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Mini-school on X-ray Astronomy Data Analysis The Department of Physics, Providence Women's College, Kozhikode in collaboration with Academy of Physics Teachers (APT), Kerala and IUCAA, Pune, organized a Mini-School in X- ray Astronomy Data Analysis, for the benefit of college teachers during May 22-26, 2018. The main aim of the mini-school was to make the participants aware of the theoretical and observational aspects of multi-wavelength Astronomy and the present challenges in this field. The number of participants was restricted to twenty. The mini -school focused on hands-on sessions only, and the detailed data analyses of the X-ray payloads of AstroSat, LAXPC and SXT were carried out. Participants were divided into groups and AstroSat data of X-ray objects like, LMXB’s, AGNs, etc. were assigned to each group. By the end of the programme, participants were able to complete the preliminary analysis, and come up with early results. Savithri Ezhikode (St.Thomas College, Kozhenchery), Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA), Sneha Prakash (Christ University, Bengaluru) and Jithesh V. (IUCAA) were the resource persons. The coordinators of the school were Jeena Karunakaran (Providence Women’s College, Calicut) and Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA). ( 36 )