This year, FCSXV, the 15th National Workshop on Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy is hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) from 16-18 November 2024 at Mumbai, India. This year there willl be separate extensive teaching component on the basics of various instrumentation and applications during 18-20 October 2024 through Online mode. The in-person workshop at IIT Bombay will provide through hands-on training to research students and young faculty colleagues on advanced techniques on Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Super-resolution microscopy, Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy, and Ultrafast Techniques. This part also includes hands-on sessions where participants acquire real data using the techniques they learn. The workshop will be preceeded by the International Conference on the Optics Within Life Sciences (OWLS-17) during 18-21 November 2024.