Annapurni Subramaniam

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.

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

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. She is an active member of the International Astronomical Union.

Field of research
Subramaniam's major field of research includes: Her list of publications can be found on the Astronomy Database
 * Star clusters (open and globular)
 * Star formation and pre-MS stars
 * Classical Be & Herbig Ae/Be stars
 * Galactic structure
 * Magellanic Clouds
 * Stellar population

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