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	Late Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar has been selected for the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar - Vigyan Ratna award for his groundbreaking work in field of Physics, which has had profound impact on the scientific fraternity and society as a whole. The award is a tribute to the late Prof. Narlikar's vast legacy and recognition of this exemplary life and contribution.
	Prof. Surhud Shrikant More has been selected for the Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Vigyan Yuva - Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, 2025, in the field of Physics, for his exceptional contribution to research in Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Application Deadline: November 24, 2025 Admission (written) Test on: January 18, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. More details . . . .

Congratulations to Prof. Varun Sahni on being awarded the National Science Chair by Anusandhan National Research Foundation.

Congratulations to Prof. R. Srianand on being selected as a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.

Congratulations to Prof. Durgesh Tripathi on being conferred with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University.

Events at IUCAA 2024 - 25

1. Annual GW Open Data Workshop (ODW) by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration
   Date: May 12 - 14, 2025
   Coordinators: Apratim Ganguly (IUCAA)
2. 2^nd Daksha Workshop: Indian Eyes on Transients Skies
   Date: March 29 - 31, 2025
   Coordinators: Gulab Dewangan (IUCAA) | Varun Bhalerao (IIT Mumbai)
3. AI/ML Applications to Astronomy & Astrophysics
   Date: January 06 - 10, 2025
   Coordinators: Ajit Kembhavi | Kanak Saha | Arif Babul
4. 17th Radio Astronomy Winter School
   Date: December 14 - 24, 2024
   Coordinators: Rajeshwari Dutta (IUCAA) and Subhashis Roy (NCRA)
5. LIGO India All-hands
   Date: December 10 - 11, 2024
   Coordinators: Subhadeep De (IUCAA)
6. Baryons Beyond Galactic Boundaries - 2024
   Date: December 02 - 06, 2024
   Coordinators: Sowgat Muzahid | Raghunathan Srianand
7. Gravitational-Wave Instrumentation Workshop
   Date: November 10 - 29, 2024
   Coordinators: Shasvath Kapadia
8. Tutorial on IGWN-DHTC-OSG
   Date: September 09 - 11, 2024
   Coordinators: Sandeep Joshi (IUCAA) | Sanjit Mitra (IUCAA)

Events Outside IUCAA 2024 - 25

1. Seminar on Advances in Cosmology
   Date: July 15 - 16, 2025
   Place: Christ University, Bengaluru
   Coordinators: Keneth Arun and Jithesh (Christ), Surhud More (IUCAA)
2. Hands-on workshop on Solar Astronomy using Aditya-L1
   Date: *June 2025
   Place: University College, Trivandrum
   Coordinators: Prince P. (University College), Nishant Singh (IUCAA)
3. AstroSat Science Support Cell (ASSC) workshop
   Date: *June 09 - 13, 2025
   Place: Department of Physics, Providence Women's College, Kozhikode
   Coordinators: Jeena K. (Providence Women's College), Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. SUIT Science Meeting
   Date: *April 2025
   Place: Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, MAHE, Manipal
   Coordinators: Sreejith P. (MAHE), Durgesh Tripathi (IUCAA)
7. 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)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. 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)
12. 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)
13. 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)
14. 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)
15. 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)
16. Exhibition: On the Shoulders of Giants
    Date: January 15 - 16, 2025
    Place: Bamboo Garden, Fergusson College, Pune
    Coordinators: Raka Dhabade (Fergusson College)
17. Radio Astronomy School
    Date: January 13 - 18, 2025
    Place: Fergusson College, Pune
    Coordinators: Raka Dhabade (Fergusson College)
18. Focussed meeting on Cosmology and Gravitation
    Date: January 08 - 10, 2025
    Place: Gauhati University, Assam
    Coordinators: Sanjeev Kalita (Gauhati University) | Kanak Saha (IUCAA)
19. 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)
20. Introductory workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation
    Date: December 23 - 25, 2025
    Place: Aligarh Muslim University
    Coordinators: Musavvir Ali (Aligarh Muslim University), Apratim Ganguly (IUCAA)
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)