29th Annual Report (2016-17)

INSIDE The Council and the Governing Board Statutory Committees Members of IUCAA Visiting Associates of IUCAA Organizational Structure of IUCAA's Academic Programmes Director's Report Awards and Distinctions / Research Fellowships / Grants IUCAAAcademic Calendar Research at IUCAA Publications IUCAAMembers Pedagogical 1 - The Council - The Governing Board 3 - The Scientific Advisory Committee - The Users' Committee - The Academic Programmes Committee - The Standing Committee for Administration - The Finance Committee 5 7 11 12 14 17 19 - Quantum Theory and Gravity - Cosmic Microwave Background - Cosmology and Structure Formation - Gravitational Waves - AstroSat Mission - Observational Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy - High Energy Astrophysics / Active Galactic Nuclei - Cosmic Magnetic Fields - Interstellar Medium and Galaxies - Solar Astrophysics 65 80 Scientific Meetings and other Events IUCAA-NCRA Graduate School Facilities at IUCAA Public Outreach Highlights Public Lectures IUCAA Sponsored Meetings and Events at Various Universities in India Research by Visiting Associates IUCAA Resource Centres Balance Sheet 99 111 124 - The AstroSat - Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager Payload Operations Centre - Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope - Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter - AstroSat Proposal Processing System - AstroSat Time Allocation Committee - Computing Facility - High Performance Computing - IUCAA Girawali Observatory - The Southern African Large Telescope - Library - Radio Physics Laboratory - Instrumentation Laboratory 143 155 156 165 - Research - Publications by the Visiting Associates 204 - University of Delhi - Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi - University of Calcutta, Kolkata - Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur - North Bengal University, Siliguri 219