| Programme 33rd Meeting of The Astronomical Society of India |
| NCRA Map- PDF |
| Programme Schedule - PDF |
| Monday, February 16, 2015 | |||||
| 9:00 am to 5:00 pm | Special workshops | ||||
| 5.00 pm to 9.00 pm | Registration and Welcome dinner | ||||
| Tuesday, February 17, 2015 | |||||
| 8.00 am to 9:30 am | Breakfast , Registration and setting up of posters | ||||
| 9:30 am to 10:30 am | Inauguration and Presidential address: Ajit Kembhavi (Venue: Chandrasekhar Auditorium) | ||||
| 10:30 am to 11:00 am | Tea break | ||||
| Plenary Session: Life of Stars [Chairperson: G C Anupama] (Venue: Chandrasekhar Auditorium) | |||||
| 11.00 am to 11.30 am |
Devendra Ojha |
Star formation on local scales and modes of triggered star formation | |||
| 11.30 am to 12.00 pm |
Gajendra Pandey |
Are extreme helium and R Coronae Borealis stars, merged products of two white dwarfs? | |||
| 12.00 pm to 12.30 pm |
Poonam Chandra |
Supernovae: Shocked after the violent death of stars | |||
| 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm | Lunch and Poster viewing | ||||
| 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm | Parallel sessions: | ||||
| Sun & Solar system 1 (NCRA East Campus) |
Stars & Galaxy 1 (NCRA Auditorium) |
Extragalactic Astronomy 1 (NCRA E - LAB) |
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| 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm | Tea break and Poster viewing | ||||
| 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm | Parallel sessions: | ||||
| Instrumentation 1(ASTROSAT)(Chandrasekhar Auditorium) | GR & Cosmology 1 (NCRA Auditorium) |
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| 6.00 pm to 6.30 pm | Tea break | ||||
| 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | Evening lecture: Jayant V Narlikar: Cosmology, Fred Hoyle and I (Venue: Chandrasekhar Auditorium) | ||||
| 7.45 pm to 9.00 pm | Dinner | ||||
| Wednesday, February 18, 2015 | |||||
| 8.00 am to 8:55 am | Breakfast | ||||
| Plenary session: The Local Universe [Chairperson: K S Dwarakanath] (Venue: Chandrasekhar Auditorium) | |||||
| 9.00 am to 9.30 am |
Chanda Jog |
Gravitational instabilities affected by external tidal field | |||
| 9.30 am to 10.00 am |
Jayaram Chengalur |
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| 10.00 am to 10.30 am |
Subhashis Roy |
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| 10:30 am to 11:30 am | Tea break and Poster viewing | ||||
| 11:30 am to 1:00 pm | Parallel sessions: | ||||
| Extragalactic Astronomy 2 (NCRA E - LAB) |
Sun & Solar system 2 (NCRA Auditorium) |
Instrumentation 2 (NCRA East Campus) |
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| 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Lunch and Poster viewing | ||||
| 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Parallel sessions: | ||||
| GR & Cosmology 2 (NCRA Auditorium) |
Stars & Galaxy 2 (NCRA E - LAB) |
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| 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Tea break and Poster viewing | ||||
| 5.30 pm | Departure for Public talk | ||||
| 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm | Public talk Anil Bhardwaj: Indian Planetary Missions Fergusson College Amphitheatre (Buses depart from NCRA at 17:30) |
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| 7.45 pm to 9.00 pm | Dinner | ||||
| Thursday, February 19, 2015 | |||||
| 8.00 am to 9:00 am | Breakfast | ||||
| Plenary session: Future Initiatives [Chairperson: P. Sreekumar] (Venue: Chandrasekhar Auditorium) | |||||
| 9.00 am to 9.30 am |
Eswar Reddy |
India's Participation in the TMT International Observatory - An update to ASI |
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| 9.30 am to 10.00 am |
Philip Diamond |
The Square Kilometre Array: a physics machine for the 21st Century |
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| 10.00 am to 10.30 am |
Dipankar Banerjee |
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| 10.30 am-11.00 am |
Bala Iyer |
LIGO-India Beyond Detection to Gravitational Wave Astronomy | |||
| 11:00 am to 11:30 am | Tea break and Poster viewing | ||||
| 11:30 am to 1:00 pm | Parallel sessions: | ||||
| Extragalactic astronomy 3 (NCRA E - LAB) |
Instrumentation 3 (NCRA East Campus) |
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| 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | Lunch and Poster viewing | ||||
| 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm | Parallel sessions: | ||||
| Sun & Solar system 3 (NCRA Auditorium) |
Stars & Galaxy 3 (NCRA E - LAB) |
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| 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm | Tea break and Poster viewing | ||||
| 5.00 pm to 6.30 pm | General body meeting | ||||
| 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm | Gender issues in astronomy; Astronomy outreach | ||||
| 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm | Banquet dinner | ||||
| Friday, February 20, 2015 | |||||
| 8.00 am to 9:00 am | Breakfast | ||||
| Plenary session: High energy universe [Chairperson: R. Srianand] (Venue: Chandrasekhar Auditorium) | |||||
| 9.00 am to 9.30 am |
Andrew King |
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| 9.30 am to 10.00 am |
K P Singh |
X-raying the zoo of Active Galactic Nuclei | |||
| 10.00 am to 10:30 am |
Sudip Bhattacharyya |
X-ray binary: a world of extremes | |||
| 10:30 am to 11:00 am | Tea break | ||||
| 11:00 am to 1:30 pm | Thesis Presentation (Venue: Chandrasekhar Auditorium) |
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| 1.30 pm to 2:30 pm | Lunch and end of conference | ||||
| Poster Presentation |