2018 BAWG Participants Lists

Title  Full Names Country Designation Affiliation/Institution
Ms Tebogo South Africa Junior Astronomy Policy Researcher Department of Science and Technology
Prof. Dr. Harinder P Singh India Professor & Dean, International Relations University of Delhi
Prof Ranjan Gupta India Senior Professor IUCAA, Pune, India
Dr Anil Kumar Pandey India Director ARIES,Manora Peak, Nainital, India
Dr Thomas Auf der Heyde South Africa Deputy Director General: Research Development and Support Department of Science and Technology
Mr Charles Mpho Takalana South Africa Junior Astronomy Policy researcher Department of Science and Technology (RSA)
Mr Takalani Nemaungani South Africa Acting Chief Director: Astronomy Department of Science and Technology (RSA)
Ms Gaboile Mabeba South Africa Deputy Director: Multiwavelength Astronomy Department of Science and Technology (RSA)
Prof. Yin-Zhe Ma South Africa South Africa University of KwaZulu-Natal
Dr Happy South Africa Director CHPC
Prof Lerothodi Leeuw South Africa Professor University of South Africa (UNISA)
Dr Bernard Fanaroff South Africa Strategic adviser SARAO
Prof Aroonkumar Beesham South Africa Prof University of Zululand
Mr Hubert Mathebula South Africa Deputy Director – Radio Astronomy Department of Science and Technology
Dr David Anthony Hugh Buckley South Africa The Darragh O’Donoghue Astronomer South African Astronomical Observatory
Dr T Pedro Mafa South Africa Postdoc Research Fellow University of unisa
Dr G. C. ANUPAMA India Senior Professor Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru
Prof Kavilan Moodley South Africa Associate Professor UKZN
Mr Yunus Essop Manjoo South Africa Business Director-National Facilities NRF
Prof Elcio Abdalla Brazil Professor Instituto de Fisica Universidade de Sao Paulo
Prof Sheo Kumar Pandey India Professor Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur
Prof. Carlos Alexandre Wuensche Brazil Speaker Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais – INPE
Mr Yunus Manjoo South Africa Director-Business Systems & Analysis NRF
Dr Gyula I. G. Józsa South Africa Senior Astronomer SARAO/SKA Africa
Mr. Joshi Yogeshkumar Dileepkumar India B.techMechanical Engineering Student Poornima University, Jaipur
Prof Dmitry Bisikalo Russian Federation Director Institute of astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Zhiqiang SHEN China Director of Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Prof. Bo PENG China Deputy Director of FAST Project, Director of Guizhou Radio Astronomical Observatory, NAOC National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC)