08:30 - 09:15
Registration
09:15 - 09:30
Inauguration
Special Session: Ten years of AstroSat - Making, Realization, Challenges & Way Forward AND Scientific Findings & Impact
Session Chair: S. Seetha
09:30 - 09:45
A. R. Rao
CZTI: Realization, Technical Challenges, Lesson Learned and Way Forward…
09:45 - 10.00
Santosh Vadawale
Polarization Results with AstroSat/CZTI
10:00 - 10:15
Shyam Narayan Tandon
UVIT: Realization, Technical Challenges, Lesson Learned and Way Forward…
10:15 - 10:30
Kulinder Pal Singh
SXT: Realization, Technical Challenges, Lesson Learned and Way Forward…
10:30 - 10:45
Gulab Dewangan
AGN Studies with AstroSat/UVIT/SXT
10:45 - 11:15
Tea Break & Poster Viewing
Special Session: Ten years of AstroSat - Making, Realization, Challenges & Way Forward AND Scientific Findings & Impact
Session Chair: A. R. Rao
11:15 - 11:30
J S Yadav
LAXPC: Realization, Technical Challenges, Lesson Learned and Way Forward…
11:30 - 11:45
Sudip Bhattacharyya
NS (LMXB & HMXB) Studies with AstroSat/SXT/LAXPC
11:45 - 12:00
Anuj Nandi
BH Studies with AstroSat/SXT/LAXPC
12:00 - 12:15
S. Seetha
SSM: Realization, Technical Challenges, Lesson Learned and Way Forward…
12:15 - 12:30
M. C. Ramadevi
X-ray Transient Studies with AstroSat/SSM
Discussion & Conference Photograph
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
Session-1: Accretion/Ejection around Compact Objects (BH, NS, WD)
Session Chair: Santabrata Das
14:00 - 14:20
Indranil Chattopadhyay
Accretion onto compact objects
14:20 - 14:35
Sudip K Garain
Simulations of Advective, Constant Angular Momentum Accretion Tori around Black Holes
14:35 - 14:50
Md Ramiz Aktar
Simulation of global resistive MHD accretion flows around spinning AGNs: the impact of resistivity on the MAD state
14:50 - 15:05
Sreehari Harikesh
Extreme lensing induced X-ray correlations: Estimation of black hole parameters
15:05 - 15:20
Koushik Chatterjee
Unraveling Neutron Star Transients: Insights from High-Resolution GRMHD Simulations
15:20 - 15:30
Akhil Uniyal
Testing the theory of gravity with the GRMHD simulation and black hole Imaging
15:30 - 16:15
Discussion, Tea Break & Poster Viewing
Session Chair: Anuj Nandi
16:15 - 16:30
Rajiv Kumar
Three-component accretion flows around black holes and implications
16:30 - 16:45
Shubhrangshu Ghosh
A unified scenario of black hole X-ray binary states with jets
16:45 - 17:00
Soumen Mondal
Probing the accretion disk with the gravitational wave.
17:00 - 17:15
Arpan Krishna Mitra
Pion production in accretion disks around rotating BH
17:15 - 17:25
Camelia Jana
Estimation of mass outflow rate from a magnetized accretion disk around rotating black holes with thermal conduction
17:25 - 17:35
Sanjit Debnath
Oscillating advective accretion discs: structure and dynamical properties from the hydrodynamic simulations
17:35 - 17:45
Amit Kumar
Study of Neutrino dominated accretion flow (NDAF) around a rotating black hole (BH)
17:45 - 17:55
Priyesh Kumar Tripathi
Disk Formation around Black Holes via Stream Accretion
Special Session: One year of XPoSat – Realization, Challenges & First Results
Session Chair: M. C. Ramadevi
09:15 - 09:30
Ketan Rikame
POLIX: Medium energy X-ray Polarimeter
09:30 - 09:45
Radhakrishna V
XSPECT: Soft X-ray Spectrometer
09:45 - 10:00
Rwitika Chatterjee
On-board calibration and first science results on Neutron star sources observed by XSPECT
Session-2: Observational Imprints of Compact Objects (BH, NS, WD)
10:00 - 10:20
Aru Beri
A Holistic View of Accreting Compact Objects
10:20 - 10:35
Nafisa Aftab
ECLIPSE DOES NOT HIDE, BUT REVEALS: Comprehensive X-ray Reprocessing Studies in High and Low Mass X-ray Binaries with XMM-Newton
10:35 - 11:15
Discussion, Tea Break & Poster Viewing
Session-2: Observational Imprints of Compact Objects (BH, NS, WD)
Session Chair: Sudip Bhattacharyya
11:15 - 11:30
K Sriram
X-ray studies of cross-correlation function and its link to radio emission in Sco X-1
11:30 - 11:45
Sayantan Bhattacharya
Challenging the disk instability model: long outbursts from neutron star low-mass X-ray binaries
11:45 - 12:00
Biplob Sarkar
X-Ray Spectro-Temporal Analysis of the LMXB 4U 1608-52: Insights from AstroSat and NICER Observations
12:00 - 12:15
Rahul Sharma
Quasi-periodic variability in X-ray Pulsars
12:15 - 12:30
Chetana Jain
Understanding the orbital dynamics of X-ray binaries with AstroSat
12:30 - 12:40
Abhisek Tamang
Unveiling the structures of Stellar Wind in X-ray Binaries using MAXI/GSC
12:40 - 12:50
Ajith Balu
Studying the X-ray absorption characteristics of Centaurus X-3 using nearly 14 years of MAXI/GSC data
12:50 - 13:00
Kinjal Roy
Iron fluorescence line as a tracer of reprocessing environment
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
Session-3: Observational Imprints of Compact Objects (BH, NS, WD)
Session Chair: Aru Beri
14:00 - 14:15
Mayukh Pahari
Long-term X-ray outbursts studies of 42 transient low mass X-ray binaries using MAXI and Swift/BAT: Black Hole-Neutron Star distinction
14:15 - 14:30
Broja G Dutta
The Origin of Hard/Soft Lags in Galactic BHBs and AGN: Implications for Accretion Disk Dynamics
14:30 - 14:45
Sudeb Ranjan Datta
Investigating the consistency of the shape and flux of X-ray reflection spectra in the hard state with an accretion disk reaching close to the black hole
14:45 - 15:00
Swadesh Chand
AstroSat View of the Accretion Geometry of GX 339-4 in the Hard State
15:00 - 15:15
Geethu Prabhakar
X-ray Analysis of 4U 1755−338's Re-emergence After 25 Years.
