Khagol_113_January 2018

The first talk of the workshop was delivered by Annapurni Subramaniam (IIA, Bengaluru) on Introduction to UVIT, explaining the basic design and performance of UVIT onboard AstroSat. After the tea break, the next talk was given by Snehalata Sahu (IIA) on Study of Globular Clusters using UVIT, and another talk by Chayan Mondal, (IIA) on Study of Star Forming Galaxies using UVIT. The afternoon and evening sessions were dedicated to data analysis using UVIT. The participants were given the opportunity to perform photometry of the galaxyNGC1851 usingUVITdata. The second day of the workshopwas mainly concentrated on talks by Koshy George (IIA) on Science with UVIT, and Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA) onAstroSat: ANewEra of Timing Studies. These talks were followed by data analysis sessions using LAXPC payload onboard AstroSat. These sessions were conducted by Misra and Anjali Rao (both from IUCAA). The last talk of the day was on Astronomy Outreach Activities in the Era of Mega Projects, by Joe Jacob (Newman College, Thodupuzha, Kerala), who introduced the participants to the new existing and upcoming mega projects like | KHAG L | No. 113 - JANUARY 2018 | 09 Workshop on Blackholes: From Classical to Quantum Gravity A workshop titled, Blackholes: From Classical to Quantum Gravity was held in honour of the eminent relativist Professor C.V. Vishveshwara, at IIT, Gandhinagar’s campus by the Sabarmati, during December 15 - 19, 2017. The workshop was successful in bringing the leading experts like SanjeevDhurandhar (IUCAA),Ajith Parameswaran (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru), Amitabh Virmani and Alok Laddha (CMI, Chennai), Gautam Mandal and A. Gopakumar (TIFR, Mumbai), who have been working in various aspects of relativity theory, to deliver lectures for Ph.D. student and post-doctoral fellows from various Universities and Research Institutes in India. The academic programme of this workshop had a strong focus on contemporary topics in black hole physics, both theoretical and observational, and included topics such as Blackholes from group theory, Geometry and Symmetry in Gravitational Waves data analysis, Soft Graviton Theorems, and Physics and Astrophysics of blackholes using Gravitational Waves observations. The schedule of lectures was designed to promote a wide range of discussions between the participants and experts. A special lecture on the life and works of Professor Vishveshwara was delivered by Naresh Dadhich (IUCAA). The workshop was made possible by the generous financial support from IUCAA, and Science and Engineering Research Board, and was coordinated by Sudipta Sarkar andAnand Sengupta (IIT, Gandhinagar). Website: http://events.iitgn.ac.in/2017/blackholes/programme.php TMT, SKA, LIGO-India, etc. He insisted on the involvement of students and researchers into outreach activities so that we can build necessarymanpower toworkwith such newmega projects and enjoy their benefits. The last day of the workshop was dedicated to data analysis sessions using LAXPC. The last talk of the workshop was delivered by C. S. Stalin (IIA) on Observing with UVIT: How to Submit Proposals. There was a brief valedictory function, which was chaired by George Thomas, Head of the Department of Physics and Electronics, Christ University. Misra conducted an interactive session with the participants to get feedback and innovative ideas to conduct similar workshops in future. The feedback received from the participants suggested that the conference was a great success. Misra and Paul K. T. (Christ University) were the coordinators.