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Annual Events at IUCAA 2024 - 25

  1. Foundation Day 
    Date: December 29, 2024
  2. National Science Day 
    Date: February 28, 2025
  3. General Relativity – A Refresher Course  
    Date: June 23 – July 5, 2025
  4. Introductory Summer School on Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSAA) 
    Date: May 12 - June 13, 2025
  5. Vacation Students' Programme 
    Date: May 15, 2025 - April 30, 2026

Events Outside IUCAA 2024 - 25

  1. Workshop on Gravitational Waves and LIGO India
    Date: September 10 - 14, 2025
    Place: SRM University, Gangtok, Sikkim
    Coordinators: Shubhrangshu Ghosh (SRM), Apratim Ganguly (IUCAA)
  2. Recent Advances in High Energy Astrophysics
    Date: September 01 - 03, 2025
    Place: * To be declared.
    Coordinators: Naseer Iqbal (Kashmir University), Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA)
  3. Seminar on Advances in Cosmology
    Date: July 15 - 16, 2025
    Place: Christ University, Bengaluru
    Coordinators: Keneth Arun and Jithesh (Christ), Surhud More (IUCAA)
  4. Hands-on workshop on Solar Astronomy using Aditya-L1
    Date: *June 2025
    Place: University College, Trivandrum
    Coordinators: Prince P. (University College), Nishant Singh (IUCAA)
  5. International Meeting on Relativistic Astrophysics and Cosmology: Emerging areas
    Date: June 09 - 11, 2025
    Place: North Bengal University
    Coordinators: B.C Paul (North Bengal) | Ranjan Sharma (Cooch Behar) | Sanjeev Kalita (Gauhati) | Shyam Das (Malda College) | Kanak Saha (IUCAA)
  6. Multi-wavelength study of the AGN central engine and its environment
    Date: May 17 - 19, 2025
    Place: Central University of Himachal Pradesh
    Coordinators: Hum Chand (CUHP), Gulab Dewangan (IUCAA)
  7. SUIT Science Meeting
    Date: *April 2025
    Place: Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, MAHE, Manipal
    Coordinators: Sreejith P. (MAHE), Durgesh Tripathi (IUCAA)
  8. Gravitational Waves and LIGO India
    Date: April 28 - May 02, 2025
    Place: H. N. B. Garhwal University, Srinagar-Garhwal, Uttarakhand
    Coordinators: Vivek Sharma & Hemwati Nandan (HNB) | Apratim Ganguly (IUCAA)
  9. One-day workshop on Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics at Bahona College and A two-day workshop on Applications of QM calculations in Observational Astronomy at Jagannath Barooah University
    Date: April 24 - 26, 2025
    Place: Bahona College and JB University
    Coordinators: Aishawnnay Sharma (Bahona College) | Ankur Gogoi (JB University) | Durgesh Tripathi (IUCAA) | Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA)
  10. Conference on Advances in Astrophysics and Cosmology
    Date: April 29 - 30, 2025
    Place: Aliah University, New Town, Kolkata
    Coordinators: Mehedi Kalam (Aliah) | Kanak Saha (IUCAA)
  11. Cosmology and Astrophysics of Teleparallel and Symmetric Teleparallel Gravity
    Date: April 21 - 22, 2025
    Place: Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Dhenkanal, Odisha
    Coordinators: S. K. Tripathy (IGIT)
  12. An Introductory Workshop on Exoplanet Detection and Characterization
    Date: April 04 - 06, 2025
    Place: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
    Coordinators: Prashant Pathak (IIT Kanpur) | Gopal Hazra (IIT Kanpur) | Durgesh Tripathi (IUCAA)
  13. Workshop on Stellar Evolution and Pulsation Model
    Date: March 24 - 25, 2025
    Place: The Department of Physics | DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
    Coordinators: Apara Tripathi (DDUGU) | Prabhunath Prasad (DDUGU) | Anupam Bhardwaj (IUCAA)
  14. Tensions and Anomalies on the Sky: Quest for New Physics at Cosmological Scales
    Date: March 06 - 08, 2025
    Place: Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia
    Coordinators: Anjan Ananda Sen (Jamia Millia Islamia) | Anupam Bhardwaj (IUCAA)
  15. Workshop on Optical Astronomy Workshop
    Date: February 28 - March 02, 2025
    Place: The Department of Physics, St. Thomas college, Ranni
    Coordinators: Joe Hacob (Newman College) | Sreeja S. Kartha (Christ University) | Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA)
  16. Regional Astronomy Meeting X -- Research in Astronomy -- Opportunities and Challenges
    Date: January 31 - February 02, 2025
    Place: The Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi
    Coordinators: Joe Hacob (Newman College) | Charles Jose (CUSAT) | Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA)
  17. Exhibition: On the Shoulders of Giants
    Date: January 15 - 16, 2025
    Place: Bamboo Garden, Fergusson College, Pune
    Coordinators: Raka Dhabade (Fergusson College)
