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276 33 rd ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 School of Studies in Physics and Astrophysics, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (Coordinator: Nand K. Chakradhari) Areas of Research Outreach Programmes Invited/Public Lectures · Supernovae · X-ray Binaries · Galaxies · Variable Stars UV-optical photometric and spectroscopic study of supernovae is being carried out by Nand K. Chakradhari, and Shritika Tiwari (Thesis work) in collaboration with G.C. Anupama, Devendra K. Sahu (both from IIA, Bengaluru), andKuntal Misra (ARIES, Nainital). Study of chemically peculiar stars/variable stars is being carried out in collaboration with Santosh Joshi (ARIES, Nainital). Study of central region of lenticular galaxies is being carried out by S.K. Pandey, MahendraVerma (Thesis work), and Sudhanshu Barway (IIABengaluru). Nand K. Chakradhari has been involved in the co-supervision of (i) Massive O-type andWR stars, Thesis work of Bharti Arora, with Jeewan C. Pandey (ARIES, Nainital), and (ii) Study of GRBs, Thesis work of Ankur Ghosh, withAmiteshOmar andKuntal Misra (both fromARIES, Nainital). · Understanding the life of a star, in the National Webinar, organized by the Department of Physics, AryaVidyapeeth College, Guwahati, on July 22, 2020. · Looking into a star's journey, in the National Webinar on Mysteries of the Universe, organized by Seth Phool ChandAgrawal College, Nawapara, Rajimon July 23, 2020. · Observational studies of SNe Ia with HCT, at 20 years of Himalayan Chandra Telescope meeting, during September 29 – 30, 2020.