National Events/Notifications

XPoSat Mission: XPoSat A02 proposal submission deadline is 25 July 2026 (tomorrow). Please visit https://xpps.issdc.gov.in/web/ to submit proposals for XPoSat observation time.

Please find more information regarding the announcement from this link…

ISRO has announced the third Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the Aditya-L1 mission, inviting the Indian solar physics community to submit proposals for Aditya-L1 observation time.

Deadline of proposal submission is 20 Aug 2026. For more details, please visit Aditya-L1 Mission:…

Workshop on ISM and Star Formation at COSMOS, Mysuru during 7-9 Dec 2026 organised by Indian Institute of Astrophysics.

The International Astronomical Union Symposium 412 on “Hub–Filament Structures in Star Formation” is scheduled to be held in Mysuru in early December 2026. This companion workshop on ISM and Star Formation aimed primarily at early-career researchers…

The Department of Chemistry, GITAM University, Bengaluru campus in collaboration with the Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP) Toulouse, France is going to organize a Indo French workshop on LIBS and Raman Spectroscopy for Planetary Sciences: Techniques, Challenges and Frontiers from 19th to 21st August 2026. 

Attached is the brochure of…

International Conference on Galaxy Evolution and Dynamical Structures (GEDS-II) at  Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India, 8–10 December 2026. Please find more information from the attached poster and the website at the follwing link.

The Abstract submission is open now.

Abstract submission deadline : 15th August, 2026

To submit an abstract,…

ASI Symposium 008: The Dynamic Radio Sky: India's Roadmap for the Time-Domain Era is a national conference that will bring together researchers working across the broad spectrum of radio transient astrophysics. The meeting will provide a platform to present recent scientific discoveries, discuss emerging observational and theoretical challenges, and explore the transformative…

Dear Colleagues,

Cosmic Connections 2026 is a national meeting bringing together researchers in cosmology, with a special focus on the growing role of AI/ML across cosmic scales. The scientific scope will cover topics from the Early, Intermediate, and Late Universe, including inflation, CMB, primordial GWs, cosmic dawn, reionization, JWST results, dark energy, large-scale structure,…

NLST Meeting: Discussion on High-Resolution Solar Science Capabilities of a 2-m Class Telescope

Venue: Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore, India

Dates: 9–11 September 2026

Website: https://events.iiap.res.in/event/444/

The National Large Solar Telescope (NLST) will be India's flagship…

BAWG Data Science Hackathon 2026 will be held from 29 - 30 October 2026 at IUCAA, Pune.

Last Date of Registration: 31 July 2026

For more information please click at the link below:

https://web.iucaa.in/ws/~BRICS-2026/BAWG-Hackathon.html

The state-of-the-art 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope is now inviting observation proposals for the 2026-C2 cycle!
🗓 Observation period: 01 October 2026 – 31 January 2027

🔗 Submit your proposals: https://dopses.aries.res.in/
ℹ️ Learn more about the telescope and its instruments:…

2nd Aditya-L1 Proposal Writing Workshop will be conducted online on 13th July, 2026.
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Last Date of application: 10 July, 2026

Please register at this link.

ISRO has announced the second Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the XPoSat mission, inviting the Indian astronomy community to submit proposals for XPoSat observation time.
Deadline of proposal submission is 25 July 2026. For more details, please visit https://www.isro.gov.in/XPoSat_Mission.html

Thanks…

The 12th Meeting of the BRICS Astronomy Working Group will take place from 26 to 30 October 2026 at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in Pune, India, in an in-person format. The possibility of participation in an online format will also be considered for those registered participants who cannot attend the event in person.

This event is…

Please find attached the Sky News for July 2026.

Arvind Paranjpye
Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai

XSat is a proposed next-generation Indian X-ray astronomy space mission in collaboration with Europe. If approved, it will be a legacy of AstroSat and will cause a transformational leap in X-ray spectral-timing capability unmatched by any existing or currently planned international mission. XSat aims to probe, with an unprecedented depth, fundamental and extreme aspects of compact…

Dear all,

This is the first announcement of the VBO dust workshop III 'Dust across cosmic scales: from Grain to Galaxies'  which is being organized at VBO from 11 to 14th August 2026 (in hybrid mode). The workshop will have expert review talks on current trends of Astrophysical dust, contributory talks and tutorial sessions on data analysis and dust codes.

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Please find attached the Sky News for June 2026.

Arvind Paranjpye
Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai

Dear All,

Greetings!

The BRICS Astronomy Working Group, together with the participating member nations, is currently preparing a joint application under the BRICS STI Framework Programme (PI: Prof. David Buckley). I will be coordinating the Indian contributions to this proposal.

With this email, I would like to invite interested members of the Indian Astronomy community to…

IIST is organising its 14th IIST Astronomy & Astrophysics School (IAAS) from 13 July 2026 – 22 July 2026. The school is meant to acquaint students with the basics of astrophysics. The lectures will be at a fundamental level with introductions to more advanced topics.

Students from any one of the following backgrounds are eligible to apply for the school

M Sc…

IIG-ISRO Space Weather Summer School during June 08–19, 2026

Application deadline: 12 May 2026

Please find more information at  IIG-ISRO Space Weather Summer School

The 1st ILMT Contest is a nationwide astronomical data analysis competition organized using data from the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT). This initiative aims to bring together students to work on real observational data and develop innovative solutions for detecting and analysing streaks in astronomical images, which are mostly caused by passing satellites and space debris…

The Public Outreach and Education Committee of the ASI is in the process of creating and updating various databases of public interest. We would like to release an initial version of these databases at the ASI, and hence we request the relevant people to please fill these in by 10 May 2026.

All these databases will be made public on the ASI & POEC websites.

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Please find attached the Sky News for May 2026.

Arvind Paranjpye
Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai

Dear All,

The 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is India’s first optical survey telescope, which has been continuously monitoring the zenith sky since its first light in April 2022 and has successfully completed four observing cycles until 2025. It covers an area of approximately 115 deg² per year, acquiring nearly 4 TB of high-quality imaging data in the SDSS g′, r′, and…

The second edition of "Conference On Blazars and Restless AGNs (COBRA): A High-Energy View", jointly organized by Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali. This year, we are delighted to host the meeting at IISER, Mohali from July 1-3, 2026.

The conference is…

Aditya-L1 Proposal Writing and Submission Workshop will be conducted online on 21st April, 2026.
Last Date of application: 19 April, 2026

Please register at the following link and please find more information from the attached poster. 
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13th Aditya-L1 Support Cell Workshop will be conducted from 06 - 15 July, 2026 at ARIES, Nainital.
Last Date of application: 22 May, 2026

Please find more information from the following link and the attached poster.
https://al1ssc.aries.res.in/workshop-13 

ICTS Summer School on Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
13 July 2026 to 24 July 2026
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR, Bengaluru, India 
URL: https://icts.res.in/program/gwa2026
Application deadline: 15 May 2026

Applications are invited…

Gravitational Wave Instrumentation Workshop Summer Edition - 2026 will be held from June 29 - July 10, 2026, at IUCAA, Pune. This workshop is designed to introduce MSc/early-PhD students to GW Instrumentation. 

Please find more information from following link.

https://web.iucaa.in/ws/~GWIWSE-…

ISRO has announced the second Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for the Aditya-L1 mission, inviting the Indian solar physics community to submit proposals for Aditya-L1 observation time.

Deadline of proposal submission is 30 April 2026. For more details, please visit https://www.isro.gov.in/…