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Dorje Angchuk is a key figure in India’s growing prominence in time-domain astrophysics, specializing in the development and automation of robotic telescopes for transient astronomy. As a core team member behind the GROWTH-India Telescope (GIT)—a 70 cm robotic eye with a 0.7-degree field of view—he helped establish India’s first dedicated facility for rapid follow-up of cosmic transients, from supernovae to gravitational wave counterparts. His most cited work (31 citations) details GIT’s design and deployment, a collaboration between the Indian Institute of Astrophysics and IIT Bombay, supported by the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum. Angchuk also led the low-cost upgrade of the 50 cm telescope control system, enabling precise autonomous pointing and tracking. Beyond instrumentation, he has contributed to site characterization at the Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle, using 220 GHz radiometer data to model atmospheric opacity and water vapor trends—critical for millimeter-wave observations. His work bridges engineering and frontier astrophysics, making high-cadence, wide-field surveys accessible from the high-altitude desert of Ladakh.