Eighth Meet of Astronomers concluded at MU
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 24 2022:
A three-day conference of the eighth edition of Northeast Meet of Astronomers (NEMA-8) organised from November 21 by Manipur University Physics Department under the aegis of the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune - an autonomous institute of UGC, concluded on Wednesday.
The aim of NEMA-8 conference was to bring together young and motivated students, researchers and college and university teachers of North-East region, working or intending to take up research in the field of Astronomy and Astrophysics and related topics, on a single platform to simulate discussions and collaborations.
MU Physics Department Prof K Yugindro Singh and DM College of Science Physics Department lecturer Dr I Ablu Meitei were respectively convenor and co-convenor of the conference which began with Prof K Yugindro Singh, MU Physics head Prof H Basantakumar Sharma and Mathematics Prof Ng Ibohal (Retired) as chief guest, president and guest of honour respectively.
IUCAA Pune senior professor Ranjeev Mishra attended the conference online.
The NEMA-8 conference had five technical sessions comprising 38 talks delivered by faculty members and research scholars from various institutions of Northeast states.
A wide range of topics covering Planetary Science, Solar Physics, Astronomical Observations and Data Analysis, High-Energy Astrophysics, General Relativity, Astroparticle and Cosmology were deliberated in the conference.
The conference also decided that the next edition of NEMA will held at Mizoram University.
The delegates of the conference included from Indian Institute of Technology (Guwahati), Gauhati University, Tezpur University, Assam University, Mizoram University, Manipur University, Bhattadev University, Assam Don Bosco University, University of Science & Technology (Meghalaya), Science College (Kokrajhar), St Edmund's College (Shillong) and Dhanamanjuri College of Science (Imphal).
NEMA conference is an annual event of IUCAA, Pune since its launch at Tezpur University Department of Physics on October 26, 2015 .