Long Form Of IUCAA

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The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) is an autonomous institution set up by the University Grants Commission to promote nucleation and growth of active groups in astronomy and astrophysics in Indian universities.

Research Areas
Classical and quantum gravity
Cosmology, gravitational waves
Optical and radio astronomy,
Solar system physics and instrumentation

Facility
IUCAA, along with Persistent Systems, Pune, operates the Virtual Observatory project.

The observatory provides users access to raw observational data along with advanced processing software designed by engineers at Persitent.

IUCAA also maintains Girawali Observatory which is about 80 km from Pune city, off Pune-Nasik Road and near the historical Junnar town.
Raman Research Institute and Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore,


Administration Heads
Jayant Narlikar, founding director
Naresh Dadhich, physicist, Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, 2nd Director
Ajit Kembhavi, 3rd Director
Thanu Padmanabhan, Padma Shri award-winning astrophysicist
Somak Raychaudhury, Present Director
Sanjeev Dhurandhar