The list of selected candidates for RASS-2025 is available here.

The selected students are requested to wait for an email from the organizers with detailed instructions on how to proceed. The letter will be sent in a few working days. However, if any selected candidate is not willing to participate in RASS-2025 anymore, kindly email us by 6th March 2025. 

The RASS lectures will be live streamed at the official RRI YouTube Channel.

Special note: Due to technical reasons, we will not be able to live stream lectures L6, L7, and L8 (lectures on 21st May). The recorded version of the lectures will be uploaded by the same evening. 

About:

RASS is a recurring summer school and internship program to be held at Raman Research Institute, one of the premier research institutes in India. It is a fully funded 2-week workshop intermingled with an 8-week research internship program intended for undergraduate students. The program is designed to engage bright and motivated undergraduate and master’s students in research in astronomy and astrophysics. The school will offer two key components: a series of introductory lectures by experts, aimed at providing students with a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts in the field, and a research project to give them an experience with astronomy-related research. 

Eligibility: Students who have completed (or will complete) at least 2 years (4 semesters) of their bachelors program (BTech/BE/BS/BSc) by May 2025, and have not yet started their MS/MSc/Mtech thesis work. Students in their first year of MS/MSc/MTech are eligible to apply. The school is only open for Indian citizens or a valid OCI card holders.

Travel and accommodation: RRI will provide an equivalent of 3AC travel allowance from your institute/home to Bangalore on submission of the tickets. RRI will also arrange for local boarding and lodging in Bangalore for the entire duration of the school. 

Format of the School

1. The following introductory classes will be held during the first two weeks:
   i. Introduction to astronomy and astrophysics
   ii. Radiative Processes
   iii. Special and general relativity
   iv. Astronomical instrumentation
   v. Background cosmology
   vi. Galactic and extragalactic astronomy
   vii. Stellar physics and compact objects
   viii. Exoplanets, planetary dynamics
   ix. Planetary studies (solar system)
   x. Sun

1. 7-8 weeks for projects to be offered primarily at RRI

2. Field trip to Gauribidanur Radio Observatory during the school

3. Visit to other astronomical facilities in Bangalore 

4. End of school: Presentations by students at the end of their project