Abstract This article highlights the significance of level lifetime measurements in nuclear structure studies that principally center on probing the myriad excitation phenomena exhibited by nuclei through evolving regimes of excitations in energy, Hockey Protective - Helmet - Cages angular momentum, and isospin.The same has been illustrated through discussions on some of the measurements undertaken using Screen Protector the Indian National Gamma Array (INGA) set up at the BARC-TIFR Pelletron LINAC Facility (PLF) in TIFR, Mumbai.The diverse physics that could be addressed in such endeavors provides the impetus to work towards developing better facilities for spectroscopic pursuits.