IUCAA Centre for Astronomy Research and Development (ICARD) has been established at the Department of Physics , Providence Women’s College, Kozhikode.
The primary functions of the ICARDs are:
- To contribute to development of innovative teaching methods designed for Astronomy.
- To hold frequent workshops/schools/meetings at various levels at the host University/College and at nearby regions.
- To have an active public outreach program for Astronomy.
- To be visiting Centre where nearby Astronomers can visit.
Members
- Dr. Jeena.K , Assistant Professor( Co-ordinator) – email -jeenakarunakaran@gmail.com
- Dr.Sini.R, Assistant Professor – email- rsini2002@gmail.com
- Dr.Aswathy.S -Assistant Professor -email- aswathysahaj@gmail.com
- Ms.Akhila.K – Research Scholar- email –akhilasadanandan@gmail.com
- Ms.Ashna.v.M – Research Scholar- email –ashnasudhakar@gmail.com
- Past Activities
- Workshop on “Multiwavelength Astronomy” sponsored by IUCAA Research Center(IRC), Cochin and IUCAA PUNE from 25-11-2015 to 27-11-2015.
- Public lecture on the ‘Undreamt by Einstein: Discovery of Gravitational waves’ by Ajith Parameswaran(ICTS-Bangalore) on 19th February 2016, sponsored by ICTS-TIFR, Bangalore.
- Workshop on ‘Projects in X-ray astronomy’ sponsored by IUCAA & APT during November 19-20, 2016.
- Mini School on ‘X-ray Astronomy data analysis’, sponsored by IUCAA & APT, from, 22-26 May 2018.
- 5.Mini school on ‘Gravitation and Cosmology’ sponsored by IUCAA, from February 7-10 2019.
- Short term course on ‘Gravitation and Cosmology’ sponsored by TLC, IUCAA from 25- 30 November 2019.
- 7.Seventh Southern Regional Astronomy Meeting, ‘Research in Astronomy:Opportunities and Challenges,’(online platform), sponsored by IUCAA.
Proposed Activities under ICARD for the year 2023
- One day camp in Astronomy for school students (July)
- One day seminar in connection with moon landing day celebrations.(July)
- Short term course for college teachers in Relativistic Mechanics and Astrophysics(August/September)
- One day Workshop on Astro Phototography and post-processing Techniques (August)