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The Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI) is a multi-institutional Center of Excellence hosted by the Indian Institute of Science
Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata and has been established through funding from the Ministry of Human Resource Development. CESSI aims to
explore the Sun’s activity, generate the understanding necessary for space weather forecasting, hunt for gravitational waves, support national
space science initiatives, participate in international capacity building activities and pursue public-private partnerships in space science
research. The Center will take advantage of high-performance computing facilities, cloud computing and the high-speed National Knowledge
Network grid to achieve its goals.
CESSI faculty are drawn from IISER Kolkata, IISER Pune, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Bangalore), Udaipur Solar Observatory-Physical Research
Laboratory (Udaipur) and the Indian Space Research Organization (Bangalore), have wide-ranging interests in the astrophysical space sciences,
and have the experience of handling international and national space science projects.
Since its inception CESSI has already contributed to major developments in astrophysics and space sciences. Notably, CESSI personnel are associated
with the recently approved Aditya-L1 mission - India's first space mission to study the Sun. CESSI personnel contributed to the first direct detection of
astrophysical gravitational waves from a binary Black Hole merger system and are involved with the LIGO-India mega project which aims to deploy a third
gravitational wave detector in India to supplement the observations from the two detectors in the United States of America. CESSI affiliated personnel
have also been involved with the planning and installation of India's most advanced ground-based solar telescope - the Multi-Aperture Solar Telescope at
Udaipur Solar Observatory (Physical Research Laboratory) which has been operating since 2015. CESSI faculty are also playing important roles in national
and international capacity building through their roles in working groups and committees at the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Committee on
Space Research (COSPAR), Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP), Astronomical Society of India (ASI) and the Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO).
Important Links |
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| CESSI Archive | ................................................ | List of selected Candidates for PhD program of CESSI 2015 |
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| CESSI Intranet | ................................................ | List of selected Candidates for PhD program of CESSI for Autumn 2014 |
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| CESSI - Picture Gallery | ................................................ | Seminar and Colloquium |