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The Department of Physics, ICFAI University, Agartala Tripura, jointly with the Department of Physics, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar, organized the Introductory Workshop on Physical Perspectives of Astronomy, during October 30 - 31, 2019. The workshop was organized to foster the interest in Astronomy and Astrophysics among the budding students of BSc and MSc of Tripura, andNortheast India in general. The resource persons and their topics were: Himadri Sekhar Das (Assam University, Silchar) on (i) Solar system and its small bodies, and (ii) Stellar structure and evolution; Ratan Das (Tripura University) on Celestial coordinates; Santabrata Das (IIT, Guwahati) on Basics of accretion flow around compact objects; Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA) on (i) Black holes in the universe, and (ii) AstroSat: The new era in timing studies;Ayesha Maryam Mazarbhuiya (Assam University, Silchar) on (i) Astronomical data analysis, and (ii)Astronomical image processing using IRAF; Ankur Nath (ICFAI University) on AstroSatdata analysis; Biswajit Paul (NIT, Agartala) on Models of the expanding universe; and Biplob Sarkar (ICFAI University) on The role of magnetic fields in astrophysical processes. There were 51 participants comprising of under- graduate, post-graduate, and PhD students, along with university/college/school teachers. Out of these, 41 participants were from various colleges and universities in Tripura and 10 were from all across India. A special lecture on Contribution of Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz to discovery of exoplanets was delivered by Santabrata Das, which provided the students an opportunity to get to know about the contribution made by 2019 Nobel Prize laureates Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz towards starting a revolution in astronomy by exploring our home galaxy, the Milky Way, looking for exoplanets. This workshop was a grand success, and there were a lot of interactions and discussions with the resource persons and the participants. Biplob Sarkar, and Gulab Chand Dewangan (IUCAA) were the coordinators of the workshop. and spoke about his discovery of the farthest galaxy and the possibility of a black hole in it. He went on to show the major upcoming telescopes and his collaboration with some of them and the opportunities therein. Finally, Charles delivered the concluding lecture on the LSST project, in which he was involved. The fundamental physics as well as applied space sciences like asteroid and planetary studies that could be done with the LSST were highlighted. Erwin Desa (formerly from the Department of Physics, Goa University) was the chief guest for the valedictory function, in which he inspired the participants with his experience. Reshma Raut Desai (Department of Physics, Goa University) proposed the vote of thanks. It was a workshop thoroughly enjoyed by all the participants and would have significant impact on their career paths. The coordinators of the workshop were Rajendra Gad (Department of Electronics, Goa University), Reshma Raut Desai, RanjeevMisra, and Jayashree Roy. Introductory Workshop on Physical Perspectives of Astronomy No. 121 - January 2020 11