30th Annual Report 2017-18

246 Title: Studies of compact stars under Einstein's general theory of relativity, Indian Institute of Science, Engineering and Technology, Shibpur. Student: Dibyendu Shee Shyamal Kumar Banerjee Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay Selected a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST), 2018, Elected a Member of International Statistical Institute, 2017 - 18. Ram Kishor Smriti Mahajan Selected a Member of the International Science Development Team (ISDT) of the TMT. Manzoor Malik Granted funding for his project titled: X-ray study of galaxy clusters , (to the tune of Rs. 23.5 Lakh), ISRO (RESPOND), June 2017. Gyan Prakash Singh Elected a Council Member of the Indian Mathematical Society, 2017 (for three years). (e) AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS Best citizen of India gold medal, 2018, for Individual Achievement and National Development by the Global th Economic Progress and Research Association, New Delhi, on the occasion of 68 Republic Day Celebration on January 26, 2018 at Chennai. th ISCA Best Poster Award, 2018 (Mathematical Sciences including Statistics), 105 Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Manipur University, Imphal. th Elected a Sectional Committee Member, 2018 (Mathematical Sciences including Statistics), 105 Indian Science CongressAssociation (ISCA), Manipur University, Imphal (for one year).