Khagol # 130 - Jan - Jul 2023 - Eng & Hindi

Professor Durgesh Tripathi, IUCAA, Pune, inaugurated the workshop. Dr. Saji Stephen. D., Principal, University College, Trivandrum, presided over the inaugural function. Dr. Manomohan Antony, the coordinator of IQAC, offered felicitations. Dr. Prince P.R., Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, welcomed the gathering and Dr. Madhu G., Head of the Department of Physics, proposed a vote of thanks. Professor Durgesh Tripathi introduced the topic of Solar-Terrestrial Physics. He spoke about obse r v i ng so l a r f l a res wi th the forthcoming Aditya L1 mission. Dr N i s h a n t h a n d l e d t h e b a s i c s o f magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and solar magnetic fields. Dr Vaibhav spoke on Coronal Mass ejections (CMEs) and the solar wind. The theory and observations of MHD waves in the sun were dealt with by Dr Nitin Yadav, and Periodicities in solar- The different sessions were led by Professor Durgesh Tripathi, IUCAA, Pune; Dr Nishant Singh, Associate Professor, IUCAA, Pune; Dr Vaibhav Pant, Scientist C, ARIES, Nainital; Dr Nitin Yadav, Assistant Professor, IISER, Trivandrum and Dr Prince P.R., Assistant Professor, University College, Trivandrum. The workshop comprised eight lecture sessions and one poster session. terrestrial physics were addressed by Dr Prince. Twenty posters were presented in the workshop, which the resource persons evaluated. Mr. Jawahar Raja P., Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, won the best poster award. Ms. Archie D. Srikumar, Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum, received an honourablemention. As part of the workshop, a popular lecture was arranged at 5 pm on 15 March 2023 at the Kerala State Science and Technology Museum, Trivandrum. Dr. Vaibhav Pant delivered the public lecture on the Aditya L1 Mission. The lecture was attended by approximately 150 participants, including the public. Dr Prince P. R., Department of Physics, University College, Trivandrum, and Dr Nishant Singh, IUCAA, Pune, coordinated theworkshop. The workshop served as a platform of interaction among space physics aspirants and could generate a basic interest in the sun and space weather. It also exposed the pa r t i c i pant s t o the de t a i l s o f the forthcoming Aditya L1 mission, the observations from which would be impor t ant t o the so l a r-t e r res t r i a l community in the coming years. WorkshoponPythonProgramming inAstronomy, Astrophysics&Cosmology The Department of Applied Sciences of G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur, organised a two-day workshop on Python Programming in Astronomy, Astrophysics & Cosmology on 07 and 08 April 2023. The workshop was funded by the Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, where forty participants from all over India, viz. thirty undergraduates and post-graduates, five faculty members and five PhD scholars participated. The keynote speakers were Professor S.N. Hasan, Dr. Priya Hasan (MANU University, Hyderabad) and Mr. D.K. Beniwal (Delhi University). The chief guest of the inaugural function was Dr. G.P. Singh, Head & Professor, Department of Mathematics, VNIT, Nagpur, where the organisers of the workshop were Professor Saibal Ray, Dr PraveenKumar Dhankar andProfessor Bhagwat Thakran. The workshop aimed to bring together a wide variety of people who use, develop or teach Python packages in the context of Astronomy. The workshop included presentations, tutorials, unconference sessions and sprints. In addition to building the community around astronomical uses of Python, the workshop aims to improve collaboration and interoperability between Python packages and share knowledge on Python packages and techniques. It also provided training and educational materials for users and developers of Python packages. The resource persons were well-established faculty members in renowned institutes and well-versed with teaching skills. This workshop was conceived with unique approaches to convey information more efficiently and enable the visualisation and applications of these research tools in Astronomy, Astrophysics andCosmology. The workshop was intended for graduate | 19 | KHAG L | No. 130 - JANUARY, APRIL & JULY 2023