36th Annual Report (2023-24)

172 OutreachprogrammeorganisedbyICARD : PublicationsusingICARDfacilitie (Activities from 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024) We organised a one-day public outreach programme on astronomy and astrophysics for the students of Baruipur High School, P.O.+P.S.-Baruipur, Dist.- South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, on 08 January 2024, at noon . Speakers: 1. Prof. Prabir Kr. Haldar, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, Cooch Behar, West Bengal. Topic: Recent Advances in Astroparticle Physics. 2. Prof. Md. Mehedi Kalam, Coordinator, ICARD, AliahUniversity, Kolkata Topic: Introduction to Einstein's Theory of Relativity . (Activities from 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024) The members of ICARD, Aliah University have published articles in the following journals: 1. Non-singular flat universes in braneworld and loop quantum cosmology by R Sengupta, BC Paul, M Kalam, P Paul, A Aich, The European Physical Journal Plus 138 (10), 1-16 (2023), 2. Lorentzian wormhole in the framework of loop quantum cosmology by Mehedi Kalam The European Physical Journal C 83 (9), 830 (2023), 3. Traversable Lorentzianwormhole on the Shtanov-Sahni braneworld with matter obeying the energy conditions by Mehedi Kalam, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 09, 018 https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360- 023-04541-w https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052- 023-12002-y Rikpratik Sengupta, Shounak Ghosh and Rikpratik Sengupta, Shounak Ghosh and (2023), 4. Quasi-normal modes of Ayon–Beato Garcia regular black holes for scalar field by Mehedi Kalam, Indian J.Phys. 97, no. 1, 295-305 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1088/1475- 7516/2023/09/018 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-022- 02374-4 Masum Murshid, Farook Rahaman and Honours/distinctions/awards,etc. Prof. Mehedi Kalam, Coordinator, ICARD, Aliah University, has been awarded Life Membership of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI). Colloquium lecture delivered by Dr Nazma Islam Assistant Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, USA, on Friday, 09 February 2024, at 2.30 p.m. at the Seminar Room, Department of Physics, AliahUniversity, NewTown campus. ,