An informal session on "women in astronomy" took place at the 2013 ASI meeting in IISER Trivandrum. The participants included Niruj Mohan, NCRA-TIFR, Annapurni Subramanian, IIA, Resmi Lekshmi, IIST, T. R. Sheshadri, Delhi University, Somak Raychaudhury, Presidency University, Sushan Konar, NCRA-TIFR, Bhaswati Mookerjea, TIFR, Jasjeet Singh Bagla, IISER-Mohali, Kuntal Misra, ARIES.
