Program

Programme
41st Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India
1-5 March 2023

 
Saturday, 25th February 2023
10:00 – 16:00 Thesis Presentations (Online)
 
Wednesday, 1st March 2023
09:30 - 17:00 Workshop 1 - Rubin LSST: Introductory Workshop
(Venue: L01)
Workshop 2 - Machine Learning in Astronomy
(Venue: 1D-105)
Workshop 3 - Solar Eruptive Phenomena
(Venue: L02)
Workshop 4 - Science with MACE
(Venue: L03)
17:30 – 18:30 Public Lecture
Shri Kiran Kumar: Space science missions of ISRO
(Venue: Auditorium)
 
Thursday, 2nd March 2023
  Inaugural session, Presidential Address, Awards session
(Venue: Auditorium)
09:30 - 09:40 Welcome (Host - Abhirup Datta, ASI - Sarita Vig)
09:40 - 09:45 Welcome Address by Director, IIT-Indore
09:45 - 10:00 Inaugural address by Shri Kiran Kumar, Member, Space Commission & Former Chairman, ISRO
10:00 - 10:05 ASI 2023 Scientific programme - Jasjeet Bagla
10:05 - 10:40 Presidential Address - Dipankar Banerjee
10:40 - 10:45 Release of Jantar-Mantar booklets
10:45 - 11:15 ASI award distribution
11:15 - 11:20 Group Photo Session
11:20 - 11:50 Tea/Coffee Break
  Special Session and Award lectures [Chairperson: Surhud More]
(Venue: Auditorium)
11:50 – 12:20 Ofer Lahav : Deep Machine Learning in Astronomy: Evolution or Revolution?
12:20 – 12:50 Laxminarayana & Nagalaxmi Modali Award lecture
Prateek Sharma : The multiphase circumgalactic medium
12:50 – 13:20 ASI Zubin-Kembhavi Award Lecture
Arvind Paranjype: Public Lectures, press releases and sky watch
13:20 – 14:10 Lunch Break
14:10 – 16:10 Stars, ISM and Galaxy I
(Venue: Auditorium)
Extragalactic Astronomy I
(Venue: 1D-105)
Sun and Solar System I
(Venue: L01)
Instrumentation and Techniques I
(Venue: LRC-Ground Floor)
General Relativity and Cosmology I
(Venue: L02)
 16:10 – 17:30 Tea/Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
17:30 – 18:30 Public Lecture [Chairperson: Eswar Reddy]
Prof. R. Kirshner (TMT): Infrared Observations of Type I Supernovae
(Venue: Auditorium)
 
Friday, 3rd March 2023
  Plenary Session 1 [Chairperson: G. C. Anupama]
(Venue: Auditorium)
09:30 – 10:00 Susmita Adhikari: The Universe from the edge of a dark matter halo
10:00 – 10:30 Kai Lars Polstrer : TBA
10:30 – 11:00 Anusha L S: Nonequilibrium effects in the dynamic solar atmosphere
11:00 – 11:30 Debarati Chatterjee : Probing ultradense matter in neutron stars with gravitational waves
11:30 – 12:00 Tea/Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:30 POEC Presentation [Chairperson: Sarita Vig]
(Venue:Auditorium)
12:30 – 13:00 WGGE Session: Panel Discussion on Gender Equity in Academics [Chairperson: Sarita Vig]
(Venue:Auditorium)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30 Stars, ISM and Galaxy II
(Venue:Auditorium)
Extragalactic Astronomy II
(Venue:1D-105)
Sun and Solar System II
(Venue:L01)
Instrumentation and Techniques II
(Venue:LRC-Ground Floor)
General Relativity and Cosmology II
(Venue:L02)
POEC
Parallel Session

(Venue:L03)
15:30 – 16:00 Tea/Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:40 K D Abhyankar Best Thesis Presentation Award (Presentations) [Chairperson: K. Indulekha]
(Venue: Auditorium)
17:45 – 19:00 ASI General Body Meeting
(Venue: Auditorium)
 
Saturday, 4th March 2023
  Plenary Session 2 [Chairperson: H. K. Jassal]
(Venue: Auditorium)
09:30 - 10:00 Neeraj Gupta: The MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS) : An Overview
10:00 – 10:30 Amitesh Omar: Odd Radio Circles – New mysterious radio sources in the sky
10:30 – 11:00 Saurabh Singh : Observing cosmic dawn through 21-cm signal
11:00 – 11:30 Tea/Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Stars, ISM and Galaxy III
(Venue: Auditorium)
Extragalactic Astronomy III
(Venue: 1D-105)
Sun and Solar System III
(Venue: L01)
Instrumentation and Techniques III
(Venue: LRC-Ground Floor)
General Relativity and Cosmology III
(Venue: L02)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
  Plenary Session 3 [Chairperson: Arunima Banerjee]
(Venue: Auditorium)
14:00 – 14:30 Mahavir Sharma : Nature of galaxies: cosmic dawn to present
14:30 – 15:00 E Chakali : Multi-wavelength dust polarimetry and the role of magnetic fields
15:00 – 15:30 Archana Soam : Magnetic fields and dust grain alignment in different environments of Galactic star formation
15:30 – 16:00 Sharanya Sur : Fluctuation dynamos in galaxies and galaxy clusters
16:00 – 18:00 Tea/Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
18:00 Cultural Program followed by Banquet
 
Sunday, 5th March 2023
  Plenary Session 4 [Chairperson: Divya Oberoi]
(Venue: Auditorium)
09:30 – 10:00 A N Ramaprakash : The solar ultraviolet imaging telescope (SUIT) on-board Aditya L-1 mission
10:00 – 10:30 Avinash Deshpande: The Indian Sky Watch Array Network (SWAN) : A strategic Initiative
10:30 – 11:00 Jayesh Goyal : Exoplanet Atmospheres and the Dawn of the JWST Era
11:00 – 11:30 Joe Ninan : Evaporating Exoplanets
11:30 – 12:00 Tea/Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 Stars, ISM and Galaxy IV
(Venue: Auditorium)
Extragalactic Astronomy IV
(Venue: 1D-105)
Sun and Solar System IV
(Venue: L01)
Instrumentation and Techniques IV
(Venue: LRC-Ground Floor)
General Relativity and Cosmology IV
(Venue: L02)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
  Industry - Academia Interface
(Venue: Auditorium)
14:00 - 14:10 Welcome Address by Eswar Reddy, IIA
14:10 - 14:30 Madhav Somayaji (FutureTech Engineering LLP)
14:30 - 14:50 Bujji Babu (Nucon aerospace pvt ltd, Hyderabad)
14:50- 15:10 Mushtaq Ahmed (Thoughtworks Pvt. Ltd)
15:10 - 15:30 Ramakrishna Siddam (Optics and Allied Engineering Pvt. Ltd.)
15:30 - 16:00 Open discussion
16:00 – 16:30 Awards announcements, Concluding Session
16:30 High Tea
List of Posters