35th Annual Report (2022-2023) - ENGLISH

101 students and faculty's enthusiasm and active participation helped make this an enjoyable educational event. The organizing committee comprised Ashish Mhaske, Avinash Deshpande, Dhruba J Saikia, Jameer Manur, and Prakash Arumugasay from IUCAA and Subhashis Roy from NCRA- TIFR. The lecture recordings fromthe school after reviewing and editing are available through theNRC IUCAA YouTube channel. Science, Astronomy and Society The second workshop on this theme in collaboration with the Maharashtra State Faculty Development Academy (MSFDA) of the Government of Maharashtra was held at the Walchand College of Arts and th th Science, Solapur on 10 and 11 of January 2023. The resource persons were Jameer Manur (IUCAA) who introduced them to appreciating the night sky, Pushpa Khare (Utkal University retired) who spoke about exploring the Universe, Prakash Arumugasamy (IUCAA) who enlightened them on the exciting area of exoplanets, Chaitanya Mungi (IISER Pune) who gave them a glimpse of astrobiology exploring the chemical origins of life, and Dhruba J Saikia (IUCAA) who spoke on the importance of building inclusive societies, taking examples from the history of astronomy. In addition there were sky-watching and bird- watching sessions, the latter being led by R. V. Hippargi, Vice-Principal of Walchand College who also gave a talk on avian ecology and diversity from endangered semi-arid grassland ecosystem. Apurve Barve and Harshada Babrekar from MSFDA and Pandurang Barkale from RUSA Mumbai coordinated the event along with ACE IUCAA Team, actively supported by Santosh Koti, Principal, Walchand College, Archana Injal and her teamfromWalchandCollege.