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No. 120 - October 2019 analysis. The programme consisted of mixture of practical hands-on data analysis sessions, exciting science talks, and complementary skills training. Priority was given to hands-on sessions of data-analysis. The outstation participants were provided with free accommodation d u r i n g t h i s wo r k s h o p . T h e coordinators of the workshop were Ranjeev Misra, Gazi A. Ahmed, and Ankur Gogoi (Jagannath Barooah College, Jorhat). Astronomy Centre for Educators Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) 2019 The National Resource Centre (NRC) for Astronomy and Astrophysics hosted by IUCAAhas developed an online course titled `Stars and Stellar Systems’ for ARPIT 2019-20. The course consists of 36 videos spread across 10 modules, along with multiple-choice questions after each section for each video and suggestions for further readings. The modules covered a wide range of topics in the field ranging from basic properties of stars and stellar evolution to advanced topics of helio- and astro-seismology, and the exciting and rapidly developing field of exoplanets. These video presentations were made by 13 resource persons from 8 institutions of higher education and research spread across the country. They have highlighted recent developments in the respective areas while also touching upon the basic required pedagogy, and emphasising emerging areas in the field. The image is a collage of the resource persons along with the Coordinator of the course. TheACE staff involved inmaking this online course are Prakash Arumugasamy, Manojendu Choudhury, Sushan Konar, and Dhruba J. Saikia (Coordinator), with Aniket Kadu and Shivraj Kshatriya as video editors. The videos were filmed at the Science Media Centre of IISER, Pune. These videos are presently available via the Swayamplatform. 5