The 5th Asia Pacific Solar Physics Meeting (APSPM) shall take place in Pune, India from February, 3 – 8, 2020. It is being jointly organised by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune.
For details: http://www.iucaa.in/~apspm/
The…
Nominations are invited for the "Justice Oak best thesis" award for the year 2019
The Astronomical Society of India gives the Justice V.G. Oak Award every year for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis in Astronomy and related areas, by a student working for a Ph.D. in India. The nominations for this award may be made by…
The pre-registration and abstract submission for the 9th ICGC to be organised at IISER Mohali is now open. The pre-registration can be done through the link
http://14.139.227.202/web/icgc2019/index.html
International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC)
IISER Mohali
December 10-13, 2019
The 9th…
Pressing for Progress 2019: A National Conference towards Gender Equity in Physics by the Indian Physics Association, hosted by the University of Hyderabad during 19-21 September 2019.
The IPA Conference will be a first-of-its kind national meeting in which both physics-related and sociology of physics-related topics will be deliberated. It is intended to serve as a forum wherein…
I am writing as Chair of Commission 19 of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
We support an annual prize in astrophysics - the Call is attached - and we look forward to your nominations
very best wishes
Gerry Gilmore
Chair, IUPAP C19 - Astrophysics
As you are aware, an Astronomy Centre for Educators (ACE) has been established at IUCAA, with the two main constituent units at present being the Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) for further developing astronomy teaching in the country with an emphasis on the higher-education sector; and the National Resource Centre (NRC) for developing the Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT)…
The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR) invites applications for the Radio Astronomy School 2019 to be held from August 19 to 30, 2019, at NCRA-TIFR, Pune.
The objective of the school is to provide the upcoming generation of astronomers exposure to the techniques and excitement of radio astronomy, especially in the context of…
A new book by me (co-authored with Vasanthi Padmanabhan) titled "Dawn of Science - Glimpses from History for the Curious Mind" has just been published by Springer.
The website links for this book are given at the end of this mail. Some details regarding the book can be found in the attached pdf file of the front matter.
This book is intended for the GENERAL PUBLIC and is written…
The 2018 GROWTH Winter School in Time Domain Astronomy was held at IIT Bombay. We are delighted to announce that the educational resources from the 2018 GROWTH astronomy school are now online at http://growth.caltech.edu/astronomy-school.html and available for download by students and educators around the world. Our astronomy school…
International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC)
IISER Mohali
December 10-13, 2019
The 9th International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC) will be hosted by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (IISERM), during December 10 - 13, 2019. ICGC meetings are held once in four years and are organised by the Indian Association for…
The 42nd International School for Young Astronomers, ISYA2019, will take place in Kunming, China, from the 14th of October to the 3th of November 2019. The International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA) is a long-tradition project of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), nowadays also co-sponsored by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (NASL) through the Office for Young…
The notification issued by the Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore inviting nominations for Professor Peraiah Foundation Award, 2019. Please find more details from the attached PDF.
It is our pleasure to inform you that we are organizing an International Conference on Infrared Astronomy and Astrophysical Dust (IRAAD 2019) during October 22 - 25, 2019 at IUCAA, Pune. During this 2019 conference we plan to have one session dedicated to the memory of Prof. N.V. Voshchinnikov.
Some of you have already consented to be part of the event and be members of the Scientific…
Upcoming Modelling, Machine Learning and Astronomy conference in PES University this November
Please find more details from this link https://www.pes.edu/mmla/
IISER Tirupati, jointly with IUCAA, is organising a 5-day workshop on Data Analysis and Machine Learning in our campus during May 24-28, 2019.
The workshop is at an introductory level, meant to train young researchers and students in the recent techniques of data analysis including statistical analysis, nonlinear time series analysis, recurrence plots and networks, Bayesian…
This year's ICTS summer school on gravitational-wave astronomy will be held from 15 to 26 July 2019 at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore. Applications for the school are now open. This year’s school will focus on the theoretical modeling of some of the promising astrophysical and cosmological sources of gravitational radiation.
Courses
Special Session on "Dual Nuclei in Late Stage Galaxy Mergers and their Effect on Galaxy Evolution" and Special Session entitled "Resolving the impact of AGN on galaxies using observations and simulations" at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS) 2019 to be held from 24 – 28 June 2019 in Lyon, France.
4th National Conference on Recent Trends in the Study of Compact Objects: Theory and Observation
IUCAA is organizing a national conference on “Recent trends in the study of compact objects: Theory and Observation (RETCO)” during 17-19, April 2019. The conference will bring together researchers from all over India to discuss recent observational and theoretical progress made in…
Laxminarayana & Nagalaxmi Modali Award
The Astronomical Society of India has instituted an award as Laxminarayana & Nagalaxmi Modali Award, with the objectives to promote knowledge of Astronomy and Astrophysics and honor the contributions made by young scientists, normally not beyond 45 years of age, any citizen of India engaged, in the field of astronomy and…
Broadband Spectral and Timing Studies with Astrosat, Chandra and XMM-Newton
A COSPAR capacity building workshop
March 9-20, 2019
IISER Mohali
The primary aim of the workshop is to train scientists in the middle and south East Asian region in using AstroSat's multiwavelength spectral and timing capabilities and teach them how to use these capabilities in conjunction…
Letters of Intent for Symposia in 2020 are due September 15. Further information may be found at https://www.iau.org/news/announcements/detail/ann17038be sure to follow the links on this page to obtain valuable information about the procedure.
IAU Ph.D Prize nominations are due December 15. These will recognize…
We are pleased to announce that the LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for new students at astrodatascience.org!
The LSSTC Data Science Fellowship Program (DSFP) is a supplement to graduate education in astronomy, intended to teach astronomy students essential skills for dealing with big data. You don't need to know anything about data science to apply,…
International conference in radio science, called the APRASC2019 (see above) is being hosted by INCURSI-INSA and the Indian Radio Science Society in New Delhi during March 9-15, 2019.
The APRASC2019 will have ten commissions including one on radio astronomy and the details of `Call for Papers and paper submission' has been put up on the website …
The Metrewavelength Sky - II
Celebrating the 90th year of Govind Swarup and the 1st year of the upgraded GMRT
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/mwsky2
Dates: March 18 - 22, 2019
The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) has recently undergone a major…
We are pleased to announce that the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) International Observatory is sponsoring the annual TMT Early-Career Initiative workshop, open to astronomy and engineering graduate students, postdocs, and early-career professionals from the TMT partnership. This workshop is being offered through the Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators and will be held in Pasadena,…
"Exploring the Universe: Near Earth space science to extragalactic astronomy"
in November 14-17, 2018, at S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences,Kolkata (INDIA).
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Convenors, We are glad to you let you know that the preparation for the conference is in full swing. We can provide you further details:
(A) Please visit the website…
The International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), TIFR is organizing a summer school on gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy from 13 to 24 August, 2018 in Bangalore, India. This school is part of the annual ICTS summer schools on GW astronomy.
Recent GW observations have firmly established the field of GW astronomy. Physicists and astrophysicists are now coming up with novel ways…
If you have studied or worked in the natural sciences, mathematics, computing or the history and philosophy of science & technology, you are invited to participate in a survey that is part of the Gender Gap project supported by the International Council for Science (ICSU).
You will find the survey at:
http://…
Dear Colleagues and Friends,
You may be aware that a Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) has been established at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) under the PMMMNMTT scheme, with Sanjit Mitra as its Co-ordinator. As you are aware IUCAA was established to promote the growth of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Indian Universities with Jayant Narlikar as its…
