Foundation Day 2020, Udaipur Solar Observatory PRL – 22 Sep 2020

The Foundation Day of the Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO) was commemorated on 22nd September 2020. This year the event was conducted online with a live stream on Youtube. The USO Foundation Day 2020 was a special occasion as it celebrated 25 years of the GONG project. GONG or the Global Oscillation Network Group is one of the flagship synoptic programmes at the National Solar Observatory (NSO) USA and USO-PRL is privileged to be a part of this important global partnership. A stellar panel of speakers from NSO included Dr. John Leibacher, Dr. Jack Harvey, Dr. Frank Hill, and Dr. Alexei Pevtsov. They spoke on the origin of the NSO-GONG partnership, the technical aspects of GONG, the transitions to the present, and the future of GONG, respectively. Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, Director PRL, welcomed the gathering, and the speakers were introduced by Prof. Nandita Srivastava. Prof. Shibu Mathew presented the vote of thanks and Dr. Rohan Louis coordinated the online programme. The event can be accessed at   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7Z0RaABH-w. A special word of appreciation to Mr. Jaya Krishna Meka, Dr. Bhushit Vaishnav, and Mr. Jigar Raval for setting up the online stream.

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