Khagol 118

| KHAG L | No. 118 - APRIL 2019 | 02 To motivate enthusiastic students to pursue a research career in Celestial Mechanics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Department of Mathematics, Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ), Ajmer, in collaboration with IUCAA, conducted a five day Workshop on Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (CMDA- 2019), during January 7 - 11, 2019. Main objective of the workshop was to provide basics on the principles of Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, and their different aspects, so that it can help researchers to explore their ideas on realistic models of many areas of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Celestial Mechanics, and other branches of science. Moreover, to provide a platform for both established and young budding researchers to interact with each other to discuss about their research problems, which may establish newresearch collaborations. Workshop begun with a short inaugural session, which was presided byArun K. Pujari (Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, CURAJ), and the inaugural function was graced by Ranjan Gupta (IUCAA). There were 21 lectures, 4 interaction sessions, Workshop on Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy and 5 hands-on sessions in computer lab, and these were conducted by the invited speakers: Ranjan Gupta, Rashmi Bhardwaj (GGSIPU, New Delhi), Manish Dev Shrimali (CURAJ), S. N. Hasan (MANUU, Hyderabad), Kanak Saha (IUCAA), Amit Chakraborty (CURAJ), M. Xavier James Raj (VSSC-ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram), Anand Kumar (CURAJ), and Ram Kishor (CURAJ), with active engagement of PhD scholars: Soumen Bera, Yousuf Salim, Ravi Kumar Jha, PoonamMeena, Richa Rajora, Ratan Lal, and Sarita Bugalia of the department. The topics covered in the workshop broadly were fromthe areas of CelestialMechanics, andAstronomy. Totally 45 participants were selected from 175 applicants from almost 20 different states of the country. There was a popular lecture and an interaction session, which was open to general public, and these created an awareness among the public about the research work being conducted at the University campus. This was the first such workshop on this subject, hosted by CURAJ. Ram Kishor and Kanak Saha were the coordinators of theworkshop. Congratulations to . . . Sanjeev Dhurandhar, on being selected for Meghnad Saha Memorial Gold Medal (2018) by The Asiatic Society, Kolkata. Jayant Narlikar, on being conferred with the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Puraskar by the Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya Ani Sanskruti Mandal, Mumbai.