UM-DAE CEBS, Mumbai is organising a three day symposium next month (from 6-8th May, 2021) on the frontiers in astrophysics and fluid mechanics, in the memory of late Prof. Shashikumar M. Chitre. Eminent scientists from different parts of the world will deliver plenary and invited lectures. This includes plenary lectures by Prof. Kip Throne (Nobel laureate in Physics), and Lord Martin Rees (Astronomer Royal of the United Kingdom). A remembrance session will be held on 7th May 2021 which falls on his birthday.
We would really appreciate it if you could share this with colleagues and students who may be interested to attend the symposium. The list of speakers can be found in the poster attached below. Students from colleges and universities of India are particularly encouraged to apply. School students with strong motivation and some background in astronomy and astrophysics are also welcome. To participate in the symposium, kindly register your interest on the link here. :
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Prof. Shashikumar Madhusudhan Chitre, was an astrophysicist par excellence, a fine educationist and an able administrator. He made significant contributions in the area of astrophysics, particularly in the field of solar physics and gravitational lensing. He was an apt example of embodiment of modesty, refinement and culture with a heart of kindness and empathy. He played a key role in establishing the Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences and nurtured it for almost 15 years. He passed away on 11th January 2021.
His academic laurels and fellowships include Ph.D. (Cambridge, 1963), Padma Bhushan, former President of the Astronomical Society of India, FRAS, FTWAS, FMASc, FNASc, FASc, FNA.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashikumar_Chitre
About CEBS: The University of Mumbai - Department of Atomic Energy (GoI) Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CEBS) germinated as a result of brainstorming by senior academicians like Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Prof. Vijay Khole and Prof. Shashikumar Chitre for strengthening higher education in basic sciences. The Centre started functioning as a DAE-BRNS funded project from 17 September, 2007 and was notified as a ‘Grant-in-Aid’ institution of the Department of Atomic Energy (GoI) effective from 1 January 2016. CEBS has a small core faculty which includes many distinguished professors of international repute, and further inducts several distinguished visiting faculty from proximate institutions. CEBS offers a residential integrated 5-year M.Sc. course in biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics. Students are admitted to CEBS after 12th standard or equivalent examination on the basis of a nationwide entrance test called National Entrance Screening Test (NEST). Since 2019 CEBS has also initiated its Ph. D. program in all the four disciplines of basic sciences.
Email for any queries: chitre.symposium@cbs.ac.in
Symposium schedule will be updated on the event webpage: https://www.cbs.ac.in/events/prof.-s.-m.-chitre-memorial-symposium
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