ASI-2017 Parallel Sessions: Tuesday, 7 March, 2017

ASI-2017 Parallel Sessions: Tuesday, 7 March, 2017

Total time for Invited talks - 30m, Contributed talks - 15m

Tuesday, 7 March, 2017
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Venue: Hall A
Sun and the Solar System - I  [Chairperson: K. Sankarsubramanian]
SpeakerTitle 
Dibyendu NandiThe Science Case for Solar and Space Weather Observations from Lagrange Point L5 in Space 
Vipin K. YadavSolar plasma (Alfven) wave observation at L1 point with the magnetic field measurements 
Mekhi DhesiTwinkle Space Mission  
Mahendra VermaHow MHD Turbulence theories can help understand solar wind and solar magnetic field 
Rengaswamy SridharanImaging with Masked Apertures: Application to Solar Imaging  

 

Tuesday, 7 March, 2017
Time: 14:30 - 16:00 
Venue: Hall B
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy I  [Chairperson: Eswar Reddy]
SpeakerTitle 
Sarita VigAn insight into massive star formation in dense cores of molecular clouds (I) 
Blesson MathewThe curious case of PDS 11: a nearby, >10 Myr old, classical T Tauri binary system  
Mahathi ChavaliComparative analysis of X-ray emission from T Tauri stars and Herbig Ae/Be stars  
Dhrimadri KhataUnderstanding Physical Properties of Young M-dwarfs : Optical and Near-IR spectroscopic studies.  
Krishnakumar M.A.Towards understanding the ISM turbulence using pulsars 

 

Tuesday, 7 March, 2017
Time: 14:30 - 16:00 
Venue: Hall C
Extragalactic Astronomy-I  [Chairperson: Chanda Jog]
SpeakerTitle 
Sudhanshu BarwayWhich bulges are favoured by barred S0 galaxies? 
Sheelu AbrahamAutomated Detection of Barred Galaxies using Convolutional Neural Network 
Preetish Kumar MishraPseudo bulges in galaxy groups: the role of environment in secular evolution 
Koshy GeorgeGalaxies reborn: The curious case of star forming elliptical galaxies 
Sushma KurapatiHI observations of gas-rich void galaxies 
Mousumi DasA Study of the Galaxies within the Bootes Void 

 

Tuesday, 7 March, 2017 
Time:14:30 - 16:00 
Venue: Hall D
General Relativity and Cosmology I  [Chairperson: Biswajit Pandey]
SpeakerTitle 
Supratik PalInflationary cosmology post-Planck 2015 (I) 
Abir SarkarThe effects of non-standard dark matter on CMB spectral distortion s 
Janakee RasteAnalytically Modelling Early Phase of EoR 

 

Tuesday, 7 March, 2017
Time: 16.30 - 18.00 
Venue: Hall A
Sun and the Solar System - II  [Chairperson: K. Sankarsubramanian]
SpeakerTitle 
Bidya Binay KarakWhy do stars rotate differentially?  
Anusha L. S.Non-equilibrium hydrogen ionization in the solar atmosphere 
Krishnendu MandalComputation of 3d spherical kernel for the understanding of meridional circulation 
Rajashik TarafderA Mathematical Model for Solar and Anthropogenic Forcing of Global Climate  
Abhishek KumarEnergy spectrum for buoyancy-driven turbulence 

 

Tuesday, 7 March, 2017
Time: 16.30 - 18.00 
Venue: Hall B
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy II  [Chairperson: Eswar Reddy]
SpeakerTitle 
Manoj PuravankaraUnderabunadance of water behind interstellar shocks: Implications for the oxygen budget of the ISM 
Amit PathakThe Deuterium abundance in astrophysical PAHs  
Piyali SahaPolarimetric and Spectroscopic Study of L1616  
Swagat Ranjan DasStar formation associated with infrared bubbles 
Siddhartha GuptaLack of thermal energy in superbubbles : hint of cosmic rays ? 
Somnath DuttaStellar population and the star formation histories of distant Galactic HII regions NGC 2282 and Sh 2-149 Complex 

 

Tuesday, 7 March, 2017
Time: 16.30 - 18.00 
Venue: Hall C
Extragalactic Astronomy-II  [Chairperson: Suchetana Chatterjee]
SpeakerTitle 
Preeti KharbLow Frequency Radio Observations of Radio-Weak Seyfert Galaxies (I) 
C S StalinNarrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxies 
Sravani VaddiBlack hole spins of radio loud quasars 
Debbijoy BhattacharyaSpectral study of gamma ray bursts using CZTI of ASTROSAT  

 

Tuesday, 7 March, 2017 
Time: 16.30 - 18.00 
Venue: Hall D
Instrumentation and Techniques I  [Chairperson: Santosh Vadawale]
SpeakerTitle 
Rekhesh MohanObserving with UVIT: Software Tools to plan your observations  
Mithun N P SIn-flight Spectral Calibration of AstroSat CZT Imager 
Ajay VibhuteASTROSAT CZTI IMAGE ANALYSIS 
Srikanth Panini SingamDevelopment of multilayer mirror based soft X-ray polarimeter 
Prashant KumarSolar Wind Ion Spectrometer (SWIS) on-board Aditya-L1 Mission