The Astronomical Society of India was established in 1972 and has grown to become the prime association of professional astronomers in India. The society has close to 1000 members. The objectives of the society are the promotion of Astronomy and related branches of science in India. The society organizes scientific meetings and supports the popularization of Astronomy and other similar activities.
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 join the initiative and contribute to preparing the joint application in areas where they can meaningfully support the project.
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
I am forwarding obituary of Dr. William C. Livingston, an eminent solar astronomer associated with National Solar Observatory, USA.
He was also a life member of Astronomical Society of India (Membership no. L0194). He passed away on May 2, 2026, at the age of 98. He was a very dear friend, colleague and collaborator of some of us at the Udaipur Solar Observatory.
Please find more information from the link.
Ashok Ambastha
Life Member ASI L0623
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.
Please find more information from the link.
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.
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 i′ filters. The images are fully preprocessed and astrometrically calibrated, with positional accuracies better than ~0.1 arcsec.
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 aimed at researchers working in the area of active galactic nuclei and related topics, particularly those relevant to high-energy astrophysics. Please find more details on the website below.