  18. Radio Astronomy School
    Date: January 13 - 18, 2025
    Place: Fergusson College, Pune
    Coordinators: Raka Dhabade (Fergusson College)
  19. Focussed meeting on Cosmology and Gravitation
    Date: January 08 - 10, 2025
    Place: Gauhati University, Assam
    Coordinators: Sanjeev Kalita (Gauhati University) | Kanak Saha (IUCAA)
  20. National Conference on Data Science Innovation on Astronomy (NCDSIA)
    Date: January 03 - 05, 2025
    Place: Amity University, Kolkata
    Coordinators: Abisa Sinha (Amity University) | Asis K. Chattopadhyay (University of Calcutta)
  21. Gravity@2024
    Date: December 18 - 20, 2024
    Place: Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University, Cooch Behar
    Coordinators: Ranjan Sharma (Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University) | Kanak Saha (IUCAA)
  22. Introductory Workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics
    Date: December 18 - 20, 2024
    Place: Department of Physics, Dolphin (PG) Institute of Biomedical and Natural Sciences (DIBNS), Dehradun, Uttarakhand
    Coordinators: Aasheesh Raturi (DIBNS) | Anupam Bhardwaj (IUCAA)
  23. Manipal-IUCAA Astrostatistics School-2024
    Date: December 10 - 15, 2024
    Place: Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences (MCNS), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
    Coordinators: Debbijoy Bhattacharya (MCNS-MAHE) | Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA)
  24. IAU - Astronomy for Education Teacher Training Program 2025
    Date: December 06 - 08, 2024
    Place: Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu
    Coordinators: Surhud More (IUCAA)
  25. Introductory Workshop on Solar Astronomy
    Date: November 29 - 30, 2024
    Place: Patna University, Patna
    Coordinators: Sumita Singh and Sanjay Kumar (Patna University) | Durgesh Tripathi (IUCAA)
  26. High Energy Astrophysics Workshop
    Date: November 25 - 27, 2024
    Place: Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
    Coordinators: Raj Prince (BHU) | Vaidehi Paliya (IUCAA)
  27. General Relativity: A century of observations
    Date: November 21 - 23, 2024
    Place: Malda College, West Bengal
    Coordinators: Dr Shyam Das (Malda College) | Surhud More (IUCAA)
  28. Introductory workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics
    Date: November 13 - 15, 2024
    Place: The Cochin College, Kerala
    Coordinators: Sathya Narayanan (Cochin College) | Anupam Bhardwaj (IUCAA)
  29. Empowering Teachers to Foster Scientific Curiosity in Students - A Joint Initiative of STEM & Space and ARIES
    Date: November 11 - 13, 2024
    Place: ARIES Nainital
    Coordinators: Surhud More (IUCAA)
  30. Conference on Classical and Quantum Gravity
    Date: November 05 - 07, 2024
    Place: Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala
    Coordinators: Joe Jacob (Newman College, Kerala) | Charles Jose (CUSAT) | Dawood Kothawala (IIT, Madras)
  31. North East Meet of Astronomers (NEMA) - X
    Date: October 23 - 25, 2024
    Place: Tezpur University
    Coordinators: Rupjyoti Gogoi (Tezpur University) | Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA)
  32. Workshop on Gravitation and Cosmology
    Date: October 23 - 25, 2024
    Place: DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur
    Coordinators: Rajesh Kumar (DDU Gorakhpur University) | Shantanu Rastogi (DDU Gorakhpur University) | Apratim Ganguly (IUCAA)
  33. Gravitational Waves and LIGO-India
    Date: October 15 - 19, 2024
    Place: BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan
    Coordinators: Sajal Mukherjee (BITS-Pilani) | Apratim Ganguly (IUCAA)
  34. International Conference on “Neutron star Equation Of State and Gravitational Waves” (NEOSGrav2024)
    Date: October 01 - 04, 2024
    Place: Goa, India
    Coordinators: Debarati Chatterijee (IUCAA)
  35. 2nd Himalayan Meet of Astronomers (HMA) 2024
    Date: September 14 - 15, 2024, 2024
    Place: Central University of Himanchal Pradesh, Dharamshala
    Coordinators: Hum Chand (CUHP) | Naseer Iqbal (University of Kashmir Srinagar) | Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA)
  36. Contemporary Issues in Astronomy and Astrophysics
    Date: September 13 - 15, 2024
    Place: Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
    Coordinators: Siba Prasad Das (Shivaji University) | Sanjit Mitra (IUCAA)
  37. Probing Stars and Galaxies using Innovative Data Science Tools
    Date: September 04 - 06, 2024
    Place: Department of Applied Sciences, Gauhati University
    Coordinators: Eeshankur Saikia (Gauhati University) | Anupam Bhardwaj (IUCAA)
* Dates yet to be finalised

