The dates for the 15th Aditya-L1 Support Cell Workshop scheduled at Tezpur University, Assam, have been revised.
The new dates are 5 – 7 January, 2027.
Last date for registration: 15 November 2026.
Please find more information and register using the link below.
https://al1ssc.aries.res.…
The Southern Regional Astronomy Meeting (RAM XII) -2027 is to be held at University College, Trivandrum on 4-6 February 2027. The event is jointly organised by University College Thiruvananthapuram,
Department of Physics, IUCAA Centre for Astronomy Research and Development (ICARD) & Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune.
Research Scholars, Post…
Dear members of the Astronomical Society of India,
In September 2026, we started a series of online seminars organized by the Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy and Astrophysics (BINA), with the aim of further strengthening collaboration between Indian and Belgian astronomers. We are happy to invite you to the next online seminar of this series, which will be presented by Mr. Athul…
Please find attached the Sky News for November 2026.
Arvind Paranjpye
Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai
The annual Kodaikanal Winter School on Solar Physics conducted by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, will be organised in January 2027. This winter school will be part of the celebrations commemorating the birth centenary of Prof. M. K. Vainu Bappu, the founding director of IIA.
The details of the School are as follows:
Dates: 04-09 January 2027.…
Aditya-L1 Mission: Aditya-L1 A04 cycle is open for National and International Guest Observers. Proposal submission deadline is 20 Nov 2026. Please visit https://alpps.issdc.gov.in/web/ to submit proposals for Aditya-L1 observation time.
Dr. Mohammad Hasan
(Programme Manager-Heliophysics)
IIA is organising a six-day workshop on “Black Holes: Theory & Observations” from 14-19 December 2026 at the Vainu Bappu Observatory, Kavalur, Tamil Nadu. The workshop aims to introduce M.Sc. students and early-stage PhD students to the fundamentals of black hole physics, covering theoretical and observational developments.
Applications are now open, with a deadline…
The 15th Aditya-L1 Support Cell Workshop will be conducted from 17 - 19 December, 2026 at Tezpur University, Assam.
Please find more information from the following link.
https://al1ssc.aries.res.in/workshop-15
Last Date of application: 02 November, 2026
The Department of Physics, Malda College, through ICARD, is organizing a three-day workshop on “Simulating Relativistic Flows in Astrophysics” from 20–22 January 2027 at Malda College, West Bengal, sponsored by IUCAA, Pune.
The workshop will cover the basic theory of relativistic fluid dynamics, along with hands-on training in numerical simulations of special and…
Dear Colleague,
Please find below the communication from Prof. Yashwant Gupta, Chair of the IAU National Committee for Astronomy (NCA) in India, regarding application for IAU memberships. Queries/enquiries regarding eligibility, etc. may please be directed to Prof. Yashwant Gupta <ygupta@ncra.tifr.res.in>.
Best regards,…
Greetings Everyone!
We are starting a new online seminar series focusing on astrophysics related to magnetic fields on scales above about 1 pc. The series is called GEMS (Galactic and Extragalactic Magnetism Seminars). The first talk is on Oct 14 at 09:00 UTC. You can find more information on the website:
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The Gravitational Wave Instrumentation Workshop Winter Edition - 2026 will be held from 30th November to 11th December 2026 at IUCAA, Pune.
This workshop is designed to introduce MSc/early-PhD students to GW Instrumentation. Its purpose is: “To spread the GW Instrumentation Community Nationwide in view of the upcoming LIGO-India Megascience Project”. The applications…
This is a reminder that the abstract submission deadline for the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) Symposium 007 is fast approaching. The last date to submit your abstract is Monday, 5 October 2026.
ASI Symposium 007: The Next Decade of Solar Eclipse Science: Observations, Models, and Instrumentation
Dates: 8–10 December 2026
Venue: IIT Delhi
Jointly…
Dear All,
We are pleased to announce the upcoming Workshop on 21-cm Cosmology with SKAO: India's roadmap to science verifications and beyond (https://sites.google.com/view/cosmosnitc/skaic26), to be held in the Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Calicut.
