Gupta, RanjanBurse, Mahesh P.Das, H.K.et.al2012-07-312012-07-312002-05-05http://hdl.handle.net/11007/1895The various features of the IUCAA 2-meter telescope, its site parameters and considerations made for preserving the local seeing in terms of ventilation, thermal emissivity of the dome etc are described. The first light back-end instrument for this telescope, i.e. Iucaa Faint Object Spectrometer and Camera (IFOSC), too is described in some detail.enTelescopeAtmospheric seeingSpectrometerArticle