Invitation for Articles

We invite your contributions under the following categories:

Review articles: Scientific and technical publications (recent publications in academic journals from the IIA family, IIA technical reports, breakthroughs in Astronomy, book reviews, Journal club discussions, milestones of IIA projects; to be published in simple language) are invited. Project interns and summer school project students can submit an overview of their work. (Word limit: 2000 words)

Individual experiences and field-station stories: In this section, we invite stories of your personal experience, maybe with a scientific project, an experiment, attending a conference/workshop, a collaborative visit, a visit to an observatory, or even a coffee break with a prominent scientist. We also invite interesting stories from our substations at Hanle, Kodaikanal, Kavalur, and Gauribidanur about the ongoing activities and valuable memories. (Word limit: 1400 words)

Science made easy: For this section, we invite write-ups discussing interesting concepts of Physics in a very simple and enjoyable way without using much technical jargon. The main motive is to reach a wider audience by making it easy to understand, relate, or appreciate Physics without having any technical background in the subject. (Word limit: 1400 words)

Alumni and retired staff/faculty stories: In this section, we warmly invite our former students and retired staff/faculty to share your invaluable experiences during your time at IIA. We hope that this column offers an opportunity to reflect nostalgically on your journey here. We are also very interested in hearing about your career path after IIA, the challenges you would have faced, and the impact IIA had on your life. (Word limit: 1400 words)

Creativity corner: Splurge on your creativity here! For this section, we invite all kinds of artworks, including but not limited to paintings, poems, short stories, and graffiti. (Word limit: 800 words)

Note:
Attach a brief bio along with the article.
Submission should be in editable text files (doc/odt)
High-resolution images should be given separately with the filename same as figure numbering (eg. Fig1.jpg)
Any article received will be published only after strict screening.
Submitting your article to DOOT implies your consent to make changes in the article for publication and that work is bonafide.

We would like to improve the content of the magazine. Please send your generous feedback and contributions to doot@iiap.res.in

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