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No. 114 - April 2018 05 An International Meeting on Galaxy Evolution and Dynamical Structures (GEDS) was held during January 22 - 24, 2018 at IUCAA. The primary idea behind this meeting was to promote galaxy evolution and dynamics research in the country. This is indeed needed, as Indian is actively participating in a number of big telescope projects, e.g., TMT (Thirty Metre Telescope), which will produce high quality imaging and kinematics data, and modelling of these data requires advanced knowledge/ training in galaxy dynamics and evolution. The meeting was well attended by both Indian and international participants, whowere experts in the field. International Meeting on Galaxy Evolution and Dynamical Structures There were about 50 participants, and six sessions (a total of 31 oral presentation plus 10 posters) - each session was devoted to recent topics in the area of galaxy evolution and dynamics. In particular, focus was given to origin of spiral structures, role of bulges and bars on galaxy evolution and topics relevant to our ownGalaxy, theMilkyWay. The meeting was jointly supported by the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and IUCAA. GEDS - 2018 was the first in the series, and we plan to organise such meetings once every two years. Further details about the meeting and talks can be found at: http://www.iucaa.in/ws/~geds2017/programme.html