B. Mookerjea, D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, R.B.Jadhav,S.B.Bhagat, P.R.Sandimani, H. Shah, P. Madhwani, G.S.Meshram & C.B.Bakalkar,TIFR Tech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2018-1 (2018)

8. “LTC6930 - 8.19 Precision Power Oscillator circuit tests for frequency sta-bility under varying temperature”, R.B. Jadhav, S.M. Gharat, S.L.A. D’Costa,S.B. Bhagat, S.S. Poojary, P.R. Sandimani, G.S. Meshram, C.B. Bakalkar,S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/2017-4 (2017).

9. “Installation and Operation Manual of TIRCAM2 at 3.6m DOT”, M.B.Naik, D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, S.L. D’Costa, R.B. Jadhav, P.R. Sandimani,S.B. Bhagat, S.M. Gharat, G.S. Meshram & C.B. Bakalkar, TIFR Tech.Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2017-3 (2017).

10. “TIRCAM2 (TIFR Near Infrared Imaging Camera - II) at 3.6m DOT”,D.K. Ojha, J.P. Ninan, S.K. Ghosh, M.B. Naik, S.L. D’Costa, R.B. Jad-hav, P.R. Sandimani, S.B. Bhagat, S.M. Gharat, G.S. Meshram & C.B.Bakalkar, TIFR Tech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2017-2 (2017).

11. “IRSIS Collimator Grating and Single Lens Collimator Grating Test WithTIRCAM2”, S.B. Bhagat, S.S. Poojary, M.B. Naik, P.R. Sandimani, R.B.Jadhav, G.S. Meshram, S.L. D’Costa, S.M. Gharat, C.B. Bakalkar, M. Pu-ravankara, D.K. Ojha & S.K. Ghosh, TIFR Tech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/2017-1 (2017).

12. “TJT Dewar cryogenic tests with IRSIS lab model camera Optics”, M.B.Naik, S.L. D’Costa, P.R. Sandimani, S.S. Poojary, R.B. Jadhav, G.S. Meshram,S.B. Bhagat, S.M. Gharat, C.B. Bakalkar, M. Puravankara, S.K. Ghosh &D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2016-4 (2016).

13. “Technical Report on Microholes fabrication, Inspection and Image analy-sis”, R.B. Jadhav, S.S. Poojary, M.B. Naik, M. Puravankara, S.L. D’Costa,P.R. Sandimani, S.B. Bhagat, S.M. Gharat, G.S. Meshram, C.B. Bakalkar,S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2016-3(2016).

14. “Technical Report on Holmarc Travelling Microscope Calibration Tests”,R.B. Jadhav, S.S. Poojary, M.B. Naik, M. Puravankara, S.L. D’Costa, P.R.Sandimani, S.B. Bhagat, S.M. Gharat, G.S. Meshram, C.B. Bakalkar, S.K.Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2016-2(2016).

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15. “Laboratory Testing of Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging Survey (IRSIS) Tele-scope and Spectrograph”, S.S. Poojary, M.B. Naik, M. Puravankara, R.B.Jadhav, S.L. D’Costa, P.R. Sandimani, S.B. Bhagat, S.M. Gharat, G.S.Meshram, C.B. Bakalkar, S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep.No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2016-1 (2016).

16. “ROIC and SIDECAR performance tests”, M.B. Naik, S.L. D’Costa, P.R.Sandimani, S.S. Poojary, R.B. Jadhav, G.S. Meshram, S.B. Bhagat, S.M.Gharat, C.B. Bakalkar, M. Puravankara, S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, TIFRTech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2015-5 (2015).

17. “Cryogenic test of H2RG detector with TJT Dewar”, M.B. Naik, S.L.D’Costa, P.R. Sandimani, S.S. Poojary, R.B. Jadhav, G.S. Meshram, S.B.Bhagat, S.M. Gharat, C.B. Bakalkar, M. Puravankara, S.K. Ghosh & D.K.Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2015-4 (2015).

18. “Xenon Lamp Holder Test with Pinhole Size 500 microns”, S.M. Gharat,S.B. Bhagat, M. Puravankara, S.S. Poojary, M.B. Naik, P.R. Sandimani,R.B. Jadhav, G.S. Meshram, S.L. D’Costa, C.B. Bakalkar, S.K. Ghosh &D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2015-3 (2015).

19. “Spectral Characterization of Xenon Spectral Calibration Lamp using AvantesFiber Optic Spectrometer”, S.B. Bhagat, S.S. Poojary, S.M. Gharat, M.B.Naik, P.R. Sandimani, R.B. Jadhav, M. Puravankara, G.S. Meshram, S.L.D’Costa, C.B. Bakalkar, S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep.No./TIFR/DAA/IRA/2015-2 (2015).

20. “Read noise and Dark current comparison between full and best part of theTIRCAM- II focal plane array”, S.B. Bhagat, M.B. Naik, P.R. Sandimani,S.S. Poojary, R.B. Jadhav, S.M. Gharat, G.S. Meshram, S.L. D’Costa, C.B.Bakalkar, S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/15-1/ (2015).

21. “IDL Pipeline Software for corrections on Raw FITS files during TIRCAM2cold runs and observations”, P.R. Sandimani, M.B. Naik, S.S. Poojary,S.B. Bhagat, R.B. Jadhav, S.M. Gharat, S.L. DCosta, G.S. Meshram, S.K.Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/12-1/(2012).

