ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA CONFERENCE SERIES

Volume 3

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 29th MEETING OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA

School of Studies in Physics and Astrophysics, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
February 23-25, 2011

Editors: Pushpa Khare and C. H. Ishwara-Chandra

Contents

Preface [PDF]
Foreword[PDF]
Organizing Committees[PDF]
Participants[PDF]
Conference Photograph[PDF]

INVITED TALKS

I. Early Universe and Cosmology

1  Cosmological reionization [PDF]
       T. Roy Choudhury

5  Beyond the standard cosmological model with CMB [PDF]
      Tarun Souradeep

11  Dark Matter in the Universe [PDF]
      Subhendra Mohanty

2. High Energy Astronomy

15  Extreme aspects of neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries [PDF]
      Sudip Bhattacharyya

19 Broadband X-ray emission from radio-quiet Active Galactic Nuclei [PDF]
      G. C. Dewangan

25 Probing neutron star evolution using cyclotron lines [PDF]
      Dipankar Bhattacharya and Dipanjan Mukherjee

29  Orbital evolution of X-ray binaries and quasi-periodic oscillations in X-ray pulsars [PDF]
      B.Paul, H. Raichur, C. Jain, M. James, J. Devasia and S. Naik

3. Stars and Galaxies

35  A model of the warped discs in the Galactic centre [PDF]
      Tarun Deep Saini and S. Sridhar

39  The progress in the study of post-AGB stars [PDF]
      Sunetra Giridhar

45  Stellar yields and Galactic chemical evolution [PDF]
      Aruna Goswami

49  Stellar flares: from PMS to evolved cool stars [PDF]
      J. C. Pandey

4. Resources in Astronomy

53  ASTROSAT: status and science [PDF]
      R. K. Manchanda

THESIS PRESENTATIONS

65 Study of solar rotation [PDF]
      S. Chandra

69 Study on solar and cosmic ray activities and their periodic behaviour [PDF]
      Partha Chowdhury

75 Study of solar emission line stars in young open clusters [PDF]
      Blesson Mathew

79 Multi-wavelength study of the Milky Way Galaxy [PDF]
      Shashikiran Ganesh

85 Multi-wavelength investigations on Galactic star forming regions [PDF]
      L. K. Dewangan

91 A study of the intrinsic parameters of some mass models of elliptical galaxies [PDF]
      Arun Kumar Singh

95 Monte Carlo simulations of the High Energy X-ray spectrometer (HEX) on Chandrayaan-1 [PDF]
      M. Sudhakar, P. Sreekumar and B. R. S. Babu

ABSTRACTS

(A) Sun and solar system

99 Modeling solar cycles using a variable meridional circulation in a flux transport dynamo model [Abstract]
      Bidya Binay Karak and Arnab Rai Choudhuri

99 Study of polarimetric properties of comet Levy 1990XX by mixture of compact and aggregate particles[Abstract]
      A. Suklabaidya, D. Paul, H. S. Das and A. K. Sen

100 Complex spectroscopic variations as observed from Norikura chronograph[Abstract]
      Krishna Prasad Samayamanthula and Jagdev Singh

100 Polarimetric study of comet Halley using combined dust model[Abstract]
      D. Paul, A. Suklabaidya, H. S. Das and A. K. Sen

100 3D reconstruction and kinematics of eruptive prominences using STEREO observations[Abstract]
      Nandita Srivastava and Anand D. Joshi

101 Energy-dependent nature of thermal emission in solar flares [Abstract]
      Rajmal Jain and Arun Kumar Awasthi

101 Long-term variability of solar flare index[Abstract]
      Arvind Kumar Tripathi and Rahul Shrivastava

102 Filament eruption leading to two ribbon M-class flare in NOAA AR11093: Multi-wavelength study[Abstract]
      Vema Reddy Panditi

