Annual Report_Abridged - Second Version - FINAL

26 catch a Supernova”. The speaker was Dr. AshishMahabal. 29 December 2023: The 35th IUCAA Foundation Day Lecture titled “Innovate to Transform” was delivered by Padma Bhushan Prof. Jyeshtharaj Bhalchandra Joshi, a well- known chemical engineer and nuclear scientist. The National Science Day was celebrated with an Open Day on 28th February 2024 at IUCAA and other events throughout February. Like every year, IUCAA responded to people's enthusiasm to associate better with Science and Scientists. The celebrations attracted numerous students from Pune and other parts of Maharashtra, including ¬ National ScienceDay2024 teachers, parents, and the public. As per tradition, there were also events for school students before the open day. IUCAA Public Outreach personnel conducted a science quiz, essay writing, and drawing competitions for the rural students of the Ambegaon Taluka on February 17, 2024. Prajakta Mane, Rutuja Pilgar, Jitendra Joshi, Ravi Kesarwani, and the Scipop Team (all from IUCAA) enthusiastically encouraged students from 15 rural schools, who competed at the venue generously provided by the Government Polytechnic, Awasari. The OAE-India node organised the training at IUCAA; 51 teachers (local and from other states) participated in this training. OAE-IndiaTeachersTrainingWorkshop PH.D. DEGREES AWARDED Supervisor Sanjit Mitra Sukanta Bose R. Srianand Sanjit Mitra R. Srianand Surhud More 1 2 3 4 5 6 S. No . Title Name of the Student Deepali Agrawal Sunil Choudhary Labanya Kumar Guha Sreejith Jadhav Aromal P. Divya Rana Radiometer Searches for Persistent Sources of Gravitational Waves Using Ground-based Detectors Analytical and machine-learning solutions for hunting binary black holes and dark matter constituents Probing the Nature, Environment, and Evolution of Ultrastrong Mg II Absorption Systems Algorithms for Gravitational Wave Data Analysis and Detector Controls Based on Modern Techniques Probing ultra-fast outflows in BAL quasars using multi-epoch spectroscopy Probing cosmology using large scale structure correlations