Program

Programme
35th Annual Meeting of Astronomical Society of India
6 - 10 March 2017, B. M. Birla Auditorium, Jaipur

Monday, March 6, 2017 
 Workshops
9.30 - 18.30Gravitational wave astronomy: The new window to the universe 
( Venue: Hall A)
New Initiatives in the field of Exoplanetary Science in India 
( Venue: Hall B)
Science with Aditya L1 mission 
( Venue: Hall C)
X-ray Observations and Data Analysis of Compact Objects 
( Venue: Hall D)
High performance computing in Astrophysics 
( Venue: Hall E)
 Astronomy Education and Outreach 
( Venue: Hall E)
18.30 - 19.30Somak Raychaudhury - IUCAA's role in Astronomy Education in India
H. P. Singh - Astronomy and Astrophysics at Delhi University
Priya Hasan - Saath Satve Aasman: Together to the Seventh Heaven
19.30 - 20:30Dinner 
  
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 
9.30 - 11.00Inauguration and Presidential Address [Chairperson: Annapurni Subramaniam] 
( Venue: Auditorium)
 
11.00 - 11:30Tea Break 
11:30 - 12:30Vainu Bappu Presentation [Chairperson: Annapurni Subramaniam] 
Luca Cortese - Galaxy transformation in the local Universe 
( Venue: Auditorium)
 
12:30 - 13:00Special Lecture : Jonathan Tennyson - Molecular line lists for the opacity of exoplanets, cool stars and other atmospheres 
( Venue: Auditorium)
 
13.00 - 14:30Lunch Break 
14:30 - 16.00Sun and the Solar System 1 
( Venue: Hall A)
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy 1 
( Venue: Hall B)
Extragalactic Astronomy 1 
( Venue: Hall C)
General Relativity and Cosmology 1 
( Venue: Hall D)
 
16.00 - 16.30Tea Break 
16.30 - 18.00Sun and the Solar System 2 
( Venue: Hall A)
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy 2 
( Venue: Hall B)
Extragalactic Astronomy 2 
( Venue: Hall C)
Instrumentation and Techniques 1 
( Venue: Hall D)
 
18.30 - 19.30Banquet Dinner 
  
Wednesday, March 8, 2017 
 Plenary Session 1 - ASTROSAT [Chairperson: S. Seetha] 
( Venue: Auditorium)
 
9.30 - 11.00Annapurni Subramaniam - Early Science results from the Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope 
Ranjeev Misra - ASTROSAT: A New Era for Rapid X-ray Timing Studies 
Santosh Vadawale - Hard X-ray Polarimetry with AstroSat CZTI 
Gulab Dewangan - AstroSat status and science support 
11.00 - 11:30Tea Break 
11:30 - 13:00Sun and the Solar System 3 
( Venue: Hall A)
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy 3 
( Venue: Hall B)
Extragalactic Astronomy 3 
( Venue: Hall C)
Instrumentation and Techniques 2 
( Venue: Hall D)
 
13.00 - 14:30Lunch Break 
14:30 - 16.00Sun and the Solar System 4 
( Venue: Hall A)
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy 4 
( Venue: Hall B)
Extragalactic Astronomy 4 
( Venue: Hall C)
General Relativity and Cosmology 2 
( Venue: Hall D)
 
16.00 - 16.30Tea Break 
16.30 - 17.30Thesis Presentation 1 
( Venue: Hall E)
 
17.30General Body Meeting 
( Venue: Hall E)
 
19.30 - 20:30Dinner 
  
Thursday, March 9, 2017 
 Plenary Session 2 - GR and Cosmology [Chairperson: Arnab Rai Choudhuri] 
( Venue: Auditorium)
 
9.30 - 11.00Rishi Khatri - Information hidden in the CMB spectral distortions 
Biswajit Pandey - An information theory based search for homogeneity and isotropy in the Universe 
Kanan Dutta - Probing the universe with the HI 21cm line 
11.00 - 11:30Tea Break 
11:30 - 13:00Sun and the Solar System 5 
( Venue: Hall A)
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy 5 
( Venue: Hall B)
Extragalactic Astronomy 5 
( Venue: Hall C)
Instrumentation and Techniques 3 
( Venue: Hall D)
 
13.00 - 14:30Lunch Break 
14:30 - 16.00Sun and the Solar System 6 
( Venue: Hall A)
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy 6 
( Venue: Hall B)
Extragalactic Astronomy 6 
( Venue: Hall C)
Instrumentation and Techniques 4 
( Venue: Hall D)
 
16.00 - 16.30Tea Break 
16.30 - 18.00Sun and the Solar System 7 
( Venue: Hall A)
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy 7 
( Venue: Hall B)
-General Relativity and Cosmology 3 
( Venue: Hall D)
 
 Public Talk on TMT [Chairperson: Ajit Kembhavi] 
( Venue: Auditorium)
 
18.30 - 19.30A. N. Ramaprakash - The Thirty Metre Telescope : a leap from known unknowns to unknown unknowns 
19.30 - 20:30Dinner 
  
Friday, March 10, 2017 
 Plenary Session 3 - Sun [Chairperson: Dipankar Banerjee] 
( Venue: Hall E)
 
9.30 - 11.00Arnab Rai Choudhuri - How it begins: Magnetic field generation in the Sun's interior 
Durgesh Tripathi - It's hot, magnetic, happening and it matters: The Solar Corona 
N. Srivastava - Preliminary observations with Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST) at Udaipur Solar Observatory 
11.00 - 11:30Tea Break 
11:30 - 13:00Thesis Presentation 2 
( Venue: Hall E)
 
13.00 - 14:30Lunch Break and End of Conference 
 Trip to Jantar Mantar 
List of Posters