102 Long term evolution of super active regions [Abstract]
      Ram Ajor Maurya

102 On the nature of propagating MHD waves in polar coronal hole [Abstract]
      Girjesh T. Gupta and Dipankar Banerjee

103 Investigation of high energy solar energetic particle events of solar cycle 23 and their related Coronal Mass Ejections [Abstract]
      Agalya Gangaputhiran and P. K. Manoharan

103 Anomalously Extended Minima of Solar Cycle 23 [Abstract]
      Ambika Singh, Anil Kumar Tiwari and S. P. Agrawal

104 On statistical study of acceleration of CMEs [Abstract]
      Satyendra Pal Tomer, Nishant Mittal and Udit Narain

104 Spatial damping of non-adiabatic slow magneto-acoustic waves in coronal loops [Abstract]
      Bupendra Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Anil Kumar and Anil Kumar

105 On the period ratio of slow mode in solar prominences [Abstract]
      Pradeep Kumar, Rajmani Chauhan, Anil Kumar and Bhupendra Kumar

105 Variations of thermodynamic stability of cyanoacetylene in different temperatures in Titan [Abstract]
      Abhijit Chatterjee and Rajashri Roy

106 Long-term variability of interplanetary parameters and their impact on geomagnetic field [Abstract]
      Vidya Charan Dwivedi, D. P. Tiwari and S. P. Agrwal

106 Temporal variations in the solar chromosphere - Ca K line profiles [Abstract]
      G. Sindhuja and Jagdev Singh

106 Damping of slow MHD waves in flowing plasma [Abstract]
      Anil Kumar, Nagendra Kumar, Pradeep Kumar and Anuj Bharadwaj

107 North-South asymmetry in coronal rotation [Abstract]
      Satish Chandra and Hari Om Vats

108 Long-term comparative study of large geomagnetic storms recorded during solar cycle 22 & 23 [Abstract]
      Rahul Shrivastava and A. K. Tripathi

108 On cosmic ray and geomagnetic response to Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) [Abstract]
      Nagndra Kumar Sharma

108 Time-frequency analysis of solar electron flares during descending phase of solar cycle 23 [Abstract]
      Nagndra Kumar Sharma

108 Rotational temperatures of molecules [Abstract]
      Krishnanand Sinha

(B) Stars and Galaxy


111 Non-Linear stability in generalized photogravitational restricted three body problem [Abstract]
      Bhola Ishwar

111 Modeling interstellar extinction using a mixture of compact and aggregate particles [Abstract]
      Arindwam Chakraborty, Parizath Debroy and Himadri Sekhar Das

111 Theoretical study of aminoacetonitrile, its ions and protonated forms in gas and astrophysical H2O ice [Abstract]
      Mahadevappa Naganathappa and Ajay Chaudhari

112 Study of interstellar extinction by aggregate dust model [Abstract]
      C. Bhattacharjee, H. S. Das and A. K. Sen

112 Angular diameters of two miras and three semi-regular variables from near infrared lunar occultations at Mt Abu Observatory [Abstract]
      Tapas Baug and T. Chandrasekhar

113 Near-infrared study of fast Nova KT Eridani [Abstract]
      Ashish Raj, N. M. Ashok and D. P. K. Banerjee

113 Trajectories of L4 and lyapunov characteristic exponents in the generalized photogravitational chemnykh-like problem [Abstract]
      Badam Singh Kushvah

114 A search for pulsations in chemically peculiar stars [Abstract]
      Uma Shankar Chaubey

114 Detecting modulations in NIR light curve of intermediate polar WX Pyx [Abstract]
      Vishal H. Joshi, N. M. Ashok and D. P. K. Banerjee

115 Anomalous absorption in a-type asymmetric top molecules in cosmic objects [Abstract]
      Suresh Chandra

115 Lithium anomaly in K giants; Connection with RGB luminosity bump [Abstract]
      Yerra Bharat Kumar and Bacham Eswar Reddy

