IIT Roorkee, ARIES join hands to host 40th meeting of Astronomical Society of India
India Today
IIT Roorkee and Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital have partnered to jointly host the 40th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI).
The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IITR) and Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital have joined hands to jointly host the 40th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) from March 25 to March 29, 2022, at the campus of IIT Roorkee.
The main ASI meeting will run from March 26 to March 29, 2022. The one-day workshops, which have become a regular and popular feature of the ASI meetings, will be held on March 25, 2022.
The meeting will be open to all ASI members, as well as Researchers and Students in Astronomy and Astrophysics or related areas, affiliated to Research Institutions/Universities/Colleges.
The inaugural event was graced by Professor K Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser. Professor K Vijay Raghavan Padma Shri awardee in 2013 is a distinguished professor in the field of developmental genetics and former director of the National Centre of Biological Sciences.
His fields of specialisation are developmental biology, genetics, and neurogenetics.
While stressing the importance of astronomy and astrophysics in a data-driven world, Professor K Vijay Raghavan, PSA, said,
Professor Ajit K Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee, remarked, "IIT Roorkee is happy to welcome delegates of the ASI meeting in association with ARIES Nainital. It will provide a wonderful opportunity for the students and faculty of IIT Roorkee to learn more about the fascinating subject of Astronomy".
