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Jasjeet Singh Bagla

@jsbagla

2 years

Please join me in congratulating Ashish Kumar Meena. He has been jointly awarded the V V Narlikar Best Thesis award of the IAGRG (Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation). Ashish completed his thesis with me in 2021 @IiserMohali @AstroclubIISERM

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All in a line. Moon, Jupiter & Venus. Photo taken at IISER Mohali on Feb.23, 2023.

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We are happy to announce an online school on astronomy and astrophysics that will be organized by IISER Mohali during May 2024. The school is aimed at students who are interested in astronomy and are completing their first year undergraduate studies in sciences or engineering.

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Today is the convocation at @IiserMohali and another batch of students are graduating after completing their program. This thread is about the students who have completed the astronomy minor this year.

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The Galaxy, from Narkanda. Can be much better with dark sky initiatives.

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Solar eclipse. Photo taken earlier today at IISER Mohali. #SolarEclipse

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A leopard passed through our kitchen garden this morning, probably on the trail of boar that dug up our garden last night. @IiserMohali

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Solar eclipse June 21, 2020 from IISER Mohali. #SolarEclipse2020 @IiserMohali @asipoec

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MS thesis presentations by students working in astronomy and related areas. We suddenly realized that a third of physics majors are working in these areas. We had 12 presentations yesterday, 8 more to follow.

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It is not often that one can make an exam problem from a recent paper. Managed to do this with for my course on astronomy meant for early stage undergraduate students @IiserMohali

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Starting a thread of April fool preprints on @_arXiv_astro_ph this year.

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2 years

Remembering farewell of MS08 students, nine years ago.

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Completed six months as Dean Academics, and what a stretch it has been! By the end of day one, I had to convey that classes are being suspended because of Covid-19. A rapid transition to online teaching followed along with many things where a new way had to be found.

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3 years

Received an RTI query. One of the questions is: "Whether it is possible to have a perpetual motion machine? Please provide details."

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Welcoming the incoming batch of BS-MS students in person at IISER Mohali: this is happening at the start of the program after three years due to the Covid pandemic. Last two batches had started online. @IiserMohali @iisermalumni

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Thanu Padmanabhan (1957-2021)

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Congratulations to the duo. It was a pleasure to teach them in several courses.

IISER Mohali

@IiserMohali

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Happy to note that 2 out of 5 masters students selected by DST to participate in 73rd Nobel Laureates meeting at Lindau Germany during June 30 - July 05 are from IISER Mohali. Congratulations Vasudev Mittal and Rabsan Galib Ahmed! #LINO24 #Physics @CosmoVasudev @diraq_spinor

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Conjunction of the Moon with Pleiades. @IiserMohali @AstroclubIISERM @asipoec

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We have open faculty positions at IISER Mohali. Strongly encourage interested candidates to apply. Do feel free to contact if you have any questions. @IiserMohali @iisermalumni

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I saw a fish in a tree . . .

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Hupoo, resting on a high branch. Picture taken at IISER Mohali @IiserMohali

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Special Drive for faculty positions (all levels, SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS/PwD) at IISER Mohali. Urging interested folks to apply. See ... for more details. You can find out more about the institute at

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Our first batch of Astronomy minors: Rahul Ramesh, Utkarsh Pathak, Anshuman Acharya and Satyapan Munshi. They will receive their degrees in the 10th convocation of the institute on June 28, 2021. More than 30 students will graduate from the BS-MS program with minors.

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2 years

View of Satluj and Hindustan-Tibet road from Kalpa-Roghi road. The Kalpa-Roghi road is about a km above the river with a sheer drop.

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Congratulations to Drs. Adrene Freeda D'Cruz and Shane D'Mello on sharing the best teacher award 2020. The award is given to the best teacher under the age of 40 yrs. Students put in nominations. We had a simple ceremony in these covid times. @IiserMohali @iisermalumni

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3 years

Excellent talk and a detailed Q&A by @Devinder_Sharma on the farm crisis and farm laws. This was the first of a set of talks in a series being organized at @IiserMohali

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I visited IISER Mohali in August 2007, I think I gave the second colloquium at the institute. There were so many questions that the talk went on for much longer than expected. I moved to IISER Mohali three years later.

