Parallel Session on February 17, 2025 (Monday)

Venues: Bhubaneswar Behera Auditorium (BBA), Pranakrushna Parija Auditorium (PPA), Senate Hall, Computer Science Seminar Room (CSSR), Civil Department Seminar Room (CiDSR)

17th February 2025, Monday
[Time: 11:45 - 13:00] [Venue: PPA]
Sun, Solar System, Exoplanets and Astrobiology II [Chairperson: Dipankar Banerjee]
SpeakerTitleTime in Minutes
Komal ChoragheThe magnetospheric response to different near-earth space weather conditions (Thesis talk)11:45 - 12:00
Manoj Varma Sri Vatchavai The Solar Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope: Detector characterization and on-board processing for flare studies (Thesis talk)12:00 - 12:15
Vikas SoniThe Effect of Metallicity and Vertical Mixing on the Abundance of Major H-C-N-O-bearing Species in the Atmosphere of Exoplanets (Thesis talk)12:15 - 12:30
Sindhuja GunaseelanComparative Study of Helium-Rich and Helium-poor Events Observed by the High-Energy Telescope (HET) Onboard Solar Orbiter12:30 - 12:45
Upasna BawejaInvestigation of Co-existence of longitudinal and transverse waves in polar plumes12:45 - 13:00
17th February 2025, Monday
[Time: 11:45 - 13:00] [Venue: CSSR]
Stars, Interstellar Medium, and Astrochemistry in Milky Way II [Chairperson: Manoj Purvankara]
SpeakerTitleTime in Minutes
Ranjan KumarStudy of UV-bright stars in Galactic globular clusters using Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) observations (Thesis talk)11:45 - 12:00
Belinda DamianFrom stars to brown dwarfs: A journey through diverse star forming worlds (Thesis talk)12:00 - 12:15
Gourav BanerjeeOptical spectroscopy of classical Be stars in the Galaxy (Thesis talk)12:15 - 12:30
Prerana BiswasUnravelling the kinematics, dynamics and structure of galaxies using HI - 21cm observation (Thesis talk)12:30 - 12:45
17th February 2025, Monday
[Time: 11:45 – 13:00] [Venue: Senate Hall]
High Energy Phenomena, Fundamental Physics and Astronomy II [Chairperson: Preeti Kharb]
SpeakerTitleTime in Minutes
Vivek Kumar JhaInvestigating the Nature and Structure of Inner Regions in Active Galactic Nuclei (Thesis talk)11:45 - 12:00
Dimple (Justice Oak Best Thesis Award, Honorable Mention)Multiwavelength studies of gamma-ray bursts and their associated counterparts 12:00 - 12:15
Soumen MondalObservational imprints of accretion disk on observed gravitational wave data from LISA12:15 - 12:30
Gaurav WaratkarLow-latency infrastructure for rapid dissemination of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA gravitational-wave alerts for Multi-Messenger Astronomy12:30 - 12:45
Abinash SuklabaidyaLinking Polarization and Photometry: Advancements in Asteroid Diameter Estimation12:45 - 13:00
17th February 2025, Monday
[Time: 11:45 - 13:00] [Venue: BBA]
Galaxies and Cosmology II [Chairperson: Sachindra Naik]
SpeakerTitleTime in Minutes
Anishya HarshanCan Dwarf Galaxies Reionise the Universe?11:45 - 12:00
Abhirup DattauGMRT constraints on the redshifted HI 21-cm signal power spectrum at z = 9 (EoR)12:00 - 12:15
Ananda HotaGMRT observation of objects discovered by Indian citizen scientists since 201312:15 - 12:30
Masroor BashirTesting Statistical Isotropy and Gaussianity of ACT DR6 Convergence data using Morphological statistics12:30 - 12:45
Mohit Raj SahCosmology of the supermassive black holes using anisotropic nHz gravitational wave background12:45 - 13:00
17th February 2025, Monday
[Time: 11:45 - 13:00] [Venue: CiDSR]
Facilities, Technologies and Data science II [Chairperson: Vikram Rana]
SpeakerTitleTime in Minutes
Abhinav NarayanGARUDA: A Deep Learning based automated radio data analysis pipeline for the GMRT11:45 - 12:00
Viren MandaoganeLiBRA: A Novel Low Frequency Wideband Antenna for Radio Astronomy12:00 - 12:15
Amar NathQMIST: A Software Pipeline for the Detection of Quasi-periodic Microstructures in Pulsar Emission12:15 - 12:30
Keerthipriya SathishDual polarised Fantail dipole Antenna Design for APSERa an S-band Precision cosmology experiment12:30 - 12:45
Arul Pandian B.A Novel LPDA Array for 130 - 350 MHz Pulsar observation at Gauribidanur - Initial Results12:45 - 13:00
17th February 2025, Monday
[Time: 14:00 - 16:00] [Venue: PPA]
Sun, Solar System, Exoplanets and Astrobiology III [Chairperson: Sudha Rajamani]
SpeakerTitleTime in Minutes
Soumyaneal BanerjeeSulfuric Acid and Sulfur Dioxide vapor concentrations in the lower atmosphere of Venus using the Radio Occultation Technique14:00 - 14:15
Saugata BaratFirst observations of young transiting planet atmospheres: Uncovering signatures of early evolution14:15 - 14:30
Prakruti SudarshanHow stellar irradiation affects the structure of a planet forming disk14:30 - 14:45
