35th Annual Report (2022-2023) - ENGLISH

162 OutreachActivities 1. A public talk was organised by School of Physical and Applied Sciences Goa University on the title “Observing Aditya (The Sun) with ISRO'S Aditya L1mission th on 14 January 2023 at Conference Hall Goa University. The speaker for the talk was Prof. Durgesh Tripathi, Faculty Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Pune. SkyObservationandtalkonAstronomy 2. As a part of extension and outreach programme following programmes were organized. Resource Person Dr. Reshma Raut Dessai, faculty SPAS, Goa University. The programme was attended by students, staff and the public. Workshop The ISRO sponsored AstroSat Science Support Cell (ASSC) at IUCAA and Goa University organized an "Advanced Astrosat Data Analysis Workshop" from 9th to 15th January 2023 at Goa University. Prof. Ranjeev Misra, Gulab Dewangan, Prof. Dipankar Bhattacharyya, Prof. projects were assigned to the participants, involving imaging, photometric, spectral, and timing analysis of data from SXT, LAXPC, CZTI and UVIT instruments on board Astrosat. The primary component was team-wise extended hands-on sessions where participants analyzed AstroSat data in consultationwith experts. 35 Ph.D. students were trained in theworkshop. Prof. Kanak Saha and Dr. V. Girish delivered talks on different aspects of Astrosat. Different Coordinator: Dr. Reshma Raut Dessai ICARD School of Physical and Applied Sciences Goa University, Goa: Activities from 01 Oct 2022 till 31 March 2023 Photo 1: Participants and the organisers of Advanced Astrosat data analysis workshop Sr. No Activities Date Location No. 1 Sky Observation and talk on “Observational Astronomy and potential for space tourism” 30 November 2022 Shri. Shantadurga High school Bicholim, Goa 87 2 Sky observation and talk on Astronomy 22 nd December 2022 St. Xavier’s Higher secondary School Mapusa, Goa 70 3 Sky Observation and talk on “Observational Astronomy” 27 th December 2022 Hanuman Vidnyalay Valpoi Sattari Goa 95 4 Sky Observation and talk on “Observational Astronomy and career in Astronomy” 25 th February 2023 GVM’s MIBK High School Khandepar, Goa 120 5 Sky Observation and talk on “Observational Astronomy” 31 st March 2023 Xavier’s College Mapusa, Goa 91 6 Sky Observation and talk on Astronomy 30 th March 2023 Geology programme Goa University 56