28th June 2011 – DAY 1

TIME TALK TITLE SPEAKER
9:00 – 9:30 Registration at the venue
9:30 – 9:45 Inauguration Prof. H.C. Bhatt
SESSION : Low mass star-formation (Chair: Ram Sagar)
9:45 – 10:30 The outburst and nature of young eruptive low mass stars in the dark clouds Devendra Ojha
10:30 – 10:45 TEA
10:45 – 11:15 Optical polarimetry: Tracing the magnetic field in Bok Globules Maheswar Gopinathan
11:15 – 12:00 New Observations of the Earliest Phases of Low-Mass Star Formation in Nearby Molecular Clouds. James di'Francesco
12:00 – 12:30 Magnetic fields in Bok Globules Asoke Sen
12:30 – 13:00 Flamingos near-infrared study of the Serpens cloud Priya Hasan
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
SESSION: Star-forming regions and protostellar disks ( Chair: James di'Francesco)
14:00 – 14:45 The Potential to Form Planets in the Orion Nebula Rita Mann
14:45 – 15:15 Exploring Disk Accretion Process in PMS Stars using Low Resolution optical spectrum Padmakar Parihar
15:15 – 15:30 TEA
15:30 – 16:15 Disk dispersal and photo-evaporation Uma Gorti
16:15 – 17:00 Emission & Absorption line studies of star forming regions: Results from Herschel Bhaswati Mookerjea
Conference Photograph
17:30 – 18:00 HIGH TEA
18:00 – 19:00 EVENING LECTURE: Disks and jets in young stars: observations and unsolved problems Deirdre Coffey

29th June 2011 – DAY 2

TIME TALK TITLE SPEAKER
SESSION: Triggered Star-formation (Chair: Chair: Devendra Ojha)
9:30 – 10:15 Massive star formation & highlights of the Herschel imaging survey of OB Young Stellar objects (HOBYS)

 Cassandra Fallscheer
10:15 – 10:45 Star formation in and around bright-rimmed clouds Neelam Chauhan
10:45 – 11:00 TEA
11:00 – 11:45

 The contagion of star-formation: Its Origin

 Sumedh Anathpindika
11:45 – 12:15

 The mid-infrared bubble Sh2-90: A possible site of triggered star formation ?

 Manash Samal
12:15 – 12:45

 Supernovae driven star-formation

Firoza Sutaria
12:45 – 14:00 LUNCH
SESSION: Young stellar objects and Jets ( Chair: Uma Gorti)
14:00 – 14:45 Star formation in and around young star clusters associated with H II regions Anil Pandey
14:45 – 15:15 Young stellar population in the star forming region Sh2-252 Jessy Jose
15:15 – 15:30 TEA
15:30- 16:15

The enigma of jets and outflows from young stars Dierdre Coffey
16:15– 16:45

 Young Stellar Objects and their Environment

 Rumpa Choudhury
16:45– 17:15

 Short presentation of poster papers (5min each)

 

30th June 2011 – DAY 3

TIME TALK TITLE SPEAKER
SESSION: Star Clusters ( Chair: Anil Pandey)
9:30 – 10:15

 Mass function of young star clusters in our galaxy and nearby local group of galaxies

 Ram Sagar
10:15 – 10:45

 Duration of star formation in young open clusters

 Bhavya B.
10:45 – 11:00 TEA
11:00 – 11:30 Gas dynamical friction on protostellar clumps and open clusters K. Indulekha
SESSION: Extra Galactic Star-formation ( H. C. Bhatt)
11:30 – 12:15 Extragalactic Star Formation Rate: Estimates at different wavelengths Prabhu T. P.
12:15 – 12:45 Recent star formation in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds Indu.G.
12:45 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 14:45 Origin of low star formation rate in LSB galaxies Chanda Jog
14:45 – 15:30 Star formation in circum nuclear starburst rings Swara Ravindranath
15:30 – 15:45 TEA
15:45 – 16:15 Star formation in bulgeless galaxies Mousumi Das
16:15 – 16:45 Star formation in BCD galaxies Ramya. S.

01st July 2011 – DAY 4

TIME TALK TITLE SPEAKER
Future Indian Astronomy Facilities: (Chair: T.P. Prabhu)
9:30 – 10:15 Upcoming Indian facility: UVIT on Astrosat Annapurni Subramaniam
10:15 – 11:00 India's Participation in Thirty-Metre Telescope Eswar Reddy
11:00 – 11:15 TEA
11:15 – 12:00 130cm and 360cm Optical telescopes at Devasthal, Nainital Ram Sagar
12:00 – 12:20 Imaging Polarimeter on 1.3m telescope Gajendra Pandey
12:20 – 12:45 SUMMARY AND VALEDICTION Harish Bhatt
LUNCH AND DISPERSE