• I welcome all the M.Sc. second year students who have chosen this elective. Your first class of the course will be on 9 January 2026 on campus at lecture hall P-1-6 in Physics Department. There will be three lectures per week in the following times (as per the time table)

     Tuesday: 11 am - 12 pm,  Wednesday: 11 am - 12 pm , Friday: 12 pm - 1 pm

• Attendance will be taken via paperless mode using software

• This web page will contain all the stuffs related to this course like - assignments (in PDF format) , attendance statistics, submission deadlines, grades, etc. 

• General Reference Books will be:

1. Astrophysics by Karl-Heinz Spatschek (Springer): It is a good and a detailed book on astrophysics.

2. Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics by Arnold Hanslmeier (Springer): It is a well written book for beginners.

3. Can Stars Find Peace? by Ganesan Srinivasan: An excellent popular exposition of the astrophysical processes happening inside stars.

4. Theoretical Astrophysics by T Padmanabhan (Cambridge University Press): A detailed 3 volume masterpiece for both beginner and advanced readers, worth reading.

5. An Introduction to Cosmology by Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (Cambridge University Press): A concise but a good book on basic cosmology.

6. Cosmology by Steven Weinberg: A masterpiece on cosmology.

MY LECTURES WILL HAVE ALL THE SUBTLE POINTS, DERIVATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS - SO, KEEP YOUR CLASS NOTES UPDATED! YOU ARE WELCOME TO CONTACT ME IF U HAVE ANY CLARIFICATIONS

EXAMINATION PATTERN and MARKS DISTRIBUTION

Mid Semester = 30 marks

End Semester = 50 marks

Surprise Quiz 1 = 10 marks

Seminar Presentation = 10 marks

ASSIGNMENTS ETC. 

THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 4 TAKE HOME ASSIGNMENTS (PROBLEM SHEETS) IN THIS COURSE COVERING VARIOUS TOPICS COVERED IN THE CLASS, THESE ARE PRACTICE ASSIGNMENTS and NOT FOR EVALUATION. IT HAS TO BE NEATLY DONE AND A SCANNED PDF MUST BE SUBMITTED TO YOUR CR ON OR BEFORE THE DEADLINE MENTIONED IN THE ASSIGNMENT.