30th Annual Report 2017-18

126 Kandaswamy Subramanian Fluids and plasmas in astrophysics (3 lectures) Refresher Course in Astronomy and Astrophysics (for College and UniversityTeachers), andVacation Students' Programme, IUCAA, May - June, 2017. Galactic magnetic fields , (4 lectures) NorditaMaster Class 2017, Hillerod, Denmark,August 2017. Baryonic physics and galaxy formation (2 lectures) Introductory School on Galaxy Formation, NISER, Bhubaneswar, March 13 - 16, 2018. Shyam Tandon Astronomical instrumentation/AstroSat (3 lectures) Refresher Course in Astronomy and Astrophysics (for College andUniversityTeachers), andVacation Students' Programme, IUCAA, May - June, 2017. Dhrugesh Tripathi The Sun (3 lectures) Refresher Course in Astronomy and Astrophysics (for College and University Teachers), and Vacation Students' Programme, IUCAA, May - June, 2017. (h) POPULAR/PUBLIC LECTURES Joydeep Bagchi Sarasvati in the sky , Vishwakarama Institute of Technology, Pune , September 9, 2017. The Sarswati Supercluster, IUCAA, November 10, 2017. Sanjeev Dhurandhar Detection of gravitational waves: Discovery of the century, Rotary Club, Pune, April 6, 2017. Nobel prize in physics - 2017 goes to gravitational waves , IIT-BHU, Varanasi, November 12, 2017; CEBS, Kalina, Mumbai University, November 18, 2017; IIT, Ropar, November 23, 2017; National Centre for Cell Science, S.P. Pune University Campus, December 4, 2017; and Akashmitra Astronomy Club, Deccan Gymkhana, Pune, December 10, 2017. Nobel prize in physics - 2017: Gravitational waves - Einstein's messengers , Science Day, IUCAA, February 28, 2018; and Government College of Engineering, Awasari, Manchar, March 27, 2018. Konstantinos Kolokythas Ahistorical journey in ancient Greek astronomy and philosophy, Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai, September 8, 2017. Jayant V. Narlikar Searches for extra-terrestrial life , Durban University of Technology, South Africa, April 26, 2017; and Infosys, Pune, September 5, 2017.