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| Name: B Eswar Reddy Affiliation: Indian Institute of Astrophysics Conference ID: ASI2015_1022 Title : India's Participation in the TMT International Observatory - An update to ASI Abstract Type : Plenary Abstract : Since my last update to the society at IISER Mohali India TMT made a significant progress both in-terms of financial approvals and our readiness to provide in-kind contributions to the TIO. I will present current status of this next generation optical and IR ground based facility "the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory (TIO) to be built atop Mauna Kea, a dormant volcanic mountain, Hawaii, USA which is one of the best astronomical sites in the world. TMT primary consists of 492 segments each measuring 1.44-m diameter. India's participation in the project is mostly through in-kind contribution by developing some of the key systems to the project. |