Rajaram Nityananda is an Indian physicist

Physicist

A physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...

 who works on Astronomical Optics, Image Processing

Image processing

In electrical engineering and computer science, image processing is any form of signal processing for which the input is an image, such as a photograph or video frame; the output of image processing may be either an image or, a set of characteristics or parameters related to the image...

 & Gravitational Dynamics. He was formerly the Director of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics

National Centre for Radio Astrophysics

India's National Centre for Radio Astrophysics , located on the Pune University Campus, is part of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. NCRA carries out research in the specialized field of Radio Astronomy and Radio instrumentation...

. He is currently the Associate Editor of the Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy published by the Indian Academy of Sciences

Indian Academy of Sciences

The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was founded by Sir C. V. Raman, and was registered as a Society on 24 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it began with 65 founding fellows. The first general meeting of Fellows, held on the same day, elected Professor Raman as President, and adopted...

He is currently on the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in his capacity as Chairman.

External links

• SPIRES Database of Rajaram Nityananda's articles