The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune (an autonomous institution set up by the University Grants Commission), is a leading centre of research in a wide range of areas in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Physics. IUCAA is a participant in major national and international mega-science projects such as the currently operating 10-m Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), the multi-wavelength AstroSat mission, the Aditya-L1 mission; the next generation optical observatory - the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT); the planned advanced gravitational-wave observatory - the LIGO-India; the Vera Rubin Observatory (Rubin LSST). IUCAA has a high-performance computational facility and an excellent library. IUCAA is located in the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) campus.
