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The National Seminar on Applications of Statistics in Natural Sciences was held at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, and was jointly organized by the Departments of Statistics and Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, in collaboration with the IUCAA Centre for Astronomy Research and Development (ICARD), Kolkata, during December 16 - 17, 2019. Asis K. Chattopadhyay (Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Calcutta) was the Chief Guest. Oral and poster presentations showcasing the research of college and university teachers and research scholars from different fields of Natural Sciences were carried on both the days. There were 15 oral presentations and 12 posters. The best oral presentation awards were achieved by Debashish Chatterjee (ISI, Kolkata), Somsubhra Ghosh (IACS, Kolkata), and Sreetama Das Choudhary, and the best poster award was won by Avinanda Chakraborty (Presidency University, Kolkata). In addition, there were specialized lectures by invited eminent speakers: Ayanendranath Basu, Saurabh Ghosh, and Supratik Pal (all from ISI), and Rajesh Kumble Nayak (IISER, Kolkata). More than 100 teachers and research scholars from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and colleges/universities from other states attended the seminar. Durba Bhattacharya (St. Xavier’s College) was the coordinator. National Seminar on Applications of Statistics in Natural Sciences Workshop on Concepts in Astrophysics The Department of Physics, Mar Thoma College, Chungathara, Nilambur, Kerala, in collaboration with IUCAA, organized the Workshop on Concepts in Astrophysics, during November 26 - 27, 2019. The main focus was to introduce different areas of Astronomy and Astrophysics to the relatively unexposed participants, and build an interest in the subject. There were forty graduate and post-graduate student participants from No. 121 - January 2020 13