The…
Please find attached the Sky News for October 2026.
Arvind Paranjpye
Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai
The Centre of Excellence in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, and IUCAA, Pune, are organising the eROSITA Science and Data Analysis Workshop on 3-4 December 2026. Faculty, Postdocs, PhD scholars, and motivated PG students are encouraged to apply.
Please find more information on the website:…
Dear colleague,
During the discussion session at the end of the 4th workshop of the Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy and Astrophysics (BINA), we decided to organise a series of online BINA seminars to further strengthen the collaboration between Indian and Belgian astronomers.
The first seminar presented by Dr Laurent Mahy (ROB, Brussels, Belgium) was very well…
The registration deadline for the XPOCO Conference has been extended till 27th September 2026. We encourage interested participants who have not yet registered to take advantage of this extension and join us for the conference.
We would also appreciate it if you could share this announcement with your colleagues, students, and the wider astronomy and astrophysics…
Dear Devendra,
We are contacting you in your capacity as official IAU National Member representative.
The IAU is conducting a community survey to inform possible revisions to its current publication policies. The survey has already been distributed to all IAU Members. With this email we kindly ask for your assistance in advertising the survey within your national astronomy…
Dear Colleague,
The deadline for YAM abstract submission has been extended upto 20th September 2026. The submission portal will close beyond this time and we will not be able to accommodate any requests for submission after this deadline. Interested participants are requested to kindly submit their abstracts well ahead of this deadline.
We encourage you to…
The MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey (MALS) is excited to announce that its public data releases, including calibrated visibility data, are now also mirrored at the Deutsches Zentrum für Astrophysik (DZA) in Germany. This follows an earlier mirror established with the…
Dear Colleagues,
I hope you are doing well.
As part of the upcoming edition of BRICS Astronomy Magazine, we are preparing two profile features highlighting members of the BRICS astronomy community.
We would be pleased to receive submissions from colleagues who identify with either of the following categories:
Women in BRICS Astronomy
Please briefly…
The Astronomical Society of India (ASI) Symposium 007, jointly organised by the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and the Astronomical Society of India, will be held from 8th-10th December 2026 at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi on the theme “The Next Decade of Solar Eclipse Science: Observations, Models, and Instrumentation.”
The symposium will bring…
Please find attached the Sky News for September 2026.
Arvind Paranjpye
Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai
We are pleased to announce that IUCAA, Pune, India, will be organizing the International Conference on X-ray Polarization of Compact Objects (XPOCO 2027) from 11–15 January 2027.
The conference will bring together researchers working on theoretical and observational aspects of X-ray polarization in the IXPE era and beyond, with a focus on compact objects and high-energy…
Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce the Young Astronomers' Meet 2026 (YAM-2026) hosted by Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. The conference will take place from December 21st to 23rd, 2026. The Abstract submission deadline has been extended upto 20th September 2026.
YAM-2026
YAM aims to provide a dynamic platform for young researchers…
Aditya-L1 Mission: Aditya-L1 A03 proposal submission deadline is 20th Aug 2026. Please visit https://alpps.issdc.gov.in/web/ to submit proposals for Aditya-L1 observation time.
Young Astrophysicists of Today's India (YATI) 4 will be organized by the Indian Centre for Space Physics (ICSP), Kolkata, from 14–16 October 2026 at the JNC Auditorium, ICSP. The conference will bring together young researchers and students in astrophysics and space science through contributed talks, invited reviews, and panel discussions, providing opportunities to present…
14th Aditya-L1 Support Cell Workshop will be conducted from 06 - 08 October, 2026 at Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata.
Last Date of application: 25 August, 2026
Please find more information from the following link and the attached poster.
Website link: https://al1ssc.aries.res.in/workshop-14
Space Astronomy Group at U. R. Rao Satellite Centre is planning to organize the second National workshop on Data Analysis and Science from the XSPECT instrument on board XPoSat in online mode, tentatively on 8-9 September, 2026. The workshop will cover an overview of the instrument, demonstrate the end-to- end data analysis procedure, explain the proposal preparation and…
