36th Annual Report (2023-24)

114 North-East Meet of Astronomers (NEMA) - IX The North East Meet of Astronomers (NEMA)-IX was conducted successfully at Mizoram University from November 20 to 22, 2023. During the three-day event, experts from all over North-Eastern states gave talks on various topics of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The meeting was coordinated by Lalthakimi Zadeng (Mizoram University) and Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA). [For details, see Khagol no. 131, January 2024] Workshop on GRAVITATIONAL WAVES and LIGO INDIA The workshop on Gravitational Waves and LIGO India, jointly organised by the Inter- University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune and the School of Physical and Applied Sciences at Goa University, was held over five days from 27 November to 01 December 2023 at GoaUniversity, Goa. The workshop was coordinated by R. R. Raut (Goa University, Goa), S. Mitra (IUCAA, Pune) and A. Ganguly (IUCAA, Pune). [For details, see Khagol no. 131, January 2024] Meghnad Saha Memorial Workshop on Solar Astronomy focused on “Aditya -L1 Mission” The Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, organised a three-day Meghnad Saha Memorial Workshop on Solar Astronomy focused on the Aditya L1 Mission from 04 - 06 December 2023. IUCAA, Pune, funded the workshop. The participants comprised fifty undergraduate, post- graduate and PhD students, including twenty students from different institutions in India and thirty student participants from