IISER Mohali

@IiserMohali

2 years

Fifteen years ago, on August 16 2007, teaching program started at IISER Mohali with CHM101 by Prof. Ramesh Kapoor. In pictures 1. First batch of 25 students in LH-1 of the MGSIPA Complex. 2. Different building, different logo, same motto - in pursuit of knowledge Miles to go!

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The Sun today, with record breaking sunspots in view.

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3 years

Switched to hybrid mode for teaching today. Roughly half the students were present in person, others online. Feels good to see students in the class after teaching only on zoom for more than a year.

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Spent the new year weekend for setting up zoom schedules for the coming semester: a total of 100 courses. The plan was to move towards hybrid teaching for most courses. But Omicron has other plans. So fourth semester starting online . . .

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After two years on online convocations, we are back to an in-person event. We will also be streaming online, as in earlier years.

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Our garden in summer, and some visitors.

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3 years

Astro group at IISER Mohali met briefly to bid farewell to Ashish Kumar Meena and Manvendra Pratap Rajvanshi. They graduated last month and will move to post-doctoral positions. The group met in person for the first time since March 2020, everyone is vaccinated.

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A colorful visitor looking to quench its thirst on a hot day.

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11 months

This is done. Congratulations to the entire team.

Jasjeet Singh Bagla

@jsbagla

11 months

Looking forward to a safe landing and science with the lander.

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2 years

Wishing everyone a happy new year 2023.

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1 year

Astronomy club volunteers from IISER Mohali set up two telescopes. The footfall was around 1000 people, between 7-10:30pm. Stargazers gather to watch Green Comet, other celestial bodies via @timesofindia @AstroclubIISERM @SPSTI5 @IiserMohali

Stargazers Gather To Watch Green Comet, Other Celestial Bodies | Chandigarh News - Times of India

Chandigarh: Tricity residents on Saturday night gathered at Leisure Valley in Sector 10 here to enjoy an evening of stargazing.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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1 year

Honoring Paddy. He would have turned 66 tomorrow.

Resonance: Journal of Science Education

@IAScResonance

1 year

While March is the month of #physics -14 March being the birth anniversary of Einstein, celebrated as pi day, watch out for the #March issue of Resonance featuring renowned theoretical physicist Thanu Padmanabhan. who was born on 10 March 1957 #Science #STEMeducation #education

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Post-Doctoral opportunity in my group. Requesting tweeps to forward this around:

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10th convocation of IISER Mohali. Please join us.

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10 months

A visit for a talk and discussions with colleagues at @IIABengaluru and a chance to catch up with friends.

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Peafowl family foraging on a foggy morning. IISER Mohali.

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Speaker: Professor Mayank Vahia Topic: Origin and growth of astronomy in India Date: January 9, 2021 Time: 4:00pm

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2 years

Here it is, an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Galaxy. Wow.

ESO

@ESO

2 years

📢 Breaking news: Meet the Black Hole at the Centre of our Galaxy! Astronomers have unveiled the 1st image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. The image was produced by a global research team @ehtelescope 📷EHT Collaboration

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Happy teachers day too all my teachers. Teaching is the only profession where you work to make yourself redundant in the lives of your students. Once students learn how to learn, the job is done.

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Egrets and Peacocks enjoying a cool monsoon evening at IISER Mohali.

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Dhauladhars by Moonlight. Photo from Naggar, Himachal Pradesh.

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Black rumped flameback at IISER Mohali.

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#TeachersDay

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3 years

Very good overview: a must for PhD aspirants and students who are starting their research career, equally important for mentors. The Many Ways of Doing a PhD

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2 years

Kinner Kailash range.

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1 year

Applications for the PhD program at IISER Mohali. Please share it widely so that it reaches students interested in the program.

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An excellent effort, and it is good to see students take ownership of hostel mess. Congratulations to the students and everyone who contributed to make this a reality.

Mayukh

@Mayukh_0902

2 years

The Student-run Mess in @IiserMohali is finally up and running after almost 4 years of efforts. We are finally getting dal in dal, curd in raita and veggies in mixed veg. Our first step towards good food at affordable prices. Woohoo!! 🥳🥳

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The magical landscapes of Spiti.

