I want to get the details of Science Day of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics IUCAA?

Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics IUCAA takes its research to the masses through a National Science Day, Open Day on February 28 every year.

Anyone can visit the campus to attend and participate in popular science lectures, demonstrations, screening of scientific films, Q&A sessions etc.

Work at IUCAA is showcased through a poster exhibition.
A sky watching session wraps it up.

Schedule-

Bhaskara 1
Virtual Astronomy tools Demonstration

Bhaskara 2 & Outside
Optics experiments Demonstration
Experiments in Radio Astronomy

Lobby between Bhaskara 2 & 3
Research at IUCAA + Astronomy Posters Presentation

Bhaskara 3
Talks by Astrophysicists (duration 30 min each)
11:30 p.m. Brahmaand ki Pehli Kiranen – CMBR: Pranjal Trivedi
12:30 p.m. Our Expanding Universe: Varun Sahni
1:15 p.m. Things around us and elsewhere: Gaurav Goswami

Chandrasekhar Auditorium
Astronomy explained through Videos
Science Toys & Experiments demonstrated by school children.
12:00 p.m. IUCAA Observatory Live telecast
2:30 p.m. Astronomy Quiz for Public
3:30 p.m. “Ask a Scientist”

Muktangan (Science centre)
Spectroscopy Demonstrations and model making

Science Park
Various Scientific playground models explained by volunteers.
7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Sky Watching (passes necessary)

Chandrasekhar Auditorium
6:00 p.m. Public Lecture: Nobel Prize in Physics – 2010 (A N Ramaprakash)

This event is free and open for anybody to attend.

Contact-

The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind
Pune, Maharashtra 411007