The pre-registration and abstract submission for the 9th ICGC to be organised at IISER Mohali is now open. The pre-registration can be done through the link
http://14.139.227.202/web/icgc2019/index.html
International Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology (ICGC)
IISER Mohali
December 10-13, 2019
Pressing for Progress 2019: A National Conference towards Gender Equity in Physics by the Indian Physics Association, hosted by the University of Hyderabad during 19-21 September 2019.
I am writing as Chair of Commission 19 of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
We support an annual prize in astrophysics - the Call is attached - and we look forward to your nominations
very best wishes
Gerry Gilmore
Chair, IUPAP C19 - Astrophysics
As you are aware, an Astronomy Centre for Educators (ACE) has been established at IUCAA, with the two main constituent units at present being the Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) for further developing astronomy teaching in the country with an emphasis on the higher-education sector; and the National Resource Centre (NRC) for developing the Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT) for teachers. Both the programmes are being funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India under the PMMMNMTT scheme.
The National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR) invites applications for the Radio Astronomy School 2019 to be held from August 19 to 30, 2019, at NCRA-TIFR, Pune.
A new book by me (co-authored with Vasanthi Padmanabhan) titled "Dawn of Science - Glimpses from History for the Curious Mind" has just been published by Springer.
The website links for this book are given at the end of this mail. Some details regarding the book can be found in the attached pdf file of the front matter.
This book is intended for the GENERAL PUBLIC and is written at a popular level, esp for the younger audience, school/college students etc. We sincerely hope many of you enjoy reading it.
Eligible young, bright and highly motivated individuals are invited to apply online for a JRF position to work in a DST-SERB funded theoretical astrophysics project (Principal Investigator: A. Mangalam) at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics titled “Relativistic, Magnetic and Dynamical Astrophysics”. Further details about the project, deadlines, qualifying criteria, guidelines and instructions can be found at the following web link:
We have two JRF/SRF positions on ISRO funded projects on Astrosat obsevrations.
Please find more details from the following link
The 2018 GROWTH Winter School in Time Domain Astronomy was held at IIT Bombay. We are delighted to announce that the educational resources from the 2018 GROWTH astronomy school are now online at http://growth.caltech.edu/astronomy-school.html and available for download by students and educators around the world.
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