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Tarun Kumar Sharma is a pioneering astrophysicist whose work centers on time-domain astronomy, robotic telescope instrumentation, and multi-messenger astrophysics. As a key figure behind the GROWTH-India Telescope (GIT)—India’s first robotic eye for time-domain studies—Sharma has enabled rapid follow-up of transient events like gravitational wave counterparts, gamma-ray bursts, and supernovae. His most cited paper (2022, 31 citations) details GIT’s design: a 70 cm telescope with a 0.7-degree field of view, jointly established by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and IIT Bombay with Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum support. This facility has significantly boosted India’s capacity for real-time cosmic monitoring. Sharma’s contributions extend to developing automated pipelines for transient detection and classification, directly impacting the global transient astronomy community. His work has garnered recognition for bridging institutional collaborations and advancing open-source tools for time-domain science. With a growing citation impact, Sharma continues to shape how researchers capture and interpret the dynamic universe, inspiring students to explore robotic observatories and rapid-response astrophysics.