  We present a study of the morphology of star formation and the associated
nuclear activity in a sample of 8 closely interacting southern galaxies, which
are in different stages of interaction, starting with nearly merged nuclei that
have one prominent bulge to more widely spaced interacting galaxies. We have
used Far-Ultraviolet (FUV) observations from the Ultraviolet Imaging telescope
(UVIT), near-Infrared observations from the infrared survey facility telescope
(IRSF) and archival optical data from the VLT/MUSE integral field spectrograph.
Analysing resolved stellar populations across the disk of the interacting
galaxies can provide unique insights into how interactions affect galaxy
properties, such as morphology, star formation rates and chemical composition.
We take advantage of the unprecedented capabilities of MUSE and UVIT to carry
out a highly detailed spatially and spectrally resolved study of star formation
rate, star formation histories, metallicity and AGN activity in the sample of
eight interacting galaxies which are in different stages of interaction. Most
of our sample galaxies are gas-rich and show evidence of recent, massive star
formation in tidal tails, rings and spiral arms. This is evident from their FUV
and H$\alpha$ emissions, which trace young, massive star-forming regions. We
compared the star formation rate in the barred and unbarred galaxies in our
sample and found that the barred galaxies do not show significant enhancement
in star formation rate or large-scale difference in star formation morphology
compared to unbarred galaxies. IC5250 and NGC7733N, show extended nuclear
outflows of size $\sim$ 5 kpc and 8 kpc respectively.
