Thursday, September 22, 2011

Radio Astronomy Winter School at RPL, Pune


Radio Astronomy Winter School at RPL, Pune
The 4th Radio Astronomy Winter School for College & University Students (RAWSE-2011) will be held at Radio Physics Laboratory (RPL), a joint initiative of inter-university centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA) and National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), during December 26, 2011 - January 2012 at Pune.
WHO CAN APPLY: Under Graduate and Graduate students in Science (those enrolled in B.Sc or M.Sc Physics/Electronics/Astronomy) and Engineering (BE/B.Tech). Bright and highly motivated high school/junior college students, involved in amateur astronomy are also encouraged to apply.
HOW TO APPLY: There are TWO steps in the application procedure. Candidates must first register by entering their name and e-mail address in the appropriate registration boxes at http://wm.ncra.tifr.res.in:8080/RAWS2011/candidate/ApplyOnline.ncra.
An Online ID number and a password will then be automatically sent to the candidates e-mail address; these must both be entered in order to fill out the Online Application Form. The Application Form also requires the names and e-mail addresses of two referees. When the form is submitted, e-mails will be automatically sent to the two referees requesting them to fill and submit the online Confidential Assessment Form.
The candidates should inform their referees about the Confidential Assessment Form. Note that each applicant must submit his/her Application Form before the referee fills the Confidential Assessment Form. Based on the applications and referee assessments, a subset of the candidates will be short-listed and invited for attending the Radio Astronomy Winter School.
Last date to apply online is Monday, 10 October 2011
For further details, visit http://wm.ncra.tifr.res.in

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