36th Annual Report (2023-24)

175 Token of Honour received by Prof. Tanuka Chattopadhyay for delivering the M.K. Dasgupta birth centenary celebration lecture at the Meghnad Saha Auditorium of the University of Calcutta on 01 September 2023 . Token of Honour received by Prof. Ajit Kembhavi for delivering the M.K. Dasgupta birth centenary celebration lecture at the Meghnad Saha Auditorium of the University of Calcutta on 01 September 2023. Areas of Research ResearchWorkandCollaborations Stellar Physics; High-Energy Astrophysics - X-ray Astronomy; Cosmology - Dark Matter and Dark Energy; Extragalactic Astronomy; Astronomical Instrumentation and Radio Astronomy; Interstellar Medium. Faculty members, PhD students and post- docs of the Department are involved in collaborative research work with IUCAA, IIA, RRI and TIFR facult y members through joint supervision and research projects. Coordinator: Professor Shivappa B. Gudennavar ICARD- Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST University, Bangalore. (Activities from 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024) Conference organised by the Department PhDscholars: Publications: Young Astronomers' Meet (YAM) 2024 was held at CHRIST University from 06-09 March 2024. The Department's faculty members have published about twenty articles during the reporting period in the abovementioned areas. These are all the outcomes of funded projects and collaborations by the faculty members. Talksdelivered/organised. All the faculty members of the Department working in Astronomy have delivered invited talks at the regional and state-level meetings. The Department has also organised regularly the weekly Guest Lectures and Colloquia on recent de v e l opmen t s i n A s t r onomy and Astrophysics.