36th Annual Report (2023-24)

80 SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND OTHER EVENTS Introductory Summer School in Astronomy & Astrophysics 2023 The Introductory Summer School in Astronomy & Astrophysics (ISSAA) 2023 was conducted at IUCAA from 15 May to 16 June 2023. It is an annual IUCAA event that introduces senior undergraduate and postgraduate students to the exciting fields of astronomy and astrophysics. The school consisted of lectures covering the fundamentals and latest advancements in astronomy and astrophysics. ISSAA was coordinated by Vaidehi S. Paliya, IUCAA. The Thirty-Fifth Foundation Day Lecture Innovate to Transform: Prosperity through Science and Technology The 35th Foundation Day lecture was delivered on Friday, December 29, 2023, by Padma Bhushan Dr. Jyeshtharaj B. Joshi, DAE-Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar Mumbai, President, Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Mumbai and Emeritus Professor of Eminence, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai. The lecture ended with a lively discussion with the audience and questions taken online over YouTube. The recorded lecture is available at the [For details see Khagol 130, January - October 2023] Refresher Course on Astronomy and Astrophysics The Refresher Course on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2023 was held online from the 15th of th May to the 16 of June. It was held concurrently with the Summer School on Astronomy and Astrophysics offline. There were about thirty participants from higher educational institutions fromacross the country. The lectures covered a wide range of topics, introducing the basic important topics of the field, which included radiative processes, stellar structure and evolution, the Sun, compact objects, galaxies, galactic dynamics, active galactic nuclei and jets, gravitational lensing, x- ray astronomy, fluids and plasmas, general theory of relativity and cosmology, structure formation, photometry and spectroscopy aswell as recent advances. Vaidehi Paliya and TeamACE IUCAA coordinated theRefresher Course. [For details see Khagol 130, January - October 2023]. YouTube link :https://www.youtube.com/live/Fa_jcLmY3YA?si=af8sRQ-HopIuIfyg [For details see Khagol 131, January 2024]