22nd Feb 2021

Monday, 22 February 2021
Time: 13:30 – 15:15
Thesis Session II [Chairperson: Dipankar Banerjee]
Speaker Title Time in Minutes
Panini Singam Justice Oak Best Thesis Award Presentation – II
Design and development of Multilayer mirrors for astronomical applications
30
Chayan Mondal Multi-wavelength study of star formation in nearby galaxies 15
Dipanweeta Bhattacharyya Cosmic evolution of black holes and the $M_{\bullet}-\sigma$ relation 15
Rubinur Khatun A Radio and Ultraviolet Study of Dual Nuclei in Galaxies 15
Priyanka Rani Temporal and Spectral Characteristics of Active Galactic Nuclei in X-rays using NuSTAR 15
Ranadeep Sarkar Solar Origin of Space Weather 15


Monday, 22 February 2021
Time:16:00 – 17:30
Sun and the Solar System II [Chairperson: Shyama Narendranath]
Speaker Title Time in Minutes
Shashikiran Ganesh Minor bodies and their composition (I) 30
Vishal Goyal Effects of size of sinking iron-blobs on lunar core formation 15
Sana Ahmed Modelling the atmosphere of comets with different volatile compositions 15
Ritesh Kumar Mishra Evidence of multiple episodes of superflares during the birth of Our Sun 15
Biswajit Mondal Soft X-ray spectroscopy of the quiet solar corona and elemental composition with Solar X-ray Monitor (XSM) onboard Chandrayaan-2 15


Monday, 22 February 2021
Time: 16:00 – 17:30
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy IV [Chairperson: Jeewan Pandey]
Speaker Title Time in Minutes
Bharat Kumar Yerra Evolution of Lithium in low-mass stars: an observational perspective (I) 30
Shantipriya Devarapalli Period Variations in Active Flaring Binary BX Tri - Magnetic Activity Cycle or Tertiary Companion? 15
Susmita Das Period-luminosity and period-radius relations for MESA-computed BL Her models 15
Nazma Husain Detection of mHz frequency break in weak low/hard state of GX 339-4 using AstroSat data 15
Anusha R Identification of new Classical Ae stars in the Galaxy using LAMOST DR5 15


Monday, 22 February 2021
Time: 16:00 – 17:45
General Relativity and Cosmology I [Chairperson: Tirthankar Roy Choudhury]
Speaker Title Time in Minutes
Sriramkumar L. Signatures of enhanced scalar power on small scales (I) 30
Shikhar Mittal Lyman-α coupling and heating at Cosmic Dawn 15
Aritra Kundu Cosmic recombination history in light of EDGES measurements of the cosmic dawn 21-cm signal 15
Arnab Chakraborty First multi-redshift limits on post-Epoch of Reionization (post-EoR) 21 cm signal from z = 1.96 - 3.58 using uGMRT 15
Susmita Jana
Constraints on the non-minimal coupling of Electromagnetic fields from astrophysical observations (Cancelled) 15
Kamal Bora Constraints on the variation of fine structure constant from joint SPT-SZ and XMM-Newton observations 15



Monday, 22 February 2021
Time:18:00 – 19:30
Working Group for Gender Equity (WGGE) Session
Speaker Title Time in Minutes
Shobhana Narasimhan, JNCASR Why it is (still) difficult to be a woman in science 25+5 mins
Prajval Shastri, IIA Evidence-based interventions to transform the workplace climate: The Hyderabad Charter for Gender Equity in Physics 25+5
Harvinder Jassal, IISER-Mohali ASI - WGGE questionnaire II: A brief update 5
Open Discussion 30