Venue & Date : Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore November 23 - 24, 2007

Schedule

November 23rd

INAUGURAL SESSION   (0930 - 1030 hrs)
   Welcome
 S. S. Hasan
   Inauguration
 S. M. Chitre
   Gamma ray astronomy as a probe of high energy Universe
 P. Bhattacharjee
   Vote of Thanks P. R. Vishwanath
         Tea Break   (1030 - 1100 hrs)

Topic
 Speaker
GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY - I   (1100 - 1300 hrs)
   VHE gamma ray astronomy in India R. Koul
   From EGRET to GLAST P. Sreekumar
   The new gamma ray sources R. C. Rannot
   Probability of probing new physics in gamma ray observations C. Sivaram
Lunch Break   (1300 - 1415 hrs)
NEW EXPERIMENTS AND TECHNIQUES - I   (1415 - 1615 hrs)
   Sites for multi-wavelength astronomy in Ladakh T. P. Prabhu
   HAGAR experiment B. S. Acharya
   MACE experiment A. K. Tickoo
   Design features and implementation of the HAGAR array R. Srinivasan
Tea Break   (1615 - 1645 hrs)
POSTER VIEWING SESSION AND INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS   (1645 - 1745 hrs)

November 24th

Topic
 Speaker
GAMMA RAY ASTRONOMY - II   (0915 - 1115 hrs)
   Gamma Ray Bursts and their Afterglows D. Bhattacharya
   Supernovae G. C. Anupama
   UHE gamma ray astronomy S. K. Gupta
   Multiwavelength observations: The only way to understand AGNs K. S. Baliyan
Tea Break   (11:15 - 11:30 hrs)
HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICS   (1130 - 1300 hrs)
   Neutrino astrophysics B. S. Acharya
   High Energy Cosmic Rays K. Boruah
   X-ray Astronomy B. Paul
Lunch Break   (1300 - 1415 hrs)
NEW EXPERIMENTS AND TECHNIQUES - II   (1415 - 1545 hrs)
   Simulations for the HAGAR experiment V. Chitnis
   Neutron stars from HEXTE to HESS - Exploring HAGAR's potential F. K. Sutaria
   Simulations for the MACE experiment S. Thuodam
Tea Break   (1545 - 1600 hrs)
DISCUSSION SESSION   (1600 - 1645 hrs)
INTERACTION WITH STUDENTS   (1700 - 1745 hrs)