Anuroop DasguptaThe Ophiuchus DIsk Survey Employing ALMA (ODISEA): Complete Size Distributions for the 100 Brightest Disks Across Multiplicity a14:45 - 15:00
Trisha BhowmikUnderstanding planet and satellite formation with ALMA and VLT15:00 - 15:15
Vignesh VaikundaramanDust growth in wind-driven protoplanetary disks15:15 - 15:30
Ushasi BhowmickLightcurve Inversion: Analyzing the extent of feature embedding of a two-dimensional projected shape on its transit lightcurve15:30 - 15:45
17th February 2025, Monday
[Time: 14:00 - 16:00] [Venue: CSSR]
Stars, Interstellar Medium, and Astrochemistry in Milky Way III [Chairperson: Drisya Karinkuzhi]
SpeakerTitleTime in Minutes
Saikhom Pravash SinghDust grain alignment and disruption mechanisms in G34.43+0.24 using thermal dust polarization observations from JCMT/POL-214:00 - 14:15
Bhaskarjyoti BarmanInsights from Molecular Clouds: Turbulence, Magnetic Field and other Physical Parameters14:15 - 14:30
Anindya SahaDirect observational evidence of multi-epoch massive star formation in G24.47+0.4914:30 - 14:45
Amal George CheriyanProbing the interplay of jets and H II regions in RAFGL2591: Insights from radio, infrared and sub/millimeter observations14:45 - 15:00
Debangan MajiCool phase temperature of atomic hydrogen in the Galactic centre region15:00 - 15:15
Khushbu K.Self-consistent modelling of the ionized and neutral gas in PN NGC 644515:15 - 15:30
Aayushi VermaInvestigating the Star-forming Sites in the Outer Galactic Arm15:30 - 15:45
Samrat BiswasMulti-wavelength photo-polarimetric study of the intermediate age open cluster NGC 191215:45 - 16:00
Poojapriyatharsheni J.Diffuse Ionized Gas in the Cygnus X region and inner Galactic Plane16:00 - 16:15
17th February 2025, Monday
[Time: 14:00 - 16:00] [Venue: Senate Hall]
High Energy Phenomena, Fundamental Physics and Astronomy III [Chairperson: G. C. Anupama]
SpeakerTitleTime in Minutes
Judhajeet Basu“Shock”-ing results from M31: Detailed analysis of the slow classical nova AT2023tkw (GIT20230919aa)14:00 - 14:15
Anjasha GangopadhyayA thourough investigation on the evolution of Helium rich interacting (Ibn) supernovae14:15 - 14:30
Shatakshi ChamoliMultiwavelength study of novae in M3114:30 - 14:45
Devanand P UX-Ray Spectral Variability of Thirteen TeV High Energy Peaked Blazars with XMM-Newton14:45 - 15:00
Athira M BharathanProbing High-Energy Emission Mechanisms in Blazars through X-ray Polarization with IXPE15:00 - 15:15
Susmita DasX-Ray Spectral Evolution and Fourier Time Lags in Two HSP Blazars15:15 - 15:30
Priyesh Kumar TripathiIsolated black holes accreting through dense environments15:30 - 15:45
Pragyan Pratim BordoloiIdentification and modelling of optically thin inverse Compton scattering in the prompt emission of GRB131014A15:45 - 16:00
17th February 2025, Monday
[Time: 14:00 - 16:00] [Venue: BBA]
Galaxies and Cosmology III [Chairperson: Abhirup Datta]
SpeakerTitleTime in Minutes
Rakshit ChauhanEffect of interaction on the star forming properties of dwarf galaxies14:00 - 14:15
Chandan WattsA Tale of NGC 3785: The formation of an ultra-diffuse galaxy at the end of the longest tidal tail14:15 - 14:30
Saili KeshriKinematic Misalignments and Remnant Features in Early-Type Galaxies: Insights from SDSS-MaNGA Data14:30 - 14:45
Mukesh Singh BishtOrigin of hot gas in the Circumgalactic Medium of the Milky Way14:45 - 15:00
Shashank GairolaTracing Hierarchical Star Formation out to Kiloparsec Scales in Nearby Galaxies15:00 - 15:15
Tanya TriptyAn unbiased MHI and mstar scaling relation in the local universe15:15 - 15:30
Atharva MirashiHI Observations of Dark Matter Deficient Dwarfs Galaxies 15:30 - 15:45
Yogesh ChandolaNeutral atomic hydrogen in nearby compact starburst galaxies15:45 - 16:00
17th February 2025, Monday
[Time: 14:00 – 16:00] [Venue: CiDSR]
Facilities, Technologies and Data science III [Chairperson: Blesson Mathew]
SpeakerTitleTime in Minutes
Vikram RanaX-Ray Astronomy: a Unique Observational Window to Study Astronomical Sources (I)14:00 - 14:30
Tarun BangiaDevelopment and Prototype Testing of a Monitoring System for 3.6m DOT Equipment14:30 - 14:45
Kuntal MisraInitial results from the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT)14:45 - 15:00
Kiran JayasuryaGEM-TPC Soft X-ray Polarimeter: Demonstration of Polarimetric Capability15:00 - 15:15
Prasad NeelamThe 2.5M Telescope and backend instruments suite15:15 - 15:30
Kalpesh ChillalChallenges in Upgradation and Testing of IFOSC CCD Controller15:30 - 15:45
Rahul GopalakrishnanData processing pipeline of SUIT onboard Aditya-L115:45 - 16:00
Manish ChauhanLong-term analysis of meteorological parameters over Indian astronomical sites16:00 - 16:15
Thubstan RinchenDesign & Development of mechanism for Mirror Panel Maintenance for MACE Telescope16:15 - 16:30