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Moon, Jupiter and Saturn. Tonight.

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8 months

Wishing for peace this Diwali, for everyone.

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3 years

Congratulations to @Anshuman_1998 for the best poster award. @IiserMohali @asipoec @iisermalumni

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The Sun playing hide and seek in the Kinner Kailash range.

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A lovely morning.

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Black Hole Cafe and Club, Siswan Dam near Chandigarh

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Lapwing with chicks. IISER Mohali.

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@PrinSciAdvGoI @IUCAApune This has come as a great shock. We were talking last night about possibility of meeting up . . . He has visited IISER Mohali many times, giving memorable lectures each time. A great mentor, teacher, scientist and thinker.

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@jsbagla

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Wonderful news. Indian participation in SKAO has been approved by the government of India. @NCRA_Outreach @asipoec @skaindia_epo @SKAO

Anupama G.C.

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India's participation in SKAO approved.

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Thanks to the @AstroclubIISERM astronomy club for coordinating streaming of Chandrayan 3 Vikram soft landing at @IiserMohali . More than 350 members of IISER Mohali attended in a hall meant for 270.

The Astronomy Club, IISER Mohali

@AstroclubIISERM

11 months

Congratulations to @isro for the successful landing of #Chandrayaan3 ! The lecture hall was filled with everyone including students, staff and their family members for the live stream. Thank you all for coming and making the event a success! @jsbagla @IiserMohali

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Tested Covid positive. Isolating.

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Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, with the Moon looking over. You can see satellites of Jupiter in the close up. #jupitersaturnconjunction @asipoec

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4 years

One lesson that I hope everyone has learnt is that there is no substitute for consistent development of healthcare facilities, and these need to be accessible in the remotest regions of the country.

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Chestnut headed bee eater, Plum headed parakeet, and racket tailed Drongo. All seen at Coorg.

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@jsbagla

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This is a nice, continuous video of Chandrayaan 3 landing.

Simeon Schmauß

@stim3on

11 months

The full landing sequence of #Chandrayaan3 I wrote a python script to undo the rame blending from the original video and then upscaled the images with AI. The video is at 120x playback speed, in reality this took about 66 minutes. Credit: @isro / Simeon Schmauß

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From the archives: At Kalatop near Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.

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Rotate a liquid and you get a parabolic figure. A parabolic reflector is ideal for a telescope. A dish filled with liquid mercury when rotated about a vertical axis gives us low cost telescope. But it can only look up! Congratulations @ARIESNainital

DSTIndia

@IndiaDST

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A Unique Liquid-Mirror Telescope located at an altitude of 2450 metres at Devasthal Observatory campus of @ARIESNainital sees first light in the Indian Himalayas. @DrJitendraSingh @srivaric @dipu_iia 🔗

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Excellent organization by the astronomy club at IISER Mohali and a wonderful response from the community. They managed viewing, photography and streaming.

The Astronomy Club, IISER Mohali

@AstroclubIISERM

2 years

Moments from the #PartialSolarEclipse #SolarEclipse2022 from @IiserMohali yesterday! There was a huge turnout and everyone viewed the #SolarEclipse through safe viewing glasses or telescopes and cameras set up with solar filters. @IIABengaluru @IUCAAScipop @asipoec

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Buddha and the mountains. Langza, Spiti.

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James Watt is the President's Gold Medal winner this year. He has explored many aspects of astronomy and cosmology and will be working on MHD simulations at the Australian National University. An avid reader, he was the most active library user for two years.

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This is an absolutly astounding result. Just three star forming regions gave birth to over a hundred open clusters!

Emily Hunt is on the job market and on Bluesky

@emilydoesastro

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Over a hundred young star clusters near to the Sun can be traced back to just *three* distinct star-forming regions. This is a *huge* result for studying our own galaxy! The work is out today in Nature, led by Cameren Swiggum in Vienna:

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Birds and chicks: A peahen with her chicks, and a white breasted waterhen with her brood. Pictures taken at IISER Mohali.

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4 years

Our recent work has been featured in DD News. Modeling the Survival of Population III Stars to the Present Day via @IOPscience

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2 years

Remembering the solar eclipse from two years ago.

