Annual Report_Abridged - Second Version - FINAL

13 Souradeep Bhattacharya Fellowship. Subhadeep De DST grant for the project: DST -Quantum Information Technologies with ion-trap and optical-lattice devices of Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems (ICPS). Synchronization of the opt i ca l atomi c c l ocks located at IUCAA and IISER Pune by ultra-stable fiber optic channel , Chanakya doctoral fellowship under this project (2022-27). Sub-micron resolution imaging system to detect individual ions/ atoms - Project funded by the DAE Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) (2021-24) I-HUB Chanakya Doctoral Fellowship (2022-27) - Synchronization of the opt i ca l atomi c c l ocks located at IUCAA and IISER Pune by ultra-stable fiber opticchannel. SamirDhurde International Astronomical Union (OAOGrant). ShasvathKapadia SERBStart-up grant. SERBMATRICSgrant. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ DST-INSPIRE Faculty AjitKembhavi (PKC): National Centre for Biological Science. BASF Chemicals India grant: For a mentoring and scholarship program for women in chemistry and sustainability - Wenyan. A platform for Gamified Learning in Chemistry and STEM Education. Lenovo India grant for Teach with Tech. PKC Tree Project. Ranjeev Misra ISRO Grant to set up the AstroSat Science Support Cell (ASSC). Sanjit Mitra LIGO India TDCB and DAE. LIGO India SEED and DST. Anupreeta More DST SERB Power (Promoting Opportunities for Women in Exploratory Research) Grant. Dipanjan Mukherjee Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR) Grant for the project: Resolving the impact of AGN feedback on gas and star formation through simulations and observations. ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ Pune Knowledge Cluster ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ DST sponsored Indo-Italian grant for the exchange of researchers. Sowgat Muzahid DST grant - The Role of Gaseous Halos in Galaxy Evolution. A.N. Ramaprakash Participation Grant in Thirty Metre Telescope (TMT) Project at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA. Institute of Plasma Physics Crete WALOP N. Infosys Foundation Grant for Resurgent Caltech – IUCAA Collaboration for Advanced Instrument Development and Scientific Discoveries. Institute of Arizona LBT1. Kanak Saha Grant for the project: Exploring the Nature of Lyman Continuum Emitting Sources in the AstroSat-UV Deep Field (AUDF). Dhruba J. Saikia UGC Malaviya Mission Teachers Training Grant. Durgesh Tripathi ISRO Solar Flares P&F. Indo-French grant for 'Investigating the origin of switchbacks in the solar corona via interchange reconnection -- A statistical and multi-instruments approach including machine learning'. RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS