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IUCAA RESOURCE CENTRES • Measure of chaos in the presence of SMBH under different halos Fundamental planes of elliptical galaxies and globular clusters, by Sarmistha Poddar. • Big data analysis related to astronomical objects Determination of outlying astronomical objects, by MananMukherjee. Toy model of galaxy classification using spectro-photometric data fromSDSS dr-15, byAnisha Sen. Supervised by: Tanuka Chattopadhyay , Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. • Distance determination of nearby as well as far off stars Supervised by: Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay , Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata. • Large scale simulation AREASOFRESEARCH • Thermal instability driven star formation • Explosion triggered star formation Initial mass function, by Dipanjan Das. Identification of habitable exoplanets: Astatistical approach, by Debosmita Sett. • Episodic model of star formation with small scale dissipation Research scholars and faculty members of various colleges and universities in and around Kolkata were very much involved in the use of mathematical and statistical software as well as development of computer programmes for analysis of astronomical data. The following project works have been carried out by the post-graduate students: Modelling of eclipsing binaries using Kepler data, by Srijan Datta. Limit cyclemodel of episodic star formation, by Subhadip Karmakar. • Star formation rate H-R diagramusing sky-map pro-7, by Priyanka Chatterjee. DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, KOLKATA Coordinator: Joint Coordinator: Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay Narayan Banerjee ( 255 )