Dr GC Anupama

Standing atop Mt. Saraswati in the Hanle Valley of Changthang, Ladakh, at nearly 14,800 feet above the mean sea level is the Indian Space Observatory—the third highest optical observatory in the world. And this is its story.

In charge of Ladakh's Hanle Observatory, G C Anupama is also the India group head of the international team of scientists that is building the $1 billion Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii!