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

and post-graduate students, research scholars, faculty members of the college, and o t he r i ns t i t u t i ons wo r k i ng i n astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology interested in engaging in astronomical data analysis. Forty participants were selected for the workshop. The organisers provided accommodation and travel allowance for outstation participants to attend theworkshop. The wo r kshop cove red t he t op i cs Introduction to Python for astronomers, Installation and understanding packages, Core packages - NumPy, iPython, SciPy, Reading and Writing Files Fitting and Modeling 1-d and 2-d dat, VO and Online astronomy Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. The workshop was organised by Professor Saibal Ray (CCASS, GLA University, Mathura and IUCAA Associate), Dr Praveen Kumar Dhankar (Dept of Applied Mathematics, G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur) and Professor Bhagwat Thakran (Dept of Applied Mathematics, G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur). The topics covered were Mathematical and Statistical Methods in Physics with Python Summer Schoo l i n Theoret i ca l Physics 2023 T h e D e p a r t me n t o f P h y s i c s a n d E l e c t r o n i c s , S t X a v i e r ' s C o l l e g e (Autonomous), Ahmedabad, in association with Kshama Ahmedabad Academy of Sciences, Ahmedabad, organised a two- week Summer School in Theoretical Physics 2023 from 29 May to 09 June 09 2023. A primary objective of the School was to offer a unique opportunity for the participants to expand their knowledge and engage with leading experts in the field. The workshop had forty lectures, each one of an hour and a half duration, delivered by eight experts. In total, thirty-eight offline and forty-two online participants attended the School. The participants were provided with a certificate for attending the School. (Dr Anand Sengupta, IIT Gandhinagar), Quantum Computing and Quantum Technologies (Dr Sachin Pandey, Chandigarh University), Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (Dr Prasanna Venkatesh, IIT Gandhinagar), Machine Learning in Physics and Astronomy (Dr Amit Reza, Nikhef, the Netherlands), Classical and QuantumField Theory (Professor Abhijit Bhattacharyya, Calcutta University), Einstein's Relativity (Dr Gaurav Goswami, Ahmedabad University), Intermediate Astronomy and Astrophysics (Dr Rahul Kashyap, Penn State University, USA), Nonlinear Dynamics (Professor Rajaraman Ganesh, IPR, Gandhinagar). In addition, a public lecture was delivered on “Why Strings” by Professor Rajesh Gupakumar (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru). The INDO-South Africa Workshop on Astrophysics (ISAWA 2023) was hosted at the Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia. Inauguration: PVC, JMI inaugurated ISAWA-2023 from 27 - 29 September 2023. INDO-South Africa Workshop on Astrophysics (ISAWA2023) Pro fessor Sun i l Maha ra j f rom the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (UKZN), Durban, and Professor Sushant Ghosh, CTP, Jamia, provided insights into the Indo-South Africa collaboration and ISAWA-2023. Four plenary talks were delivered by Professor Sunil Maharaj, Professor Mayukh Gangopadhyay (SGT University, Gurugram), Dr. Sayantan Choudhury, and Dr. Dibya Chatterjee (Ashoka University). Professor Sunil Maharaj discussed gravity and higher dimensions. Professor Mayukh Gangopadhyay (SGT University, Gurugram) explored gravitational waves and primordial black holes: Next frontiers of precision cosmology. Dr Sayantan Choudhury gave an insight into the quantum field theory primer of PBH formation, offering an ultimate roadmap for cosmology. Dr Dibya Chatterjee (Ashoka University) presented the conspiracy of dS space in string theory. Eight invited talks covered a broad spectrumof astrophysics topics. | 20 | KHAG L | No. 130 - JANUARY, APRIL & JULY 2023