HT Correspondent
TEZPUR, March 6: The department of physics of the Tezpur University organized a workshop on ‘SUIT Science and Data Analysis’ on Wednesday at the university campus in Tezpur on Wednesday.
The workshop was directed towards understanding the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) on board Aditya-L1 and to train scientists and students on using the capabilities of the payload. Aditya L1 is a scientific mission led by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to study the sun and its various aspects.
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Noted scientist, Durgesh Tripathi, specializing in solar physics and A. N. Ramaprakash, specializing in astronomy instrumentation of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune were present on the occasion.
Janmejoy Sarkar, a PhD scholar of the department of physics of Tezpur University and a senior research fellow of IUCAA, Pune, who under the guidance of Tripathi and Ramaprakash had earlier developed IUCAA’s Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope payload on-board Aditya-L1, were also present on the occasion.
Lauding the department of physics, Shambhu Nath Singh, vice chancellor of the university said that the students are extremely fortunate that resource persons who are actually working in this Aditya mission will be sharing their valuable knowledge and experience in the workshop.
“I expect that this workshop related to the Aditya mission, will benefit the participants to a great extent and inspire them to follow in their footsteps,” Singh said.
Speaking on the occasion, Tripathi said that solar physics is a dynamic field of study dedicated to unravelling the mysteries of the sun. The scientists have been trying to study fundamental processes occurring within the sun, such as solar flares, coronal mass ejections, solar wind etc. These phenomena are important as they not only influence the sun’s behavior, but also have profound effects on space weather, impacting communication systems, satellites etc.
Addressing the gathering, Ramaprakash said that the field of astrophysics is on the verge of the next golden age as technological advancements have made it possible to have more data in this field. He said that Mission Aditya and James Webb Space Telescope etc. are allowing scientists more opportunities for orbiting observations and gathering data than ever before.
While delivering the welcome address, Nidhi Saxena Bhattacharyya, head of the department of physics and Gazi Ameen Ahmed, convenor of the local organizing committee urged the students to make maximum use of the excellent facilities of the Tezpur University, especially the computational facilities in particular.