News

The latest Press Releases

 

The previous Press Releases

02 April 2025

Milky Way’s cold gas clouds mapped in unprecedented detail by the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey

27 February 2025

Historic First: Capturing the Unprecedented details of Solar Flares with the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) onboard Aditya-L1

29 January 2025

Unveiling the Universe’s Hidden Threads: Indian Astronomers Discover a Cosmic Web Filament from 11.7 Billion Years Ago

06 November 2024

Vaidya Radiation may enable Hawking Radiation - New finding

10 October 2024

NASA's Space Observatories and India's AstroSat Capture Dramatic Eruptions from Stellar Wreckage around a Massive Black Hole

03 September 2024

A million radio sources seen by MeerKAT probes the motion of the solar system and provides a fundamental test of cosmology

11 June 2024

An Explosive Factory in Our Galactic Backyard

08 March 2024

'AstroSat' captures escaping ionizing photons from galaxies at cosmic noon

15 February 2024

AstroSat uses its full Multi-Wavelength Capability for the first time to unravel the Secrets of the Black Hole X-ray Binary MAXI J1820+070

27 January 2024

AstroSat’s CZT Imager detects polarised high energy X-rays from the accreting black hole Cygnus X-1

08 December 2023

New Breakthrough: Aditya-L1's SUIT Captures First Light Images

25 August 2023

The first data release from the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS)

03 July 2023

Scientists propose solution to measuring pace of Universe expansion

08 June 2023

Scientists have unveiled significant patterns of X-ray polarization within a black hole system

03 April 2023

Gravitational lensing helps see the invisible dark matter

21 March 2023

Jet blowing bubbles in the Teacup galaxy

15 February 2023

MeerKAT Discovers a Distant Galaxy has Very Large Hydrogen Atoms

30 November 2022

The mysteriously bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight towards Earth, astronomers say!

04 November 2022

IUCAA scientists discover an enigmatic giant radio galaxy!

20 July 2022

Witnessing the ‘live’ formation of dwarf galaxies with AstroSat's ultraviolet-eye

20 May 2022

Black hole bonanza: India’s AstroSat witnesses black hole birth for the 500th time

29 April 2022

A low power jet from a supermassive black hole is seen to clear out gas from a galaxy's centre

25 July 2019

Indian Scientists discover vital clues to identify the source of the highest energy cosmic rays - particles coming to Earth from the Universe

02 April 2019

Do black holes from early Universe really make up all of the dark matter?

