It is our pleasure to share with you that Abstract Submission for Oral, Poster and Theses presentations is now open for the 42nd Meeting of the ASI. The meeting hosted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium (JNP) will be held at Bengaluru, from 31 Jan to 04 Feb 2024.

We invite you to be a part of this largest meeting of professional astronomers in India, present your own work, learn about the exciting new developments and science results across various disciplines of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and attend one of the topical 1-day workshops of your choice. The meeting is open to all ASI members, as well as Researchers and Students in Astronomy & Astrophysics or related areas, affiliated to Research and Academic Institutions / Universities / Colleges.

Details of how to register are available on the ASI 2024 website - https://www.astron-soc.in/asi2024

The abstract submission starts from 1st Oct 2023 and the deadline is 31st October 2023. The information on registration fee can be found from the link. The registration fee will cover snacks and meals at the venue of the meeting as mentioned in the program, and includes attendance of one workshop of your choice, subject to selection. This time we have a total of 6 workshops on the first day i.e. on the 31st January 2024. The topics of the workshops are listed below.

Workshop 1 - Aditya-L1: India’s Solar & Heliospheric Observatory in space
Workshop 2 - (Sub)Millimeter Astronomy: Introduction to ALMA and Indian perspectives
Workshop 3 - CME propagation in the interplanetary space to predict Bz and space weather impact
Workshop 4 - Daksha Science Workshop
Workshop 5 - Planning a more robust followup of transient astronomical sources from India
Workshop 6 - UV-Optical-IR Astronomy in India: Prospects of the next decade

We look forward to seeing you at ASI 2024.