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The Department of Mathematics, Institute of Applied Sciences and Humanities, GLA University, Mathura, in collaboration with IUCAA, organized the Workshop on General Relativity and Cosmology, during October 11 – 13, 2019. There were 41 participants, including 25 research scholars and 10 MSc students of physics and mathematics from all over the country, and 6 faculty members fromGLAUniversity. The primary attraction of this workshop was Padma Vibhushan and Bhatnagar award winner Jayant Narlikar, who in his talk explained how cosmology was a part of star gazing where numerous things identified with the universe could be examined. He, using test strategies, demonstrated a strong possibility that we were not alone in the universe. Narlikar reignited the passion to learn and investigate more about galaxies, blackholes, stars and universe at large among the research scholars. He guided them by clarifying their doubts and explaining complex ideas, and encouraged them to continue their research in this field. The resource persons of this workshop were: Sushant Ghosh (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi), G. K. Goswami (NSUT, New Delhi), Charles Jose (CUSAT, Kochi), and Dawood Kothawala (IIT - Ma d r a s , Ch e n n a i ) . Th e lectures were on general topics of relativity and cosmology. At the end of the workshop, the Vice-Chancellor of GLAUniversity,A. M. Aggarwal, felicitated Narlikar and Mangala Narlikar by giving mementos. The participants adulated the workshop in their feedback, and affirmed that the knowledge and experience gained in these three days would keep enriching their research work in future.The workshop was coordinated by Aseem Paranjape (IUCAA) andAnirudh Pradhan (GLAUniversity). Workshop on General Relativity and Cosmology areas, where Indian research community can get involved. Members of LISC and LI-TRD expl a ined the urgent need for t ra ined manpower with the upcoming LIGO - India Observatory, and the possible solutions to problems in next generation LIGO controls. In a d d i t i o n t o EPO e f f o r t s , s c o p e a n d collaboration with LI-EPOwere also discussed in the workshop. The organising committee was co-chaired by Anupreeta More, and Manasadevi Thirugnanasambandam (both from IUCAA). No. 121 - January 2020 7