SKA-India Summer Training Program 2026

About the School

The SKA-India Training Program School is a premier event designed to develop foundational skills in radio astronomy for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students. This two-week-long school will feature lectures, hands-on sessions, and exposure to cutting-edge tools and techniques relevant to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project (SKAO), SKA India.

Participants will gain insights into radio instrumentation, observational techniques, data analysis techniques, AI/ML applications in astronomy, and more.

For any queries, contact: skaits2026@gmail.com

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Instructions for Participants

Important Navigations in IITK Campus

Schedule

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List of Speakers

Abhirup Datta (IITI)
Amitesh Omar (IITK)
AR Harish (IITK)
Avinash Deshpande (IITK)
Divya Oberoi (NCRA-TIFR)
Jagadheep D. Pandian (IIST)
Kanan k Datta (Jadavpur University)
Kunal Mooley (IITK)
Manoj Puravankara (TIFR-Mumbai)
Mayuresh Surnis (IISER Bhopal)
Mohit Bhardwaj (IITK)
Narendra Nath Patra (IITI)
Neeraj Gupta (IUCAA)
Pankaj Jain (IITK)
Prasanta Kumar Das (BITS-Pilani-Goa)
Prasun Dutta (IIT BHU)
Rohit Sharma (IITK)
Soumyabrata Chakrabarty (IITK)
Surajit Paul (MAHE)
V. Mugundhan (IITK)
Yashwant Gupta (NCRA-TIFR)
Yogesh Wadadekar (NCRA-TIFR)

Topics to be covered

Square Kilometer Array: The next-gen instrument for radio astronomy
Electronics and devices for radio telescopes
High-throughput real-time Signal processing
High-performance computing and Big-data
AI/ML Applications in Radio Astronomy
Fundamental Concepts: Radiation Mechanisms and Radio Telescopes
Fundamental Science cases: Pulsars, Cosmology, Galactic and Extragalactic Studies
Observational and Data Analysis Techniques
Hands-on: Building a radio telescope

Organizing Committee

Pankaj Jain (IITK)
Rohit Sharma (IITK)
Mugundhan V. (IITK)
Mohit Bhardwaj (IITK)
Abhirup Datta (IITI)
Narendra Nath Patra (IITI)
Prasanta Kumar Das (BITS-Pilani-Goa)
Surajit Paul (MAHE)
Neeraj Gupta (IUCAA)
Jagadheep D. Pandian (IIST)

Instructions for Participants

Participants should carefully read the instructions provided below to ensure a smooth reporting and registration process for the SKA-India Summer Training Program 2026.

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Location & Campus Navigation

Category	Venue Details	Google Maps Link
Lecture Sessions	Lecture Hall Complex, IIT Kanpur	Lecture Hall Complex
Laboratory Sessions	Department of Space, Planetary & Astronomical Sciences & Engineering (SPASE) E.S.B.-2 Building, 6th Floor, IIT Kanpur	Department of SPASE
Accommodation & Campus Locations	Visitor Hostel, IIT Kanpur	Visitor Hostel
	Male Participants' Accommodation: Hall of Residence 10 (Hall-10), IIT Kanpur	Hall-10
	Female Participants' Accommodation:Hall of Residence 6 (Hall-6), IIT Kanpur	Hall-6
SKAITS Gala Dinner	Type-II Community Center, IIT Kanpur	Type-II Community Center

Navigation distance & timings

Maps to guide through

Male Accommodation (HALL 10) to LHC

Female Accommodation (HALL 6) to LHC

LHC to SPASE Department

SPASE Department to Male Accommodation

SPASE Department to Female Accommodation

Travel Logistics

A.) Arrival by air:

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (LKO), Lucknow is the nearest international airport and located about 90 Km. from IIT Kanpur. It has direct flight connection to all major cities of India.

Kanpur also has an airport (KNU) with limited flights.

Ola/Uber cab services are available both in Lucknow and Kanpur.

B.) Arrival by train:

Kanpur Central Railway station (CNB) is one of the busiest railway stations in the country. It is located on the Delhi-Kolkata train route.

IIT Kanpur is located about 16 km from the Kanpur Central Railway Station.
One can take the Kanpur Metro (fare: ₹40) or hire a taxi/auto rickshaw.

Kanpur Metro:

Metro services are operational between Kanpur Central and IIT Kanpur from 06:00 AM to 10:00 PM (IST) daily.

Arrival in IIT Kanpur campus:

Reach the ‘main gate’ of IIT Kanpur. Tell security you are visiting SPASE Department.
The Department of SPASE is located at the 6^th floor of ESB-2 building.

List of selected candidates

We are pleased to announce the list of selected participants for the SKA-India Summer Training Program 2026:

Student Name	Student Name	Student Name	Student Name	Student Name
Abdul Rahim A	ABHIJITH A	Abhinav Singh	Akanksha Patel	Akash Yadav
Amey Bagare	Amruta Kittur	ANANYA.T.V	ANKITA BISWAS	ARGHYADEEP BISWAS
Arpna Mishra	Ashmit Gupta	Ashwin Raju Kharat	Avantika Ajay Sangole	Bharadwaj M
Chanchal	Damarla Sudha Nandana Vamsidhar Babu	Dhairya Kotecha	Eshaan Sowale	Gayathri.M
Harikrishnan V S	HONEY RENJAN E	Ishita Kundu	Kartikey M Dixit	Kedar Sharma
Kushal Prajapati	Pragun Nepal	R S Pranav Varshan	Rishav Hazra	Ritesh Pandey
Rithesh Amalraj	Romana Ruqia	Saptashaw Das	SAROJINI S	Sasmita Acharya
Simran Kaushik	Soumya Gupta	Srusti Sampanna	Swastika Sanghi	Tumma Anusha
Utkarsh Kr Verma	V Gayathri	V.Aswini	Vaibhav Awasthi	Vanshika Dhiman
Vibha Kulkarni	Vibha Narayan

Accommodation and meals will be provided at the hostel to all the selected candidates from June 28 to July 11, 2026.

FAQs

I am a first year PhD student. Can I apply? No. This school is meant for younger students who are in the early stage of their career.
Can I get support for the school? Yes. Support for lodging and food to the participants will be provided.
Is there any registration fee? No. There is no registrarion fee.
How many students will be selected? The total number of participants is expected to be around 50.
What are the selection criteria? Candidates will be selected based on their academic records, supported by a recommendation letter.

Partner Institutes

The SKA-India Training Program School 2026 is being organized in collaboration with several esteemed partner institutes.

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IITI)
Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (IIST)
Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune (IUCAA)
Birla Institute of Technology Pillani, Goa Campus (BITS Goa)
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal (MAHE)