| 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 |