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Time Title Speaker Chair
27-10-2025
09:15 - 09:45 AM Workshop registration
09:45 - 10:00 AM Opening session and Director's remarks Director ARIES Dr. Saurabh Sharma
10:00 - 11:00 AM Session 1 Dr. Jeewan C. Pandey
10:00 - 10:30 AM General description of the 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) and Devasthal Observatory Dr. Saurabh Sharma
10:30 - 11:00 AM Role of Active Optics Technology in producing sharp images for the 3.6m DOT Dr. Brijesh Kumar
11:00 - 11:30 AM High tea
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM Session 2 Dr. Brijesh Kumar
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM High Energy Transients - Gamma Ray Bursts and Supernovae with the 3.6m DOT Dr. Kuntal Mishra
12:00 - 12:30 PM Quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) and Changing Look AGN using DOT Dr. Alok Gupta
12:30 - 01:00 PM Linking the DOTs: Exploring the Central Engine of AGN with the 3.6m DOT Dr. Suvendu Rakshit
01:00 - 02:00 PM Lunch
02:00 - 05:30 PM Hands-on session Mr. Jincen Jose
02:00 - 02:30 PM Introduction and observation procedure for SPIM and TIRCAM2 Dr. Geeta Rangwal, Mr. Ashish Devaraj
02:30 - 05:30 PM Optical/infrared Imaging with SPIM and TIRCAM2 Mr. Rishi C, Mr. Tarak Chand
07:30 - 08:30 PM Dinner
28-10-2025
10:00 - 11:00 AM Session 1 Dr. Neelam Panwar
10:00 - 10:30 AM Writing a successful observing proposal for DOT Dr. Brijesh Kumar
10:30 - 11:00 AM Investigating stellar variability from DOT Dr. Santosh Joshi
11:00 - 11:30 AM High tea
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM Session 2 Dr. Brijesh Kumar
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Study of exoplanets using DOT Dr. Yogesh Joshi
12:00 - 12:30 PM Deep Imaging using DOT Dr. Neelam Panwar
12:30 - 01:00 PM Tracing the Milky Way’s stellar chemistry with DOT Dr. Govind Nandakumar
01:00 - 02:00 PM Lunch
02:00 - 05:30 PM Hands-on session Mr. Ashish Devaraj
02:00 - 02:30 PM Introduction and observation procedure for ADFOSC Dr. Geeta Rangwal
02:30 - 05:30 PM Optical Spectroscopy using ADFOSC Mr. Jincen Jose, Mr. Tarak Chand,
Mr. Rishi C., Mr. Srinivas M. Rao
07:30 - 08:30 PM Director's dinner
29-10-2025
10:00 - 11:00 AM Session 1 Dr. Brijesh Kumar
10:00 - 10:30 AM DOT future instruments: DOT High-Resolution Spectrograph Dr. Jeewan C. Pandey
10:30 - 11:00 AM DOT future instruments: TIFR-ARIES Multi-Object Optical Near-IR Spectrograph Dr. Saurabh Sharma
11:00 - 11:30 AM Tea
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM Session 2 Dr. Kuntal Mishra
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Variability studies in star clusters Dr. Snehlata
12:00 - 12:30 PM High Resolution Imaging using optical Interferometry Dr. Km Nitu Rai
12:30 - 01:00 PM Spectroscopic survey of Young Stellar Objects Mr. Tarak Chand
01:00 - 02:00 PM Lunch
02:00 - 05:30 PM Hands-on session Dr. Geeta Rangwal
02:00 - 02:30 PM Introduction and observation procedure for TANSPEC Mr. Ashish Devaraj
02:30 - 05:30 PM Spectroscopy with TANSPEC Mr. Tarak Chand, Mr. Rishi C,
Mr. Jincen Jose
07:30 - 08:30 PM Dinner
30-10-2025
09:00 AM Departure from ARIES Manora campus to Devasthal campus
01:30 - 02:30 PM Lunch
02:30 - 03:30 PM Conducting observations using DOT Dr. Geeta Rangwal Dr. Saurabh Sharma
03:30 - 04:00 PM Tea
04:00 - 05:30 PM Visit to the DOT facility Mr. Ashish Devaraj, Dr. Geeta Rangwal
05:30 - 07:30 PM Observation session Mr. Ashish Devaraj, Dr. Geeta Rangwal,
and DOT staff
07:30 - 08:30 PM Star gazing session Mr. Tarak Chand, Mr. Rishi C,
Mr. Jincen Jose, and DOT staff
08:30 - 09:30 PM Dinner
31-10-2025
08:30 - 09:30 AM Breakfast
09:30 - 10:30 AM Concluding session and discussion Dr. Jeewan C. Pandey Dr. Saurabh Sharma