Associate Professor
Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Vikram Rana's areas of research include X-ray instrumentation and observational X-ray astronomy. Experimental research involves development of X-ray detectors (CZT and CdTe) and focusing X-ray optics for space based observatories, used for measuring X-rays from various astronomical sources with high sensitivity and high resolution. His observational research mainly focuses on understanding the accretion processes, geometry and physical conditions in X-ray Binaries, Cataclysmic Variables (CVs) and Ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs) utilizing their X-ray observations.