116 Large glitches, small glitches and timing noise [Abstract]
      Johnson Ozoemenam Urama, A. E. Chukwude and B. C. Joshi

116 A new principle of coherence in a sychrotron source [Abstract]
      Ashok Kumar Singal

117 Observational aspects of core collapse suprenovae [Abstract]
      Uday Kumar Gurugubelli, D. K. Sahu and G. C. Anupama

117 Status update on double pulsar: Multi-frequency multi-epoch observations with GMRT [Abstract]
      Bhal Chandra Joshi

118 A survey of nulling pulsars using GMRT [Abstract]
      Vishal Gajjar, Bhal Chandra Joshi and Michael Kramer

118 Tracking the dispersion measure variation of millisecond pulsars using simultaneous dual frequency timing [Abstract]
      Ujjwal Kumar, Y. Gupta, J. Roy, R. Bhat, W. van Straten and M. Bailes

119 Self-similar flow behind a spherical shock wave generated by a piston moving in a gravitating or non-gravitating mixture of a non-ideal gas and small solid particles [Abstract]
      Gorakh Nath

119 Suggestion for the search of H2CC cool cosmic objects [Abstract]
      Amit Kumar, Suresh Chandra, B. K. Kumthekara and M. K. Sharma

120 A suggestion for the search of the cyclic molecule c-C7H2in cool cosmic objects [Abstract]
      Pramod Ganeshrao Musrif, S. Chandra, Ch. Chang, A. B. C. Patzer, W. H. Kegel, E. Sedlmayr and G. S. Moze

120 Arcturus stream : A case study [Abstract]
      P. Ramya and Bacham Eswar Reddy

121 Abundance analysis of RV Tauri like stars [Abstract]
      Sumangala Rao Sudhakar, Sunetra Giridhar and David L. Lambert

122 Frequency analysis of systemic components of eight eclipsing binary systems [Abstract]
      Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari, U. S. Pandey, U. S. Chaubey, A. Tripathi, Sukant Deb and C. P. Pandey

122 Space velocity of NGC 6121 (M4) [Abstract]
      Devesh Path Sariya and R. K. S. Yadav

123 J-band spectroscopy of classical Be stars [Abstract]
      Blesson Mathew, N. M. Ashok and D. P. K Banerjee

123 Infrared photometric study of the massive star forming region S235 using Spitzer-IRAC and Mt. Abu JHK observations [Abstract]
      Lokesh Kumar Dewangan and B. G. Anandarao

124 Optical follow-up of core-collapse supernovae 2010hq and 2012jl [Abstract]
      Rupak Roy, Firoza Sutaria, Brijesh Kumar, Sayan Chakraborti, Alak Ray and Jose Prieto

124 UBVRI photometry of young Galactic cluster NGC2129, NGC1502 and King 12 [Abstract]
      Aparna Tripathi, Brijesh Kumar, R. K. S. Yadav and U.S. Pandey

125 Photometric and spectroscopic studies on Barium stars [Abstract]
      Sreeja S. Kartha and Aruna Goswami

125 UBVRI CCD photometry of open clusters Haffiner 9 and Waterloo 7 [Abstract]
      S. Sujatha, Sowmya S. Kulkarni and G. S. D. Babu

125 Fully automated period detection from variables stars. time series data [Abstract]
      K Y Shaju, Piet Reegen and Thayyullathil Ramesh Babu

126 Optical studies of SN 2009jf: A type Ib supernova with an extremely slow decline and aspherical signature [Abstract]
      Devendra Kumar Sahu, U. K. Gurugubelli, G. C. Anupama and K. Nomoto

127 Photometric variability of two BY Dra type stars [Abstract]
      Manoj Kumar patel. J. C. Pandey, Vinod Prasad and D. C. Srivastava

127 A CCD photometric study of the short period W Uma type eclipsing binary: FZ Orionis [Abstract]
      Vinod Prasad, J. C. Pandey, D. C. Srivastava and M. K. Patel

127 Infrared emission modeling for vinyl PAHs [Abstract]
      Anju Maurya and Shantanu Rastogi

128 Photometric and spectroscopic evolution of the type Hp supernova SN 2008in [Abstract]
      Udaya Kumar Gurugubelli, D. K. Sahu and G. C. Anupama

128 Clues to the origin of RCB stars [Abstract]
      Hema Banagere Prakash and Gajendra Pandey

129 Near-infrared studies of the recent (2008) outburst of V1647 Ori [Abstract]
      V. Venkataraman and B. G. Anandarao

129 Star formation history of some young open clusters [Abstract]
      B. Bhavya, V. C. Kuriakose and Annapurni Subramaniam

130 Exploring the disk accretion in DI Cep [Abstract]
      Padmakar Singh Parihar and N. S. Shantikumar

130 Magnetic field geometry in L1014: A dense core with a very low luminosity object [Abstract]
      Archana Soam, Maheswar Gopinathan and C. Eswaraiah

131 Star formation activities in Sharpless 311 complex [Abstract]
      R. K. Yadav, A. K. Pandey and Sharma, Saurabh

131 Star formation activity in W4 cloud complex [Abstract]
      Neelam Panwar, A. K. Pandey, M. R. Samal and Jessy Jose

132 A photometric survey for short-periodic variables in globular clusters NGC5024 [Abstract]
      M. Safonova and C. S. Stalin

132 Young stellar population and triggered star formation in the star forming complex SH2-252 [Abstract]
      Jessy Jose and Anil K. Pandey

133 Comprehensive abundance studies of four open clusters [Abstract]
      Bala Sudhakara Reddy Arumalla, Sunetra Giridhar and David L. Lambert

133 Constraints on the formation of low-mass X-ray binaries [Abstract]
      Harshal Hemant Bhadkamkar and Pranab Ghosh

134 Distinguishing black hole and neutron star binaries through spectral evolution [Abstract]
      Mayukh Pahari, V. K. Agrawal and J. S. Yadav

134 Quasi periodic oscillations in high magnetic field accretion powered pulsars [Abstract]
       Marykutty James, Biswajit Paul, Jincy Devasia and Kavila Indulekha

135 Energy dependent pulse profiles and pulse phase resolved spectroscopy of transient HMXB pulsars [Abstract]
      Jincy Devasia, Biswajit Paul, Marykutty James and Kavila Indulekha

135 Comparative study of black hole transients XTEJ1652-453 and XTEJ1752-223 [Abstract]
      D. Radhika, M. C. Ramadevi and S. Seetha

136 Broadening of pulse frequency peak in accretion powered pulsars [Abstract]
      Marykutty James, Biswajit Paul, Jincy Devasia and K. Indulekha

136 Stable X-ray states in X-ray black hole binaries [Abstract]
      J. S. Yadav and Mayukh Pahari

137 Dips in the pulse profiles of accretion powered pulsars [Abstract]
      Jincy Devasia, Biswajit Paul, Marykutty James and K. Indulekha

137 VHE pulsar observations with HAGAR telescope array [Abstract]
      Bharat B. Singh for HAGAR collaboration

137 Near-infrared observations of Be X-ray binary pulsar A0535+265 [Abstract]
      Sachindra Naik, B. Mathew, N. M. Ashok, D. P. K. Banerjee and S. V. Vadawale

138 X-ray spectroscopy of the high mass X-ray binary pulsar Centaurus X-3 over its orbit [Abstract]
      Sachindra Naik and Biswajit Paul

138 Timing and spectral properties of transient X-ray pulsar GRO J1008-57 [Abstract]
      Sachindra Naik, Biswajit Paul and S. V. Vadawale

139 Timing and spectral analysis of the X-ray binary pulsar XTE J1829-098 [Abstract]
      Jayashree Roy, Kamal Kumar Tanti, P. C. Agrawal and Kalpana Duorah

(C) Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology

140  Hyperfine transition of Helium-3 as a probe of the high redshift universe [Abstract]
      Jasjeet Singh Bagla

140  The giant radio galaxy DA240 in slingshot model [Abstract]
      Dilip G. Banhatti and S. Muthumeenal

140  Reionization constraints using principal component analysis [Abstract]
      Sourav Mitra, Tirthankar Roy Choudhury and Andrea Ferrara

141  Dark energy perturbations and the ISW effect [Abstract]
      Harvinder Kaur Jassal

141  Physics of rotating and expanding black hole universe (PREBHU) [Abstract]
      U. V. Satya Seshavatharam

142  Primordial black hole formation in matter-dominated era using Brans-Dicke theory [Abstract]
      Bibekananda Nayak and Lambodar Prasad Singh

142 Deep GMRT 150 MHz observations of the DEEP2 fields: Searching for high redshift radio galaxies revisited [Abstract]
      Susanta Kumar Bisoi, C. H. Ishwara-Chandra and P. Janaradhan

143 Recent star formation history of the Magellanic Clouds [Abstract]
      G. Indu and A. Subramaniam

143 Variability in low broad absorption line quasar outflows [Abstract]
      M. Vivek, R. Srianand, P. Noterdaeme, P. Petitjean and V. C. Kuriakose

144 Observations of far ultraviolet diffuse emission from the Small Magellanic Cloud [Abstract]
      Ananta Charan Pradhan, Amit Pathak and Jayant Murthy

144 The 3D structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud [Abstract]
      Smita Subramanian and Annapurni Subramaniam

145 Analytical triaxial model with varying axial ratios [Abstract]
      Firdous Gaffar

145 Star formation in blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies [Abstract]
      Ramya Sethuram

146 Study of intragroup medium in Holmberg 124 group [Abstract]
      Alka Mishra, Nimisha G. Kantharia and D. C. Srivastava

146 Semi analytic models of galaxy formation - A few applications [Abstract]
      Jaswant K. Yadav

147 Disk galaxy rotation curves[Abstract]
      Dilip G. Banhatti and Rahul Datta

147 Luminosity volume method to directly get galaxy number density to past cosmic epochs [Abstract]
      Dilip G. Banhatti and M. Rajarevathi

148 A multi-frequency study of five large radio galaxies [Abstract]
      Akash Pirya, S. Nandi, D. J. Saikia, C. Konar and M. Singh

148 3C321: an HI absorber with relic radio emission [Abstract]
      Yogesh Chandola, Sandeep Sirothia, D. J. Saikia and Neeraj Gupta

149 Multiphase ISM in a starburst galaxy NGC 1482 [Abstract]
      Nilkanth Dattatray Vagshette, S. S. Sonakamble, M. K. Patil, S. K. Pandey and Ajit Kembhavi

149 High frequency study of few large size radio galaxies [Abstract]
      Mahendra Singh, O. V. Verkhodanov, A. Pirya, H. C. Chandola and M. L. Khabibullina

150 GMRT H I imaging of Wolf-Rayet galaxies [Abstract]
      Amitesh Omar and Sumit Jaiswal

150 Spectroscopic study of candidate Be stars in the Magellanic Clouds [Abstract]
      Kodiyan Thomas Paul, A. Subramaniam, B. Mathew, R. E. Mennickent and B. Sabogal

151 Measurement of time-delay in the gravitationally-lensed quasar SDSS J0806+2006 [Abstract]
      Rathna Kumar Sathya Keerthi, C. S. Stalin, M. Tewes, F. Courbin, T. P. Prabhu and G. Meylan

151 Star formation in blue compact dwarf galaxies of the local volume [Abstract]
      Azad C. Sreedharan and K. Indulekha

151 Study of the EoS parameter for a cosmological model with Fermionic field and power-law potential [Abstract]
      R. Rakhi and K. Indulekha

152  Multi-wavelength variability of NGC 3516 [Abstract]
      C. S. Stalin and M. Hegde

152  Fast Optical variability in blazer S5 0716+714 [Abstract]
      Sunil Chandra, K. S. Baliyan, S. Ganesh, U. C. Joshi and L. Foschini

152  Intrinsic shapes and orientations of the elliptical galaxies, NGC 3379 and NGC 7619 using photometric data [Abstract]
      Arun Kumar Diwakar

153  Multi-wavelength investigation of some dusty E/SO galaxies [Abstract]
      Samridhi Kulkarni, Laxmikant Chaware, N. K. Chakradhari, D. K. Sahu and S. K. Pandey

154  Photometric and spectroscopic study of the S0 galaxy, NGC 1266 [Abstract]
      Sheetal Kumar Sahu

154  Analysis of Fermi-LAT data on Mrk-421 during its high state in February 2012 [Abstract]
      Krishna Kumar Singh, A. K. Tickoo and N. Bhatt

155  Investigations of TeV high states of BI Lac object Markarian 421 [Abstract]
      Ramesh Chand Rannot, P. Chandra, K. K. Yadav and R. Koul

155  Compatibility of various EBL models with recent ground-based sub-TeV observations of extragalactic sources [Abstract]
      Krishna Kumar Singh and A. K. Tickoo

156  Long term variability of optical counterparts of X-ray sources in NGC 1399 [Abstract]
      V. Jithesh, K. Jeena, R. Misra, S. Ravindranath, Gulab C. Dewangan, C. D. Ravikumar and B. R. S. Babu

156  Spectral and timing study of Mrk 110 [Abstract]
      Shruti Tripathi, Ranjeev Misra and Shantanu Rastogi

157  VHE gamma-ray observations of Markarian 501 and IES2344+514 with TACTIC during 2009-10 [Abstract]
      Mahendra Kothari, P. Chandra, R.C. Rannot, K. K. Yadav, A. K. Tickoo, K. Chanchalani, K. K. Singh, K. Venugopal, N. K. Agarwal, A. Goyal, H. C. Goyal, S. Kotwal, N. Kumar, P. Marandi, M. Sharma, C. K. Bhat, N. Bhatt, S. Bhatacharya, N. Chouhan, V. K. Dhar, S. R. Kaul, S. K. Koul, M. K. Koul, R. Koul, A. K. Mitra and S. Sahayananathan

157  Mrk 421 in a high TeV emission state during 2010: TACTIC observations [Abstract]
      Ramesh Chand Rannot, P. Chandra, K. K. Yadav, A. K. Tickoo, K. Chanchalani, M. Kothari, K. K. Singh, N. K. Agarwal, A. Goyal, H. C. Goyal, S. Kotwal, N. Kumar, P. Marandi, K. Venugopal, C. K. Bhat, N. Bhatt, S. Bhattacharya, N. Chouhan, V. K. Dhar, S. R. Kaul, S. K. Koul, R. Koul, A. K. Mitra, S. Sahayanathan and M. Sharma

158  Origin of the Soft excess emission from Narrow line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies [Abstract]
      Pramod Karbhari Pawar, G. C. Dewangan and M. K. Patil

158  Investigation of X-ray cavities in the cooling flow cluster galaxies [Abstract]
      Mahadev Baburao Pandge, S. P. Deshmukh, M. K. Patil, R. Srianand, S. K. Pandey and Ajit Kembhavi

159  Study of VHE gamma ray emission from AGN using HAGAR [Abstract]
      Amit Shukla and HAGAR collaboration

159  Multi-wavelength study of TeV Blazar Mrk421 during giant flare [Abstract]
      Amit Shukla and HAGAR collaboration

160  Intracluster medium of a merging cluster Abell 3395 [Abstract]
      Kiran Lakhchaura and K. P. Singh

(D) Instrumentation

161  Gamma/hadron segregation using random forest method for ground based gamma ray telescope TACTIC [Abstract]
      Mradul Sharma, M. K. Koul, S. Bose, J. Nayak, N. Bhatt, S. Bhattacharrya, A. Mitra and Koul

161  Monte Carlo simulations for performance parameters of HAGAR [Abstract]
      Lab Saha and HAGAR collaboration

161  New analysis of Crab nebula and OFF source data at VHE with HAGAR in the Himalayas [Abstract]
      Richard Joseph Britto and HAGAR collaborations

162  Water monitoring at GOALS observatory Mt. Abu from 1999 to 2010 [Abstract]
      Ramesh Chand Rannot, A. H. Goyal, P. Chandra, M. K. Kothari, K. Chanchalani, K. K. Yadav and K. Koul

162  Implementation of disp analysis procedur for the TACTIC telescope[Abstract]
      Ramesh Chand Rannot, K. K. Yadav, K. K. Singh, M. K. Koul, P. Chandra, A. K. Tickoo and R. Koul

163  Simulation studies on GEM Based soft X-ray polarimeter [Abstract]
      Rakhee Kushwah, G. Baishali and V. Radhakrishna

163  Charged particle detection using swept charge devices [Abstract]
      Uma Unnikrishnan, M. Sudhakar, A. Tyagi, M. Bug, V. Radhakrishna and P. S. Athiray

164  Simulation studies for optimizing the trigger field of view of the TACTIC telescope [Abstract]
      Maharaj Krishen Koul, A. K. Tickoo, V. K. Dhar, K. Venugopal, K. Chanchalani, R. C. Rannot, K. K. Yadav, P. Chandra, M. Kothari and R. Koul

164  Simulation of night sky background for HAGAR [Abstract]
      Lab Saha and HAGAR collaboration

165  Thomson X-ray polarimeter for a small satellite mission [Abstract]
      Rishin Puthiya Veetil, Biswajit Paul, M. R. Gopala Krishna, R. Duraichelvan, C. M. Ateequlla, Chandreyee Maitra, G. Rajagopala, H. N. Nagaraja, M. S. Ezhilarasi, P. Sandhya, T. S. Mamatha, Jincy Devasia and Marykutty James

165  A new programmable receiver for the Ooty Radio Telescope [Abstract]
      Girish Seshagiriyappa Bargur, Peeyush Prasad, C. R. Subrahmanya, P. K. Manoharan, D. Nandagopal and S. Dhivya

166  Development of an automated extinction monitor for the NLOT site survey [Abstract]
      Tarun Sharma, Padmakar Parihar, Ravinder Banyal, P. M. M. Kemkar, G. C. Anupama, Eswar Reddy and Sreeramulu Nayaka

166  Performance of the 130-cm optical telescope at Devasthal [Abstract]
      Amitesh Omar

166  Report on VHE Gamma Ray observatories in India [Abstract]
      Varsha Chitnis, on behalf of HiGRO collaboration

167  A report on upcoming observatory of MPCST at Dongla, Ujjain [Abstract]
       Bhupesh Saxena, Padmakar Singh Parihar and Rajesh Sharma

(E) Teaching of Astronomy and Astrophysics

168  Some innovative programmes in Astronomy education [Abstract]
      G. S. D. Babu and S. Sujatha

169  Examples from Astrophysics in undergraduate teaching [Abstract]
      Shantanu Rastogi

169  Astrophysics teaching at Assam University, Silchar [Abstract]
      Himadri Sekhar Das

170  Teaching Astronomy at CUSAT [Abstract]
      V. C. Kuriakose

170  Teaching Astronomy at SRTM University, Nanded [Abstract]
      Madhav Khushalrao Patil

171  Teaching of Astronomy and Astrophysics in University of Delhi and the under-graduate projects in IRC [Abstract]
      T. R. Seshadri


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