Reported on: 2022-08-14

In connection with the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of Farook College, PG and Research Department of Physics conducted National Conference on "High Energy Emission from Active Galactic Nuclei" from 12^th  to 14^th August 2022 in Association with Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), PUNE. This Annual Conference is one of the major scientific events in the Astronomy and Astrophysics community. This is for the first time the conference was hosted by a college. The past editions of the conference were held at different national and state university centers.

The conference was inaugurated  by Dr.M.K.Jayaraj, Vice-chancellor, University of Calicut. Dr. K.M. Naseer, Principal-Farook College presided over the session. C.P. Kunhimohammed, Manager-Farook College (Autonomous), Dr. C.D. Ravikumar (Professor & Head-Dept. of Physics, University of Calicut), Dr.P.A.Subha (Former Associate Professor, PG and Research Department of Physics) delivered felicitation speeches. Dr.Sunder Sahayanathan (BARC-Mumbai), Dr.Gulab Devangan (IUCAA-Pune), and Dr.C.S.Stalin (IIA-Bangalore)were present in the programme. Dr. Midhun Sha (HoD, PG and Research Department of Physics) extended welcome and Asst. Professor, Naseef Muhammed extended vote of thanks.   Research Scholars and Scientists from reputed National Institutes and Universities attended the 3 Days Programme and presented more than 60 research papers.

Preconference Workshop

The two-day preconference workshop for Postgraduate students and Research Scholars was conducted on 10^th and11th August 2022. Dr.Sunder Sahayanathan (BARC-Mumbai), Dr.Gulab Devangan (IUCAA-Pune), and Dr.C.S.Stalin (IIA-Bangalore) handled different sessions in the pre-conference workshop.