Pune : IUCAA To Host Open Campus Day on National Science Day on February 28
Pune : IUCAA to Host Open Campus Day On National Science Day celebrations on February 28. Know details here.
On Wednesday 28th February 2024, the Inter-university Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) will commemorate Open Campus Day on the occasion of National Science Day.
It is one of the most important annual events for IUCAA as this is an opportunity for the organisation to show and promote the talent of the students and their varied activities to the public.
Moreover, this year’s National Science Day occasion, efforts have been made to highlight IUCAA’s scientific achievements, present observing facilities to the public and promote several outreach programs.
The theme of this year’s celebration of National Science Day will be “Indigenous Technologies for Viksit Bharat.”
The National Science Day 2024 at IUCAA will include not only the students of the campus but is open to everyone on 28th February 2024.
Prof. R. Srianand, Director IUCAA said ” Along with IUCAA colleagues, I welcome you all to our National Science Day celebrations on the 28th of February. The Annual open day is one of the important events of IUCAA, when we showcase our various activities to the general public. This year, in particular, efforts are being made to highlight major scientific achievements of IUCAA, showcase various observing facilities, and various outreach efforts. I hope you will enjoy this experience!”
There are existing facilities in which IUCAA invests to provide resources to Indian universities to enhance research in Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A). These include the IUCAA Girawali observatory, Southern African Large Telescope (world’s largest mirror dimension), AstroSat, Aditya-L1 etc.
More in work for the future include LIGO-India, Vera Rubin Observatory, Thirty Meter Telescope, Square Kilometer Array etc. Everyone is welcome to come find out about these through attractive models and posters made by students.
Other than these, there will be highlights like Scientist mascots, Astro Treasure hunt, Ask a Scientist etc along with various other attractions at IUCAA. Researchers, engineers and all staff prepare for an elaborate informative and exciting event that day, including various talks, posters, models, demos, video shows etc. focussed on highlighting the theme.
Schedule (tentative) – https://sites.google.com/view/iucaa-nsd-2024/events-schedule
For more details contact on : https://sites.google.com/view/iucaa-nsd-2024
IUCAA details : https://www.iucaa.in/en/
