A one-day online meeting on the Bhaskaracharya Observatory for the Search of Exoplanets (BOSE) mission is organised by the Physical Research Laboratory, with the aim of bringing together observers, instrumentation experts, theorists, and scientific enthusiasts to foster discussions on the opportunities offered by the upcoming next-generation space mission, the BOSE, proposed by the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
The primary goal of this one-day program is to consolidate a network of researchers across India in research fields such as exoplanet detection, instrumentation, stellar astrophysics, and time-domain sciences, and to exchange ideas that can advance our collective understanding of planetary system architectures and habitability.
Key aspects to focus on :
Detecting Earth-size planets and Earth-twins using transit photometry
Overcoming observational biases in current exoplanet surveys
The advances in photometric sensitivity and spatial resolution which are essential for detecting long-period Earth-size planets and Earth-twins
Variation of planetary populations in different regions of the Galaxy – implications on planetary formation and evolution
Stellar astrophysics and asteroseismology
Future missions and the role of BOSE in advancing exoplanet science
Artistic impression of the BOSE telescope flight model
Date : 9th December, 2025
Mode : Online
Dr. Yogesh Joshi – ARIES, Nainital
Dr. Liton Majumdar – NISER, Bhubaneswar
Dr. Priyanka Chaturvedi – TIFR, Mumbai
Dr. Kinsuk Acharyya – PRL, Ahmedabad
Dr. Arvind Singh Rajpurohit (Chair) – PRL, Ahmedabad
Neelam JSSV Prasad (Convenor) – PRL, Ahmedabad
Churchil Dwivedi (Convenor) – PRL, Ahmedabad
Kapil Kumar Bharadwaj – PRL, Ahmedabad
Rishikesh Sharma – PRL, Ahmedabad
Kevikumar Lad – PRL, Ahmedabad
Nikitha Jitendran – PRL (Mount Abu), Ahmedabad
For generic queries, please send an email to bosemission.prl@gmail.com