29th Annual Report (2016-17)

202 5. Ujjal Debnath (2016) Title: Consequences of dark energy in black hole and accelerating universe , Indian Institute of Engineering Science andTechnology, Shibpur. Student: Bhadra Jhumpa. 6. Ujjal Debnath (jointly with Shivendu Chakraborty ) (2016) Title: Study of cosmological properties of the universe in higher dimension , Indian Institute of Engineering Science andTechnology, Shibpur. Student: Ranjit Chayan. 7. Ujjal Debnath (jointly with Ritabrata Biswas ) (2016) Title: Study of gravitational collapse and dynamics of some dark energy models responsible for the recent cosmic acceleration, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. Student: Prabir Rudra. 10. Farooq Rahaman (2016) Title: Study on some astrophysical objects in different dimensional spacetimes, Jadavpur University. Student: Piyali Bhar. 11. FarooqRahaman (2016) Title: Astrophysical phenomena in non-communicative geometry, Jadavpur University. Student: Umar FarooqueMonda. 12. T.R. Seshadri (jointly with Shiv Sethi) (2016) Title: Possible observational signatures and the effect of some exotic sources on cosmic reionization, University of Delhi. Student: Bidisha Bandyopadhyay. 13. T.R. Seshadri (jointly with Anjan Ananda Sen ) (2016) Title: Cosmology and particle physics from higher dimensional theories, University of Delhi. Student: Sampurnanand. 1. FarooqAhmad was felicitated by the Hon'ble Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, N.N. Vohra, during the 34th meeting of theAstronomical Society of India, at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, May 2016. 2. Asis KumarChattopadhyay has been selected as a Fellowof InternationalAstrostatisticsAssociation, 2016. 3. Asis KumarChattopadhyay has been elected as amember of International Statistical Institute, 2016. 8. Sarbari Guha (2017) Title: On some investigations of cosmological solutions and geodesic motions in brane world scenario, Jadavpur University. Student: Pinaki Bhattacharya. 9. Anirudh Pradhan (2016) Title: A study on homogeneous and inhomogeneous universe with reference to alternative theories of gravitation, SamHigginbothams Institute ofAgriculture, Technology and Sciences,Allahabad. Student:Anand Shanker Dubey. (e) AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS