Tentative Schedule
19 Feb, Tuesday
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11:00: Opening Ceremony
11:15: Opening Address: Shantanu Basu- The Joy of Astronomy
11:30: Inaugural Talk: BG Sidharth- Perspectives in Modern Cosmology
12:00: Chair Talk
12:30: Lunch
14:00: Shantanu Basu (Western) – The Interstellar Medium and Star Formation
16:00: Tea Break
16:30: Mousumi Das (IIA) – Extragalactic Star Formation
18:30: Discussion on cross-cultural dialogue. Introduction: Martin Zinke-Allmang (Western)
20:30: End of Sessions
​20 Feb, Wednesday
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(at TIFR National Balloon Facility)
10:00: Welcome address and talk by Prof. D. K. Ojha (Chairperson, TIFR Balloon Facility Committee, Hyderabad)
11:00: Tea Break
11:30: Lab Visits
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A brief information on different kinds of balloons design and fabrication at Balloon Facility, balloon control instrumentation (TM/TC) and payload test facilities.
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A high-altitude balloon launch video in the control room.
13:00: Lunch
14:00: Kytoon hoisting and meteorological observations
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Kytoon hoisting with GPS Radiosonde to collect real-time climate data up to 100 m.
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A live demonstration of the functioning of various sensors for meteorological observations.
16:00: Tea break, including interaction and discussions
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21 Feb, Thursday
09:00: Kengo Tomida (Osaka) – Hands-on simulations with Athena++
10:30: Tea Break
11:00: Athena++ session (continued)
12:30: Lunch
14:00: Athena++ session (continued)
15:30: Tea Break
16:00: Gregg Wade (RMC) – Stellar Magnetism
18:00: End of Sessions
19:00: Sky Theater Concert- “Into the Starry Night”
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22 Feb, Friday
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09:00: Kengo Tomida (Osaka) – Hands on simulations with Athena++
10:30: Tea Break
11:00: Athena++ session (continued)
12:30: Lunch
14:00: Sree Ram Valluri (Western) – Brown Dwarfs
15:30: Tea Break
16:00: Sayantan Auddy (ASIAA) – Molecular Cloud Observation and Simulation
16:30: Discussion Session: Introduction: Pranav Sharma -The Scientific Method
17:30: End of Sessions
19:00: Conference Banquet (Nizam Club)
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23 Feb, Saturday
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09:00: Ajith Parameswaran (ICTS) - Gravitational-wave data analysis with open LIGO data
10:30: Tea Break
11:00: GW analysis (continued)
12:30: Lunch
14:00: End of Winter School