19–23 Jan 2026
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Research Park
Asia/Kolkata timezone

Scientific Programme

The scientific program will consist of plenary talks and shorter invited talks. In addition, there will be opportunities for young researchers to present their work. Participation in the conference is by invitation only. If you are interested in participating please write to us at the contact email address provided.

  • Chandrasekhar Lecture

    Joesph Silk (Institut d’ Astrophysique de Paris, France)

  • Plenary speakers

    Ivan Agullo (Louisiana State University, USA)
    Mustafa Amin (Rice University, USA)
    Nicola Bartolo (University of Padova, Italy)
    Matteo Braglia (CERN, Geneva)
    Tirthankar Roy Choudhury (National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune)
    Jinn-Ouk Gong (Ewha Womans University, South Korea)
    Rajeev Jain (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)
    Jerome Martin (Institut d’ Astrophysique de Paris, France)
    Suvodip Mukherjee (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
    Sergio Palomares-Ruiz (IFIC, Valencia)
    Gianmassimo Tasinato (Swansea University, UK)

  • Invited speakers (short talks)

    Suddhasattwa Brahma (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata)
    Debika Chowdhury (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru)
    Suratna Das (Ashoka University, Haryana)
    Koushik Dutta (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata)
    Mayukh R. Gangopadhyay (VIT, Chennai)
    Diptimoy Ghosh (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune)
    Tathagata Ghosh (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj)
    Rishi Khatri (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
    Debaprasad Maity (Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati)
    Patrick Peter (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris - CNRS)
    Mayuri Rao (Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru)
    Anjan Sen (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi)
    Ramkishor Sharma (University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad)
    Ivonne Zavala (Swansea University, UK)

  • Invited speakers (brief talks)

    Samsuzzaman Afroz (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
    Khursid Alam (Ashoka University, Haryana)
    Arko Bhaumik (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata)
    Nilanjandev Bhaumik (ICTP, Asia Pacific)
    Suprita Bhowmick (IISER, Pune)
    Ayan Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)
    Dibya Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
    Debabrata Chandra (IMSc, Chennai)
    Bihag Dave (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
    Alipriyo Hoory (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
    Roshna K. (National Institute of Technology, Karnataka)
    Kousik Loho (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj)
    Subashis Maiti (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)
    Suvashis Maity (IISER, Pune)
    Ameek Malhotra (Swansea University, UK)
    Sudip Manna (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj)
    Purba Mukherjee (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, South Korea)
    Debottam Nandi (VIT, Chennai)
    Arnab Paul (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
    Rathul Nath Raveendran (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)
    Priyanka Saha (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
    Jishnu Sai (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)
    Rahul Shah (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata)

  • Scientific organizing committee

    Fabio Finelli (INAF OAS, Bologna)
    Dhiraj Hazra (IMSc, Chennai)
    Raghuveer Garani (IITM, Chennai)
    Laura Lopez-Honorez (ULB, Brussels)
    L. Sriramkumar (IITM, Chennai)
    Vincent Vennin (LPENS, Paris)

  • Local organizing committee

    Harihara Biswanath (IITM, Chennai)
    Dibya Chakraborty (IITM, Chennai)
    Raghuveer Garani (IITM, Chennai)
    Alipriyo Hooray (IITM, Chennai)
    L. Sriramkumar (IITM, Chennai)
    Qazi Musharaf (IITM, Chennai)
    Arnab Paul (IITM, Chennai)
    Pravin Samuel (IITM, Chennai)
    Sri Vathsav (IITM, Chennai)