Space weather refers to a multitude of phenomena occurring at the sun, interplanetary medium, magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and lower atmosphere over periods ranging from hours to years. These naturally occurring processes have the potential to adversely affect the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems and can endanger several facets of human life. The launch of the Aditya-L1 mission from India on 2 Sep 2023 is a step in that direction of understanding the Sun and processes occurring from the sun to the Earth.

	We can understand the weather on Earth. Is the space weather different from it?
	Sun emits harmful X-rays and energetic particles. How are we protected from these?
	What information will the Aditya-L1 mission provide?
	What is the magic behind polar bright lights-Aurora?
	Why did Starlink satellites burn in space?

ARE YOU CURIOUS TO LEARN THE SCIENCE CONCEPTS BEHIND SUCH QUESTIONS, THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME WITH A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY.

A Workshop on Space Weather Science and Opportunities is being organized during 17-18 October 2023, at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad. The workshop aims at training bright and talented post-graduate students, on the fundamentals of Aeronomy, space weather, its applications, and opportunities. The workshop contains lectures by subject experts, interactions, and visits to the research labs comprising a wide spectrum of ground and satellite-based experiments, developed in-house at PRL for space weather studies, including those for the Aditya-L1 mission.

The workshop will be followed by the Second Indian Space Weather Conference (ISWC-2) during 19-20 October 2023, wherein deliberations will be made on the recently launched Aditya-L1 mission and upcoming ISRO’s Aeronomy satellite mission, DISHA. All students selected for the workshop can attend the conference as well.