When are the talks?

The talks will take place once every 3 weeks. We are generally planning for the talks to be at 09:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), every third Wednesday, beginning on October 14, 2026. Here is the calendar. To attend the talks, you are required to register. 

Motivation

Talks are useful for learning about others' work, sharing our own work, and forming connections with other researchers. Online seminars are relatively easy to organize compared to in-person meetings and are low-risk, high-reward. We particularly had in mind researchers with less funding or fewer opportunities to travel and meet researchers in the field, but we are hoping for participation from the community at large.

Organizers

We are a team of astro people working in India -- four faculty members and two PhD students. We specialize in topics that include magnetism of star-forming galaxies, radio galaxies and galaxy clusters, and we are a mix of theorists and observers. Our contact information is provided here. 

Speakers

The talks will be by invitation. We will focus on inviting early-career researchers who have recently published quality work that we feel will be of general interest to the community. Occasionally, we will also have talks by mid-career and senior researchers. 

How to attend

Those who are registered will receive a Google Meet link via email one day before the talk.

Format

One ~45-minute talk followed by ~15 minutes of questions and up to 30 minutes of discussion.

Finally, we request you to spread the word by telling your colleagues and students about this series. We hope to see you all virtually at the first talk!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Background image credit: A. S. Borlaff et al 2023