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Annapurni Subramaniam is the director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore and works on areas like star clusters, stellar evolution and population in galaxies and Magellanic clouds.[1][2]

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Annapurni Subramaniam
Born	Palakkad (past Tamil Nadu)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Children	2
Scientific career
Fields	Astrophysics
Institutions	Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Doctoral advisor	Prof. Ram Sagar

Education

Subramaniam finished her schooling from Victoria College, Palakkad, in science.[1] She did her PhD on the topic "Studies of star clusters and stellar evolution" from Indian Institute of Astrophysics in 1996.[2][3]

Career

Subramaniam was a Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics from 1990 to 1996. She then became a Post Doctoral Fellow in 1998 at the institute and currently works as a professor and director of institute.[2] She is an active member of the International Astronomical Union. [4]

Field of research

Subramaniam's major field of research includes:

• Star clusters (open and globular)
• Star formation and pre-MS stars
• Classical Be & Herbig Ae/Be stars
• Galactic structure
• Magellanic Clouds
• Stellar population[2]

Her list of publications can be found on the Astronomy Database

Current projects

At Indian Institute of Astrophysics, her current projects include:

• Emission line stars in star clusters
• Star formation history of young star clusters
• Candidate old open clusters - unraveling the old disk
• Accurate photometry of unstudied open clusters
• Halo of the Small Magellanic Cloud
• Stellar population in the Large Magellanic Cloud
• Outer limits Survey: Magellanic Clouds[2]

References

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