Hi, welcome to this section of my website
if you are here it means you are also interested in astrophysics like me. The purpose of this webpage is to help as many students as I can who are interested in astrophysics but don't know where to start, everything for them seems tough and they can't find any starting point.
I was fortunate to have my seniors to guide me throughout my early undergrad, Now I am in my senior year of my undergrad, and I don't want to limit the resources which I used in these years, I wish to share this knowledge I have to a large pool of enthusiastic students who are seeking an entry point in astrophysics.
One Disclaimer, I want to give you all that, the resources I am sharing here are based on my personal experience, I may miss a lot of great resources online. If you wish to know me and want to improve my list, please send your suggestions via this link.
Also, here’s the WhatsApp group link - https://chat.whatsapp.com/GyEyWNxEaOR4eYBNt7DOT3
where I regularly post opportunities and updates. Feel free to join — you’ll probably find a few like-minded folks there too.
Here, I have tried sharing some courses and book names which can build your basics in Physics, Astrophysics and little bit of Data analysis you need in it quite well.
IUCAA's ISSAA (Cover all basics of Astrophysics in a very good manner , do it if you have alot of time) - Link
Jason Kendell's lectures on Whole Astrophysics (IUCAA's ISSAA alternative lecture series but shorter )- Link
Cosmology Made Easy (best lecture series on Cosmology) - Link
Relativity by eigenchris (Best lectures on Relativity) - Link
Fuild Dynamics (by Prof. Prasad Subramanian, for people who loves Plasma Physics,MHD and Solar Physics) - Link
Astronomical data analysis using Python 2021 [Data Analysis basic ] - Link
Data Analysis with Python Course - Link
3Blue1Brown lectures on Linear algebra - Link
Fourier Transformation - Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLRL_NcnK-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfscVS0vtbw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPVsHOlRBBI
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWKjhJtqVAblvI1i46ScbKV2jH1gdL7VQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9KefzbryEw
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3jLiVc5sr3P7Uov0VFsEfwPOEG1rF-FO
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkdGijFCNuVnGxo-1fSNcdHh5gZc17oRM
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqgA9FXm2K5yKPuegxXd7ws82A7WFTfhn
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqgA9FXm2K5w3QUcnorVI6-jsJuYoQsqZ
Here, I have tried to list some annually happening internship. I hope you all understand, how important projects and internships are and alot of time students simply dont apply because of the fear of not getting selected, i will highly recommend everyone to apply in these internships, because you never know if you get selected in one of them, just like me.
Vacation Students' Programme By IUCAA (III Year)- Link
Introductory Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics By IUCAA (III Year) - Link
Visiting Students' Research Programme by NCRA-TIFR (III Year)- Link
VSRP@TIFR Hyderabad - Link
Long Term Visiting Students Program @ ICTS_TIFR - Link
Visiting Student Program @ ARIES (II and III Year) - Link
Indian Academic of Science Summer Research Fellowship Program (Only for II year students) - Link
RRI @ visiting Student (II and III Year) - Link
PRL @Summer Internship Programme 2024 (II and III Year)- Link
HRI @ Visiting Students Programme (VSP) (II and III Year) - Link
IMSc @ Summer Research Programme (II and III year ) - Link
SURGE @ IIT Kanpur (III Year) - Link
IISER Pune @Summer Student Programme(II and III Year) - Link
IISER Kolkata Summer research protal (II and III Year) - Link
IISER Bhopal (II and III Year)- Have a look in there website
IISER Mohali @ Summer Research Program (II and III Year) - Link
NISER bhubaneswar(II and III Year)- Have a look in there website
IIA @ Summer School (III Year) - Link
IUAC Summer Programme (II and III Year ) - Link
IIT Gandhinagar @ SRIP (II and III Year) - Link
This is the picture of me during my Summer Internship at NISER Bhubaneswar 2024.
Here, I have tried to list some annually happening workshops and conferences, by attending them your CV/Resume will become strong and having a good resume helps you get projects in your final year and apply abroad for a master's degree.
Frontiers in Physics By AstroClub of Fergusson College,Pune -
Cosmology from Home(For Everyone) Link
GW Open Data Workshop by LIGO, VIRGO & KARGA (For Everyone)- Link
North American Einstein Toolkit Workshop and Meeting (For Everyone) - Link
NASA Sagan Summer Workshop (For Everyone) - Link
CMS Open Data Workshop By CERN (For Particle Physics Enthusiast)(Everyone) - Link
PYHeP (Python in High Energy Astrophysics) (Everyone)- Link
REYES: Remote Experience for Young Engineers and Scientists by UC Berkeley (Everyone)- Link
Summer School in Theoretical (Astro)Physics By St Xavier's Ahmedabad (Everyone)- Link
Fall Conference on Solid State Physics,Astrophysics & Particle Physics by University of Tennessee(Everyone)-Link
Intro2Astro by Fei Dai(University of Hawaii)(Everyone)-link
This picture is taken by me during the GW OpenData Workshop's Studyhub at IUCAA 2024
There are more important Workshops/Conferences aimed to 2nd and 3rd Year students.
IIT Bombay's Krittika Projects - link
Code/Astro by Caltech - Link
Science Undergraduate Research Conference - Link
IA Summer Program by Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço - Link
Radio Astronomy Winter School by IUCAA&NCRA- Link