TOPICS

• Quiet-Sun Dynamics
• Magnetic & Velocity Fields in Active Regions
• Upper Atmospheric Heating
• Solar Transients & Space Weather
• Diagnostic Techniques - Inversion Codes & Radiative MHD Simulations
• Existing, Upcoming Ground- & Space-based Facilities

The Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO), Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), is a leading international centre in Solar Physics which was established in 1975 under the vision of the late Prof. Arvind Bhatnagar on an island in Lake Fateshsagar in the picturesque and historical city of Udaipur. Since its inception, USO has endeavoured to become a world-class observing facility to monitor our dynamic star using several telescopes and a suite of post-focus instruments. USO is also a partner in the National Solar Observatory's Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG), a flagship synoptic programme, that began in 1995. A major accomplishment of the Observatory came in 2015 with the installation of the 50-cm Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST), making it India's largest, modern solar facility equipped with state-of-the-art back-end instruments and Adaptive Optics to carry out observations of the Sun with high spatial and temporal resolution.

This year marks the Golden Jubilee of the Udaipur Solar Observatory, along with MAST completing a decade of operations. On the eve of this historic milestone, USO is organising an international meeting with the objective of bringing together observers, modellers, and instrument specialists to discuss our current understanding of various phenomena across the solar atmosphere, the capabilities and results from the latest ground-based telescopes and space missions, and the future of Solar Physics in the high-resolution domain.