The newly appointed director of Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Dr AK Pandey assumed office on Monday. Shortly after assuming the charge, Pandey said that he would work to ensure that the projects and research works that are currently going on are completed on a basis of priority. He added that he would work in the direction of enhancing the prestige of the institute. Pandey said that the stature of the ARIES in the field of astrophysics has increased after installation of a 3.6 Meter telescope at Devsthal in Nainital. He informed that the work on installation of a 4 meter liquid Telescope is currently in progress at Devsthal. The new Director said that lot of scope for research is there in the field of space sciences and the scientists of ARIES are diligently working to unravel the mysteries of Universe.
Prior to the appointment of Pandey, senior scientist of ARIES Dr Wahabuddin was discharging duties of the institute director. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has made the appointment of new director.
The registrar of the institute Ravindra Kumar, Dr Narendra Singh, Dr S B Pandey, Dr Santosh Joshi and many scientists and research scholars of ARIES were present on the occasion.