Preliminary topics to be covered during the first BINA Workshop:
A. Science :
1. Star Formation and Stellar evolution
2. Stellar Variability and Asteroseismology
3. Transients events such as Supernovae and GRBs
4. Exo-planets and circumstellar disks
5. Active Galactic Nuclei and Gravitational Lensing
B. Instrumentation :
i. Telescopes :
1. History of ARIES as a major national Indian facility for astronomical observations
2. 3.6-m DOT
3. 4.0-m ILMT
4. GMRT
5. ASTROSAT
6. Upcoming facilities such as TMT, Ligo-India, E-ELT, SKA, …
(ii) Back-end Instruments
1. ADFOSC
2. Direct CCD Imager
3. IR camera
4. TANSPEC
5. IFU
6. Any other proposed instrument