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Not AvailablePresentation in 13th International Conference on Development of Drylands: Converting Dryland areas from Grey into Green, 11-14 February 2019.Not Availabl

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Not AvailableLadakh short agricultural season of 6-7 months in the lap of Himalayas and its production was high and enough to feed the entire population with traditional techniques to suit the local climatic conditions along with strong social structure to support the agricultural system. Today it faces many climatic challenges in more ways than one such as receding glacial snow, unusual rainfall, floods, changing weather patterns resulting infiltration of new pests and consequently and significantly changed the lifestyle of high altitude cold arid Ladakh. But an approach to resource utilization is patterned in present scenario diminishing the traditional identity with increasingly changing infrastructures due to climate change.Not Availabl

India's First Robotic Eye for Time-domain Astrophysics: The GROWTH-India Telescope

We present the design and performance of the GROWTH-India telescope, a 0.7 m robotic telescope dedicated to time-domain astronomy. The telescope is equipped with a 4k back-illuminated camera that gives a 0.degrees 82 field of view and a sensitivity of m (g ') similar to 20.5 in 5 minute exposures. Custom software handles observatory operations: attaining high on-sky observing efficiencies (greater than or similar to 80%) and allowing rapid response to targets of opportunity. The data processing pipelines are capable of performing point-spread function photometry as well as image subtraction for transient searches. We also present an overview of the GROWTH-India telescope's contributions to the studies of gamma-ray bursts, the electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational wave sources, supernovae, novae, and solar system objects