22. “Exploring radiation background within TIRCAM-II in Row Reset mode”,P.R. Sandimani, M.B. Naik, R.B. Jadhav, S.S. Poojary, G.S. Meshram, S.L.D’Costa, S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/11-1/ (2011).

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23. “Understanding effects of various delays due to sequencing of operations onpedestal level of TIRCAM-II data”, P.R. Sandimani, M.B. Naik, R.B. Jad-hav, S.S. Poojary, G.S. Meshram, S.L. D’Costa, S.B. Bhagat, S.K. Ghosh& D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/11-2/ (2011).

24. “TIFR Near Infrared Spectrograph (TIRSPEC) Critical Design Review(CDR)”, S.S. Poojary, D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, et al., TIFR Tech. Rep.No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/10-2/ (2010).

25. “A report of a mechanical setup of TIRCAM-II with 2-meter IUCAA tele-scope, Girawali Observatory, Pune”, S.B. Bhagat, M.B. Naik & D.K.Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/10-1/ (2010).

26. “Characterization of SBIG self-guiding spectrograph (SGS)”, S.S. Kaurav,D.K. Ojha, S.K. Ghosh, R.B Jadhav, S.S. Poojary & K. Lakhchaura,TIFR Tech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/09-1/ (2009).

27. “Testing and Repairs of the Driver for Aladdin III SCA”, P.R. Sandimani,M.B. Naik, R.B. Jadhav, S.L D’Costa, S.K. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha, TIFRTech. Rep. No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/07-3/ (2007).

28. “Test Setup, Assembly and Results of operations of ROIC (bare MUX ofAladdin SCA) for TIRCAM-2”, P.R. Sandimani, M.B. Naik, R.B. Jadhav,S.L D’Costa, G.S. Meshram, S.K. Ghosh, D.K. Ojha, TIFR Tech. Rep.No. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/07-4/ (2007).

29. “Optimisation of optics for Aladdin based Infrared Camera”, S.S. Poojary,S.K. Ghosh & D.K. Ojha, /TIFR/DAA/IRA/06-2/31-12-2006 (2006).

30. “The status of the development of a large format near-infrared camera(TIRCAM-II)”, M.B. Naik & D.K. Ojha, /TIFR/DAA/IRA/05-3/30-Dec-2005 (2005).

31. “Imaging astronomical objects by ST-237 CCD camera with CGE-1400telescope at TIFR terrace”, A. Soni, R. Jadhav, S.S. Poojary & D.K.Ojha, /TIFR/DAA/IRA/05-2/01-Dec-2005 (2005).

32. “L’-band (λcen ∼3.9 µm) observations with TIFR Near-Infrared Camera(TIRCAM)”, Tej A., Ojha D.K., Naik M.B. & Poojary S.S., /TIFR/DAA/IRA/-05-1/01-Jan-2005 (2005).

33. “A report of a mechanical setup of TIFR Near-Infrared Camera (TIR-CAM) used for 1.2 meter Gurushikhar telescope at Mount Abu”, NaikM.B., Chakraborty A. & Ojha D.K., /TIFR/DAA/IRA/01-2/11-July-2001 (2001).

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34. “Estimation of the Optical Reflectivity of TIFR 100 cm telescope using theSolid State Optical Photometer”, Ojha D.K. & Ghosh S.K., Tech. Rep./TIFR/DAA/IRA/01-3/09-January-2001 (2001).

35. “Characterization of the Scientific Grade InSb 58x62 FP Array #222 inTIRCAM-I”, Ojha D.K., Naik M.B., Ghosh S.K. & Chakraborty A.,/TIFR/DAA/IRA/00-3/01-March-2000 (2000).

36. “Characterization of the Engineering Grade InSb FP Array #248 in TIRCAM-I”, Ojha D.K., Naik M.B., Ghosh S.K. & Poojary S.S., Tech. Rep./TIFR/DAA/-IRA/98-5/05-Oct-98 (1998).

37. “Status report of the cold runs (#2, 3 & 4) of the TIFR Near InfraredCamera (TIRCAM)”, Ojha D.K., Naik M.B., Ghosh S.K. & Poojary S.S.,Tech. Rep. /TIFR/DAA/IRA/98-3/18-Sep-98 (1998).

38. “A status report of the TIFR Near Infrared Camera (TIRCAM)”, GhoshS.K., Mookerjea B., Naik M.B., Ojha D.K. & Poojary S.S., Tech. Rep./TIFR/DAA/IRA/98-1/01-Jul-98 (1998).

General Article:

D.K. Ojha, “Faint star counts and the Milky Way structure”, Current Science,Vol. 69, No. 6, page 518-521, 1995.

Popular Science Article:

D.K. Ojha [with M. Tamura, Y. Nakajima, H. Saito (NAOJ, Japan), A.K.Pandey (ARIES, Nainital), S.K. Ghosh, K. Aoki (NAOJ, Japan)] “Subaru HeadCount of Low-mass Stars in W3 Main”, Subaru 8.2-meter Japanese TelescopePress Release, January 29, 2009.http://subarutelescope.org/Pressrelease/2009/01/29/index.html

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