21st Feb 2021

Sunday, 21 February 2021
Time: 13:30 – 15:15
Thesis Session I [Chairperson: Tushar Prabhu]
Speaker Title Time in Minutes
Prantika Bhowmik Data Constrained Models for Solar Activity Predictions 30
Anshu Kumari Radio Polarimetric Imaging of the Solar Corona at Low Frequencies 15
Ajay Vibhute Statistical estimation of source properties for indirect imaging methods in Astronomy 15
Avrajit Bandyopadhyay Study of Milky Way Halo stars and connection to globular clusters 15
Sindhu Pandey Multiwavelength study of old open clusters: NGC 188 and M67 15
Sandeep Kumar Kataria The Formation and Evolution of Bars, and its impact on Galaxy Dynamics 15


Sunday, 21 February 2021
Time: 16:00 – 17:30
Sun and the Solar System I [Chairperson: Piyali Chatterjee]
Speaker Title Time in Minutes
Nishant Kumar Singh
Solar Magnetic Fields on Large and Small Scales(I) 30
Hirdesh Kumar Study of seismic emission in sunspots associated with Lorentz force changes accompanying major solar flares 15
Ram Ajor Maurya Subsurface Flow Structures and Dynamics Underneath the Flaring and Quiescent Regions 15
Abhinav Prasad Role of Heating cooling imbalance in Non-Adiabatic solar coronal loops 15
Vasantharaju N.

Revisit of Magnetic Imprints of Solar Flares: An Observational Study

15


Sunday, 21 February 2021
Time: 16:00 – 17:30
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy III [Chairperson: Bhaswati Mookerjea]
Speaker Title Time in Minutes
Manoneeta Chakraborty Investigations of magnetar flares and their implications (I) 30
Shyam Sundar Wide-band Timing of Millisecond Pulsars with GMRT 15
Gangadhara R T

The Coherent Radio Emission Mechanism of Pulsars 15
Ashwin Devaraj
NuSTAR view of the cyclotron line source, XTE J1946+274 15
Jayashree Roy Study of recent outburst in the Be/X-ray binary RX J0209.6−7427 with AstroSat: a new ULX pulsar in the Magellanic Bridge? 15



Sunday, 21 February 2021
Time: 16:00 – 17:30
Extragalactic Astronomy III [Chairperson: Ruta Kale]
Speaker Title Time in Minutes
Rupjyoti Gogoi
Deciphering the role of dust in galaxies (I) 30
Abinaya O O Gaia view of a stellar sub-structure in front of the Small Magellanic Cloud 15
Souradeep Bhattacharya
The recent formation history of Andromeda (M31) revealed from Planetary Nebulae 15
Sioree Ansar A pilot study to determine halo spin and concentration for the galaxy UGC 5288 using simulations 15
Neeraj Kumari X-ray and UV/optical variabilties in Mrk 509 15


Sunday, 21 February 2021
Time: 17:45 – 19:15
POEC Session
Speaker Title Time in Minutes
Session Introduction Session Co-Chair 2
Prof. B. C. Joshi
(NCRA-TIFR, Pune)
Simple experiments in teaching radio astronomy - A radio physics laboratory experience (Invited Talk 1) 17 + 3
Prof. T. R. Seshadri
(Delhi University)
UG Astronomy Lab in a University: Challenges and Opportunities (Invited Talk 2) 17 + 3
Dr. Nand Kumar Chakradhari
(Pt. R. S. University)
The Experimental Component of Astronomy Teaching at Pt. R.S. University Raipur 10 + 2
Jayant Ganguly
(Regional Science Centre & Planetarium, Kozhikode)
Pursuing Specific Astronomy Projects for UG - PG students in Planetarium set up 10 + 2
Prof. Raka Dabhade
(Fergusson College, Pune)
DSLR Camera for Astro-lab 10 + 2
Prof. Jyoti Singh
(St. Xavier's College, Mumbai)
Unique experiential learning approach for a Physics Masters course with specialisation in Astrophysics 10 + 2
Summary Session Co-Chair 2