Update 29th Aug 2024 :

The selected candidates for SPARC school at MCNS, have been intimated via email. If the selected candidates do not respond, or do not confirm participation, wait-listed candidates shall be notified shortly.  

Important Information for Selected Candidates

Travel Elements:

All participants are entitled to third AC train fare. Those travelling by higher class or other modes will be reimbursed up to the third AC train fare (whichever is less). Travel documents (tickets, boarding pass, and a copy of the return travel documents) must be retained and shall be attached with the reimbursement form, provided during the event.  

Travel fare shall be calculated from the nearest railway station (to participant's address) to Udupi station.  If participants are travelling by train/air to Mangalore, then the connecting travel fare (via public transport only) shall be reimbursed.  

Please Note: TA reimbursements will be processed only after the event by the finance department. Further details shall be provided during the event.  

Accommodation Elements:

All participants will be provided with free non-AC rooms on a sharing basis during their stay. The accommodations shall be arranged from the 15th of September afternoon to the 21st of September morning.  

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided at the event venue/accommodation facility during the stay.  

Participants arriving before the above-mentioned dates shall be provided accommodation at the hostel upon prior intimation. Hostel charges apply.

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Venue: Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India – 576104

Dates: 16 – 20 September 2024

Free Hostel Accommodation (Non-AC + Sharing) may be provided to outstation candidates upon request. 

Limited no of travel support is available.

The school is for the students of 3/4th year B.Tech. / B.E. or 1st /2nd year M.Sc. / M.S. &  Ph.D. students ( in relevant streams) are also open to Working Professionals in the Space Industry. 

About the School

The school intends to train participants from various academic levels on the basics of Space Radiation. With space tourism being a hot topic of future, and the effects of space radiation on earth, it is important that the entrepreneurs and space scientists of today and tomorrow know the fundamentals of space radiation.

Topics to be covered

• Space radiation environment   
  Intro to charged particles, Earth’s magnetic field and other radiation from space.

• Introduction to Solar Physics 
  Sun as a star, Energetic events from the solar environment, Solar cycles.

•  X-ray and gamma-ray detectors, characterisation of NaI detectors  
  Detector parameters, calibration and characterisation.

• HpGe detector  
  Characterisation, energy resolution and efficiency  

• Multi-messengers' study of solar flares   
  Introduction to Aditya-L1 mission, correlating particle flux variations with solar events, other missions and ground based facilities. 

• UV telescope onboard Aditya L1  
  Various payloads on on the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope, Characterisation and Calibration.

• X-ray telescope onboard Aditya L1  
  SOLEX & HELIOS payloads,  Characterisation and calibration 

• Data analysis of archival data from SUIT onboard Aditya-L1  
  Image analysis, limb darkening corrections, Flare related UV studies, Chromospheric parameters from standard tools. 

• Analysis of observational data  
  Analysis techniques, timing and spectral studies 

• Data analysis of archival data from SOLEX onboard Aditya-L1  
  Analysis of Soft X-ray data, spectral fitting, phases of a solar flare

• Impact of space radiation on space assets, humans and space experiments  
  Current status, approach to predictive space radiation environment and future space radiation research opportunities 

• Study of neutron induced gamma-ray emission  
  Prompt and delayed gamma-ray emission with AmBe source and HpGe detector  

At the end of the school, based on the performance, a few students may be selected for advanced training in partner universities in USA.

About MCNS

You are on the MCNS website. So here’s the Page where you can learn more about MCNS : https://www.manipal.edu/mcns-manipal/about-mcns.html

You can use the navigation to know more about the Institution, the faculty members and facilities. 

About Manipal

Manipal is a suburb or a University Town, within Udupi district. Located 5 kilometers from Udupi city, Manipal is a place of serenity and the right atmosphere for studies and research with the Arabian Sea and Western ghats on either sides, just a few kilometers away. 

You can find more about Manipal here

Reaching Manipal

Manipal is connected to rest of the country by Road, Air and Train conveniently. 

Visiting Manipal would be convenient by Road as Manipal is very well connected by road to Udupi and Mangaluru, two important transport hubs in the region. If you cannot find a bus to Udupi, you may take a Bus to Mangaluru and there are several busses to Manipal from Mangaluru, every hour between 5am to 10pm. From Udupi, there are several more busses with the local busses and Mangalore-Manipal busses plying via Udupi. 

By Train, Udupi station (UD / UDP) is the nearest railway station from where Manipal is only 3 kms away. Mangaluru central and Mangaluru Junction are the other railway stations that may be opted for, as most important trains in the region, have stops here. 

By Air, Mangaluru International Airport (IXE) is the nearest airport. Once in Mangaluru, take a local transport to the Bus station, and travel by road to Manipal. 

For Further Queries related to Manipal, Travel and other information Contact:

MCNS Office: 0820 2923571, 0820 2923599                                                                       

email: offiec.mcns@manipal.edu