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Seminars 24.10.2018: S. Rathna Kumar, on Measuring accurate time delays and simple analytical modelling of lensed quasars. 31.10.2018: Prasun Dhang, on A numerical study of MRI driven dynamo in rotating accretion flows. 06.11.2018: Upasana Das, on Instabilities in strongly magnetized accretion disks and jets. 14.11.2018: Debika Chowdhury, on Primordial magnetogenesis and non-Gaussianities. 28.11.2018: Deepak Pandey, on From macroscopic to microscopic optical resonators: Towards bridging the quantum and classical technologies. 12.12.2018: Jyotirmay Paul, on Design and development of an adaptive optics system in visible and near-infrared for IUCAA2 metre telescope. 19.12.2018: Nishant Kumar Singh, on Solar magnetism and its effects on surface gravity modes: Implications for space weather. Colloquia 04.10.2018: Petri Vaisanen, on Time stamping starbursts in interacting galaxies with SALT and other telescopes. 19.10.2018: Surhud More, on Cosmological constraints from the SubaruHyper Suprime-CamSurvey. 01.11.2018: S. Bhattacharya, on Rolling and stumbling: Granular self-organization by auto-tuning of friction. 22.11.2018: Robert Ward, on Instrumentation for the future of gravitational wave astronomy. 27.11.2018: Kunal Mooley, on The first EM counterpart of a gravitational wave event. 29.11.2018: Gulab Chand Dewangan, on X-ray/UV emission fromAGN central engines. 06.12.2018: Dharam Vir Ahluwalia, on Deciphering what can exist (a laWigner). (IUCAA), on Error Analysis, Subhashis Roy (NCRA), on HI in the Galaxy, and Interstellar Medium, Prasanta Bera (NCRA), on Basics of Radio Emission, Bhal Chandra Joshi (NCRA), on Co-ordinate Systems, Poonam Chandra (NCRA), on Radio Transients, Ishwar Chandra (NCRA), onAGN, DipanjanMitra (NCRA), on Pulsars, RanjeevMisra (IUCAA), on High Energy Astronomy, SanjeevMitra (NCRA), on General Relativity, and YogeshWadadekar (NCRA), onUpcoming Telescopes. On the last day of the school, the students presented results of their experiments. The presentations were organized in such a way as to allowexhaustive discussions on themethods used to carry out the observations/experiments and derive the results and their errors. A quiz competition, to test the overall understanding of astronomy and astrophysics was also organized. From the feedback of the students, we believe that students thoroughly enjoyed their first exposure to “serious” observing and experimentation! The highlight of the school, of course, was the trip to the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), and a special motivational session with Professor Jayant Narlikar, which was organized specially to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Radio Physics Lab. Professor Narlikar shared his experiences with nice stories and events of his research career. The winter school was coordinated byNeeraj Gupta (IUCAA) and Subhashis Roy (NCRA). | KHAG L | No. 117 - JANUARY 2019 | 09