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Solar eclipse June 21, 2020 from IISER Mohali. #SolarEclipse2020 @IiserMohali @asipoec

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The June 2023 issue of Resonance features Steven Weinberg. We reproduce a classic article with an introduction by Sunil Mukhi, and an article in a box summarising Weinberg's life and science by Rohini Godbole and Urjit Yajnik.

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PhD program at IISER Mohali (Jan.2022). Application portal is now open. See: @IiserMohali

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Happy Holi to all of you and your families. Stay safe and enjoy the colors of nature.

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This is going to be the largest optical telescope with a diameter of 45m, about 2/3 the width of a football field. The scale of the telescope building is astounding.

Jesus Corral Santana

@jcorrals

1 year

First time at the @ESO #ELT site

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Wonderful news. LIGO India approved.

Somak Raychaudhury

@somakrc

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The Cabinet of India approval of the @LIGOIndia project has happened! A gravitational wave Observatory on Indian soil.

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Wonderful work by @AstroclubIISERM reaching out to school kids. Thank you for putting together this wonderful set of demonstrations. Feedback from the school is that they want more!

The Astronomy Club, IISER Mohali

@AstroclubIISERM

1 year

Yesterday, We initiated our Outreach Program at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 33, Chandigarh. 11 Demonstrations 22 Volunteers and 500+ School Students Thanks a lot, @jsbagla , for helping us make this event a massive success. @IiserMohali . (1/12)

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Congratulations to @dhirajhazra and Kinjalk Lochan on being awarded the N R Sen young researcher award 2022 by the Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation (IAGRG). @iiserm @PhiClub_IISERM

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Worth a read, especially for students.

Venkat Ramaswamy

@VenkRamaswamy

3 years

Not a physicist, but back when I was starting off, Steven Weinberg's insightful advice was very influential in my own development:

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@Prajakta_1618 and here I am with 70 answer sheets to grade, with everyone using a lot of imagination to mess up with the model solutions and marking scheme!

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@rohini_sgh There are variants all over India. As long as someone else makes it I will not call it overrated!

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@Prajakta_1618 has been awarded the S N Kaul Medal for the best all round performance by a student from the graduating batch. She has worked on projects related to LSST and lensed supernovae. She was a very active @AstroclubIISERM convener and a co founder of @WiPMA_IISERM

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Till we meet again at IISc Bengaluru next year. @Astronomy_IITI @IITIOfficial @Physics_at_IISc @iiscbangalore @isro @JNPlanetarium @asipoec

Astronomical Soc. India Outreach and Education

@asipoec

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#ASI2023 closes. Thanks to all the volunteers @Astronomy_IITI @IITIndore for hosting us.

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Lahaul. On way from Kunzum pass towards Naggar. Chenab aka Chandrabhaga is seen on the left of the road.

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Rose petals in the web. Signature spider.

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Good to see our former student Chandrakala featured here.

TheLifeofScience.com

@labhopping

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@Alexis_Verger @kscsteofficial @IITKanpur @iitbombay @TIFRScience @azimpremjiuniv @RGCB_Trivandrum @scienceout_ind @iiserkol @SciResMatters #365IndianWomxnInSTEM Chandrakala Meena studies non-linear dynamics, complex systems & network analysis at @csir_ncl Her contributions to modeling coronavirus spread supported the government of Israel during the pandemic.

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Amongst the best pictures of the conjunction of Venus and Jupiter last week.

Paradise (Not For Me) 🏳️‍🌈

@bijal_shah

1 year

Conjunction of Venus and Jupiter and some of its moons taken this evening from Wiltshire, UK #jupiterandvenus

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Anna Mani Lecture: Professor Rohini Godbole spoke about 'A Life in Science' and illustrated the problems often faced by young women scientists. She discussed the steps that individuals and institutes can take to become more inclusive and supportive. (PC Smriti Mahajan).

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An important thread on gradual increase in astronomy programs at the BS - PhD levels, with no corresponding change in the number of faculty positions. We should compile data for India as well. @asipoec

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Congratulations to Swati Gavas for getting the 3rd prize in Modelling and Simulations category for her entry "The cosmic teddy and its child" in the International Sci Art Image Competition 2021. @IiserMohali @asipoec

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