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Events Outside IUCAA 2022 - 23

  1. Introductory workshop on Active Galaxies
    Date: August 10 - 11, 2022
    Place: Farook College, Calicut
    Coordinators: Naseef Mohammed | G. Dewangan
  2. High energy emission from Active Galactic Nuclei
    Date: August 12 - 14, 2022
    Place: Farook College, Calicut
    Coordinators: Naseef Mohammed | G. Dewangan
  3. Workshop on UVIT Data Analysis on Galaxies
    Date: August 24 - 26, 2022
    Place: The Cochin College, Kerala
    Coordinators: Sathya Narayanan K | Kanak Saha
  4. One Day Seminar On Astrophysics
    Date: August 30, 2022
    Place: Aquinas College, Edakochi, Ernakulam, Kerala
    Coordinators: Joe Jacob | R. Misra
  5. Seminar on Current Status of Cosmology
    Date: September 19 - 21, 2022
    Place: SGT University, Delhi- NCR
    Coordinators: M. Sami | R. Misra
  6. Workshop on “Science and Technology in Astronomy Research (STAR 2022)”
    Date: October 15 - 18, 2022
    Place: Pt. R.S. University, Raipur
    Coordinators: Nand Kumar Chakradhari | R. Misra
  7. NORTH-EAST MEET OF ASTRONOMERS (NEMA VIII)
    Date: November 21 - 23, 2022
    Place: Manipur University, Manipur
    Coordinators: Yugindro Kangujam | A. Meitei | R. Misra
  8. Seminar in GR and Astrophysics
    Date: November 21, 2022
    Place: ICARD, North Bengal University, Silguri
    Coordinators: Bikash Paul | R. Misra
  9. Seminar in GR and Astrophysics
    Date: November 22 - 23, 2022
    Place: Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University (CBPBU), Cooch Behar
    Coordinators: Ranjan Sharma | R. Misra
  10. Workshop of General Relativty and Cosmology
    Date: November 24 - 26, 2022
    Place: GLA University, Mathura
    Coordinators: Anirudh Pradhan | Aseem Paranjape
  11. Introductory Workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics for Women Students
    Date: December 06 - 08, 2022
    Place: Department of Physics, Mar Thoma College, Kerala
    Coordinators: Sheelu Abraham | Annu Jacob
  12. International Workshop on Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (IWCMDA-2023)
    Date: January 06 - 08, 2023
    Place: Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer
    Coordinators: Ram Kishor | Kanak Saha
  13. Beginning Astronomy: Start a data-driven journey
    Date: February 02 - 04, 2023
    Place: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal
    Coordinators: Debbijoy Bhattacharya | Souradeep Bhattacharya | Preetish Mishra | Chayan Mondal | R. Misra
  14. Advances in Astrophysics and Space Science Research
    Date: February 13 - 15, 2023
    Place: Christ Deemed to be University, Bangalore
    Coordinators: Shivappa B. Gudennavar | R. Misra
  15. Research In Astronomy: Opportunities And Challenges-VIII
    Date: February 17 - 19, 2023
    Place: Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology (RSET), Kerala
    Coordinators: Rinku Jacob | R. Misra
  16. Online lecture series on 'Octonions, standard model, and unification'
    Date: February 24 - December 15, 2023
    Place: Archive Trust for Research in Mathematical Sciences and Philosophy, Oxford, England
    Coordinators: Tejinder P. Singh | Michael Wright (ATRMSP, Oxford)
  17. Workshop on Sun and space weather- impacts on terrestrial environment
    Date: March 15 - 16, 2023
    Place: University College, Trivandrum
    Coordinators: P. R. Prince | Nishant Singh
  18. Workshop on Python Programming in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Cosmology
    Date: *April 07 - 08, 2023
    Place: G H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur
    Coordinators: Saibal Ray | Praveen Kumar Dhankar | Bhagwat Thakran
  19. Summer School in Theoretical Physics - 2023
    Date: *May 29 - June 09, 2023
    Place: St. Xavier's College, Ahemdabad
    Coordinators: Gurudatt Gaur | R. Misra
  20. Beginning Astronomy v2: Start a Data-driven Journey
    Date: *July 06 - 08, 2023
    Place: Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala
    Coordinators:Hum Chand | Ranjeev Misra | Souradeep Bhattacharya | Preetish Kumar Mishra | Chayan Mondal | Megha Anand
  21. Workshop on Python Programming
    Date: *July 20 - 22, 2023
    Place: GLA University, Mathura
    Coordinators: Saibal Ray | R. Misra
* Dates yet to be finalised