34th Annual Report (2021-22)

176 October 2021 organized by Department of Physics & IQAC, Balbhim Arts, Science andCommerce College, Beed x. Delivered a talk on “ New Education Policy 2020 and Revision of Physics Curriculum ” in the National Level Workshop jointly organized by S.R.T.M. University, Nanded and Mahatma Gandhi th Mahavidyalaya, Ahmedpur on 24 September 2021 Delivered a talk on “ Gravitational Waves: Quest to explore Unseen Universe ” in the National E-conference on Advances in Mathematics and Physics organized by Shri Datta Arts, Commerce & Science College, Hadgaon, Dist. Nanded onMay 12, 2021 Department of Physics, Tezpur University, Napaam during April 1, 2021 – March 2022 Coordinator: Dr. Rupjyoti Gogoi Areasof research: One/two paragraphs about the researchworkdone in ICARD: List of any workshops/schools organisedby ICARD: Interstellar Dust, Active Galactic Nuclei, Morphological Study of Galaxies, X-ray Astronomy, Solar Astronomy. Faculty members and PhD students of Department of Physics, Tezpur University are involved in collaborative research work with IUCAA faculty members through joint supervision. Two such PhD students obtained doctorate from Tezpur University during 2021-2022. They are: 1. Dr. Pranjupriya Goswami, thesis title, “Broadband Study of the Spectral and Temporal Behaviour of Blazars”, awarded in 2021. (In collaboration with Prof. Ranjeev Misra) 2. Dr. Rukaiya Khatoon, “Multi-wavelength Temporal Study of Blazars”, awarded in 2022. (In collaboration with Prof. Ranjeev Misra) There are ongoing research work on Galaxy morphology, Active Galactic Nuclei, X-ray Astronomy and Solar Astronomy in active collaboration with IUCAA faculty members. Groupmembers of Prof. Gazi Ameen Ahmed and Dr Rupjyoti Gogoi are involved in these collaborative researchworks. North East Meet of Astronomers (NEMA): Department of Physics, Tezpur University, in association with IUCAA, Pune initiated a series of meetings in 2015 to promote ¬ interaction and collaborations among Astronomers of North East India with a name “North East Meet of Astronomers (NEMA)”. The idea of such meetings is to bring together young researchers including faculty members, research scholars and advance level M.Sc. students on a single platform to share their current and future research ideas. The seventh edition of NEMA was organised by Department of Physics, Rajiv Gandhi University during January 2022. ICARD, Tezpur University helped them in preparing the proposal and in conducting the event. Themeeting was in online mode because of the pandemic situation. There were thirty talks in the meeting, out of which twowere special talks by Prof. Ajit K Kembhavi and Prof. Somak Raychaudhury. Faculty members and students from different institutions of North East participated actively in the meeting. The meeting concluded with a lively interactive session conducted by Prof. RanjeevMisra. Members of ICARD, Tezpur University have published the following journal and conference papers as collaborative efforts with IUCAA facultymembers: 1. “Flux Distribution Study of Mkn 421 with SPOL, RXTE and Fermi-LAT Telescopes”, Rukaiya Khatoon, Zahir Shah, Raj Prince, Ranjeev Misra, Rupjyoti Gogoi, Selected Progresses in Modern Physics, (2021). 2. “Understanding the X-ray spectral curvature of Mkn 421 using broad-band AstroSat observations”, Jyotishree Hota, Zahir Shah, Rukaiya Khatoon, Ranjeev Misra, Ananta C Pradhan, Rupjyoti Gogoi, Publicationsbyusing ICARDfacilities Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 265. Springer, Singapore Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 508, Issue 4, page 5921 (2021) 3. “The long-term X-ray flux distribution of Cygnus X-1 using RXTE-ASM and MAXI observations”, Kabita Deka, Zahir Shah, Ranjeev Misra, Gazi Ameen Ahmed, Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, Volume 31, page 23 (2021) 4. “Distribution of X-Ray Flux: RXTE-PCA Observation of Cygnus X-1”, Kabita Deka, Zahir Shah, Ranjeev Misra, Gazi Ameen Ahmed, Selected Progresses in Modern Physics, Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 265. Springer, Singapore (2021). “X-ray emission study of extreme blazars using AstroSat”, Pranjupriya Goswami, Atreyee Sinha, Nijil Mankuzhiyil, Ranjeev Misra, Zahoor Malik, Sunder Sahayanathan, Sunil Chandra and Rupjyoti Gogoi, Proceedings of Science, 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 12-23 July 2021.