Anupamaa Rampur
Edinburgh, UK (Organized by SPIE)
26 June – 1 July 2016
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
I was awarded a Travel Scholarship in 2015 by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. In June 2016 I utilized the scholarship to attend the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2016 conference in Edinburgh, UK. It was a combination of Plenary talks, Oral and Poster presentations on various topics like Space Telescopes and Instrumentation, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging, Adaptive Optics Systems and many more.
Theme Meeting on UltraFast Science(UFS – 2014)
Manipal University, Manipal, India (Organized by Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics)
30 October - 1 November 2014
Manipal, Karnatka, India
Theme meeting on ultrafast science (UFS - 2014) was organized by Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal university, India. Scientific sessions were included with talks by experts and young researchers and poster presentations. The topics of interests were Development of ultrafast sources, Photonics, Ultrafast dynamics in chemical and biophysical processes, High field physics and its Applications
RAC, Ooty, India (Organized by IUCAA, NCRA and TIFR )
14 - 17 July 2014
24 - 27 October 2014
Radio Astronomy Centre, Ooty, India
Pulsar Observatory for Students 2014 was a follow-up program to RAWSC. It was held at the Radio Astronomy Centre, Ooty. It was organised by National Centre for Radio Astrophysics(NCRA) under Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(TIFR). There were a series of lectures on radio astronomy and pulsars. My work included collecting data for real pulsars using the ORT and analyzing it to determine the pulsar parameters such as Dispersion Measure, Period, Modulation Index and Pulse Broadening due to interstellar scattering. I took data of PSR 1946+35 and studied the above mentioned properties.
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12 – 27 May 2014
Goa University, Goa, India
During the 15 day course, lectures were covered on Mechanics, Heat, Electricity (DC and AC), Magnetism, Phase transitions and Non-linear dynamics. With the help of low cost kits, hands on experiments were conducted and results were analysed using Origin. Thermo emf of Fe-Cu thermocouple, Thermal Diffusivity, TCR of copper and Band gap of silicon and Young's Modulus and Rigidity Modulus experiments gave an insight knowledge about heat and mechanics. Feigenbaum circuit and chua’s circuit for non-linear dynamics. Electronics were covered by Passive filters and AC Bridges.
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17 – 27 December 2013
Radio Physics Laboratory (RPL),
IUCAA and NCRA-TIFR
Pune, India
Pune, India (Organized by IUCAA, NCRA and TIFR )
Radio Astronomy Winter School for College and University Students is jointly conducted by NCRA-TIFR and IUCAA. It was a 10 day workshop with a series of lectures and hands-on experiments. Lectures were on variety of topics including radio astronomy, instrumentation, gravitational waves and pulsars. In the hands-on, experiment session characterization of radio antenna, observations of the Sun and the 21-cm Hydrogen line in the Milky Way with a 4-m radio telescope at the Radio Physics Laboratory (RPL), was carried out. We also visited a Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) operated by NCRA. With a group of 5 members we assembled an Affordable small radio Telescope(ASRT) and tracked sun and geo-stationary satellites. We also presented a poster titled “Cosmic magnetism”.
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Bangalore, India(Organized by M.P.Birla Institute of Fundamental Research)
27 July – 07 December 2013
M.P.Birla Institute of Fundamental Research
Bangalore, India
I attended a 100 hour certificate course in Astronomy and Astrophysics from M.P.Birla Institute of Fundamental Research which is a 6 months weekend classes. Lectures were conducted on astronomical & astrophysical concepts, astronomical telescopes and focal plane instruments followed by practical sessions. I completed a dissertation on Auroras-The northern lights and this work helped me understand the amazing light matter interaction in the upper atmosphere. We visited Vainu bappu Observatory and Gauribidanur Radio Observatory.