36th Annual Report (2023-24)

78 Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, May 15 to June 16, 2023. VaidehiPaliya Three lectures on Stellar Structure and Evolution, Introductory Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, May 15 to June 16, 2023. Two lectures on Active Galactic Nuclei, Introductory Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, May 15 to June 16, 2023. KanakSaha Three lectures on Galaxies: Dynamics and Evolution, Introductory Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, May 15 to June 16, 2023. DhrubaJ.Saikia The Milky Way and Galaxies, (online, three lectures) Introductory course on astronomy and astrophysics for college teachers, Central University of Himachal Pradesh and ACE, IUCAA, April 2023. Relativistic jets, (three lectures), Introductory Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, May 15 to June 16, 2023. NishantSingh Three lectures on Fluids and Plasma Physics were delivered during the Introductory Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, May 15 to June 16, 2023. Resource person for the HPCworkshop held fromMay 22 - 25, 2023, Kashmir University. Delivered a set of lectures at a school organised by IIT Kharagpur during June08 - 10, 2023. Resource person for the Meghnad Saha Memorial Workshop on Solar Astronomy Focused on Aditya-L1 Mission, Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, December 03 - 07, 2023. T.P.Singh General Relativity and Cosmology, (four lectures), Introductory Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, May 15 to June 16, 2023. Co-host for the online Lecture Series `Octonions, elementary particles, and the StandardModel' February 16 - December 15, 2024 (Event organized outside IUCAA) DurgeshTripathi Four lectures on Solar Astrophysics, May 24-29, 2023, Introductory Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, May 15 to June 16, 2023. PrakashArumugasamy Physical scales in the Universe , (one lecture), Astronomy, Science (j)POPULAR/PUBLICLECTURE andSociety, MSFDA, Pune, September 6, 2023. Exoplanets , (one lecture), The Physics Society, St. Stephen's College, Delhi, November 9, 2023. Scales of the Universe , (one lecture), Astronomy, Science and Society, Commerce, Management & Computer Science College, Nashik, January 19, 2024. DebaratiChatterjee LIGO-India: A Gravitational Wave detector on Indian soil, invited talk , Frontiers in Physics XVI at Fergusson College, Pune on April 12, 2023. LIGO-India: A Gravitational Wave observatory on Indian soil , online invited talk, Basic Astronomy Course organised by Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (JVP), May 30, 2023. Gravitational Wave Astronomy: a new window to the invisible Universe , invited talk, Interdisciplinary School of Science (IDSS) Space Society, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) on the occasion of theWorldSpaceWeek onOctober 4, 2023. Gravitational Waves: the game changer in Compact Star Astrophysics , invited public talk, Aakashganga, Astro club of IISER Pune, January 24, 2024. Gravitational Waves and LIGO-India: a New Frontier in Indian Science , guest speaker, PHYL-79 Award Distribution Function and Inauguration of Cultural Event RESONANCE FEST, Physics Association of the Department of Physics, Abasaheb Garware College on February 7, 2024. Gravitational Waves: the game changer in Compact Star Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, California StateUniversity LongBeach, USA, March 26, 2024. Gravitational Waves: the game changer in Compact Star Astrophysics, Annual Science Festival Spacecraft 2.0, Ashoka University Sonipat, April 3, 2024. S.V.Dhurandhar Ripples in Spacetime: Gravitational Wave Astronomy , (invited talk), Frontiers inPhysics, FergussonCollege, March 14, 2024. NeerajGupta Driving innovations in radio astronomy , Podcast with Rebecca Parson andPremChandrasekaran, September 2023. https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/podcasts/technology- podcasts/driving-innovation-radio-astronomy SanjitMitra The Future of Gravitational Wave Astronomy, IIT, Bombay, March 31, 2024. LIGO India Challenges and Opportunities , Goa Science Centre, November 30, 2023.