Khagol_113_January 2018

| KHAG L | No. 113 - JANUARY 2018 | 08 Workshop on AstroSat Data Analysis The workshop on Multi-wavelength Observations using AstroSat was conducted at the Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University, Bengaluru, during December 14 - 16, 2017, and was mainly intended to young researchers and students, who were interested to pursue Astronomy and Astrophysics as their future career. There were 70 participants, consisting of B.Sc. and M.Sc. students, research scholars and faculty members, of whom30were fromoutstation. Workshop on Multi-wavelength Observations Using AstroSat The ISRO sponsored AstroSat Science Support Cell, ASSC (http://astrosat-ssc.iucaa.in/ ) held an intensive workshop at IUCAA during November 13-26, 2017. The focus of the workshop was on analysis of data from the four pointing instruments on board AstroSat namely, UVIT, SXT, LAXPC and CZTI. Along with lectures on the instruments and their Science goals, the primary part of the workshop was hands-on data analysis sessions where participants analyzed data under the supervision of experts. The workshop was targeted towards Ph.D students, postdocs, faculty members and scientists who plan to analyse AstroSat data. More than 50 participants attended the workshop fromdifferent parts of the country as well as from abroad. The participants also provided feedback on AstroSat software and suggestions for improvement.