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collaborations. Four such meetings have been successfully organised by Assam University, Assam Don Bosco University, and Tezpur University. The Department of Physics, Tezpur University organised the 5th edition of this meeting during September 11 - 13, 2019. There were 60 participants from different colleges/universities/institutions of the North-Eastern states. There was a series of talks delivered by young researchers and faculty members, followed by extensive discussions. In addition, a poster session was included in NEMA for the first time. The talks/posters covered various topics of astronomy, such as astrophysical plasma, black holes and compact objects, galaxies, active galactic nuclei, multi- wavelength observational astronomy, interstellar and cometary dust, cosmology, and neutrino physics. There were ample interactions among senior researchers and young participants on various scientific topics and collaborations during the meeting. Durgesh Tripathi and Kanak Saha (both from IUCAA) attended themeeting as invited speakers. This Workshop was coordinated by Rupjyoti Gogol and RanjeevMisra. Workshop on Engineering Applications in Astronomy During the morning sessions, a series of lectures were given by A. N. Ramapr akash , Kaus t ubh Vaghma r e , Somak Raychaudhury, Joydeep Bagchi, Durgesh Tripathi, Gualab Dewangan, Sanjit Mitra (all from IUCAA), Jayaram Chengalur, (fromNCRA, Pune), andAvinash Deshpande (RRI, Bengaluru). The lectures dealt with the basics of astronomy and instrumentation techniques, in the context of the existing and upcoming major astronomical projects in Gravitational Waves, Radio Astronomy, AstroSat and Solar Physics. Also, a popular talk on Astronomy Mega Projects by Ajit Kembhavi (IUCAA) was organized for general public and students. Akey feature of this workshop was the extensive hands-on sessions in which the students carried out various experiments in physics and engineering that have important applications in astronomy. A workshop on Engineering Applications in Astronomy was organized by IUCAA in collaboration with Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (VIT), Pune, during August 19 - 24, 2019 at VIT campus, Pune. The workshop was partially sponsored through a grant from Infosys Foundation to IUCAA. This was the third in a series of workshops being organized with the primary aim to create awareness among engineers about the field of astronomy and present the challenging opportunities available. Around 40 participants were selected from different branches of engineering and fromdifferent parts of the nation. No. 120 - October 2019 Congratulations to . . . Ÿ Kandaswamy Subramanian , on being elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy . Ÿ Varun Sahni , on being awarded J.C. Bose Fellowship of the DST (2019) . Ÿ T. Padmanabhan , on being awarded the M.P. BirlaMemorialAward (2019) . 3