15:15 - 15:25
Ruchika Dhaka
Exploring the Hard-to-Soft State Transition in GX 339–4: Insights from Multi-Instrument Observations with NuSTAR, NICER, and Insight–HXMT
15:25 - 15:35
Biki Ram
Exploring Disk-Corona Dynamics in Black Hole X-ray Binaries through a comprehensive study of variability and QPO characteristics using AstroSat
15:35 - 16:15
Discussion, Tea Break & Poster Viewing
Session Chair: Bhargav Vaidya
16:15 - 16:30
Prajjwal Majumder
On the Origin of HFQPOs of GRS 1915+105 during ‘Soft’ States: A Multi-mission approach
16:30 - 16:40
Kewal Anand
AstroSat’s Detection of QPO triplets: Contraining the neutron star parameters in 4U 1728-34
16:40 - 16:50
Aromal P
Investigation of burst and eclipse behavior of the neutron star LMXB EXO 0748-676 during its 2024 outburst
16:50 - 17:00
Shyam Prakash V P
AstroSat view of the neutron star low mass X-ray binary GX 5-1
17:00 - 17:10
Sreetama Das Choudhury
Disk-Jet coupling in Galactic Black Hole X-ray Binaries: Disk Dynamics and Jet Velocity
17:10 - 17:20
Pragati Sahu
2017 Outburst of H 1743–322: AstroSat and Swift View
19:30 - 20:30
Special Dinner
Session-4: Observational Imprints of Compact Objects (BH, NS, WD)
Session Chair: Santosh Vadawale
09:15 - 09:35
Nagendra Kumar
Plane Polarization in Comptonization process : a Monte Carlo study
09:35 - 09:50
Ankur Kushwaha
The polarimetric properties of black holes in X-ray binaries
09:50 - 10:05
Akash Garg
Soft Spectro-polarimetry of X-ray Binaries LMC X-3 and Her X-1: IXPE Insights
10:05 - 10:15
Vishal Jadoliya
Decoding the X-ray Polarization in the Z-source GX 340+0 : Spectral Component Origins and Radio Constraints
10:15 - 10:25
Akash agarwal
X-ray study of complex absorption and reflection in the intermediate polar FO Aqr
10:25 - 10:35
Shatakshi Chamoli
The Enigmatic Reccurent Nova: M31N 2017-01e
10:35 - 11:00
Tea Break & Poster Viewing
Session Chair: Indranil Chattopadhyay
11:00 - 11:15
Tanuman Ghosh
Unveiling NGC 470 HLX-1: A Neutron Star in an HLX?
11:15 - 11:30
Seshadri Majumder
Unveiling the disc-corona-wind driven accretion scenarios of BH-ULXs with XMM-Newton Observations
11:30 - 11:40
Aman Upadhyay
Spectral variability in M74 ULX-1
11:40 - 11:50
Zenia Zuraiq
Simulating magnetized white dwarfs by time evolution: Chandrasekhar limit and beyond
Session-5: Observational Imprints around AGN
Session Chair: Amit Shukla
12:00 - 12:20
Debbijoy Bhattacharya
Aligned and misaligned AGNs: Results from recent studies and implication on the AGN unification model
12:20 - 12:30
Shivangi pandey
Geometric distances to the super massive black hole in AGNs using Spectroastrometry and Reverberation mapping.
12:30 - 12:40
Harshita Bhuyan
A lepto-hadronic multi-zone framework for AGN jets
12:40 - 12:50
Avinash Kumar Paladi
Tick-Tock: a supermassive black hole binary?
12:50 - 13:00
Gunjan Tomar
High-Energy Emissions from Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break
Session Chair: Deepika Bollimpalli
14:00 - 14:15
Arghajit Jana
Probing the Origin of Millimeter Emission in Radio-Quiet Changing-look AGNs
14:15 - 14:30
Debjit Chatterjee
X-Ray Study of Evolving Accretion Properties in NGC 7314
14:30 - 14:40
Kavita Kumari
Probing the Structure of NGC 6814: Spectral and Timing Studies in a Lamp–Post Geometry Framework
14:40 - 14:55
Vivek Kumar Jha
Probing the Drivers of Optical Variability in Active Galactic Nuclei
14:55 - 15:05
Chandan Kumar Das
A numerical study of magnetic reconnection for Blazar variability
15:05 - 15:20
Krishan Chand
Intranight optical monitoring of the rare quasar J0950+5128, the brightest known candidate for transition from radio-quiet to radio-loud state
15:30 - 16:30
Discussion, End of the Meeting and Tea Break