Annual Report_Abridged - Second Version - FINAL

31 ICARDs have been established at variousUniversities andCollegeswith the primary functions as follows: 1. To contribute to development of innovative teaching methods designed for Astronomy. This includes development of upto date course structures and new kinds of experiment/data analysis sessions which can be a part of a starting or existing Astronomy course in a university. They will try and inculcate distant learning programs and come upwith suggestions as to how they can be implemented. 2. To hold frequent workshops/schools/meetings at various levels at the host University/College and at nearby regions. 3. To have an active public outreach programfor Astronomy. 4. To be a visitingCentrewhere nearby Astronomers can visit. IUCAA CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (ICARDs) Listof ICARDs 1. AliahUniversity, Kolkata 2. BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad 3. Calicut University 4. Central University of Himachal Pradesh 5. Christ (Deemed to beUniversity) Bengaluru 6. Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin 7. CoochBehar PanchananBarmaUniversity 8. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur 9. Delhi University 10. Department of Applied Mathematics - University of Calcutta 11. Department of Physics, University of North Bengal 12. Gauhati University, Guwahati 13. GLAUniversity, Mathura 14. GoaUniversity, Goa 15. Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalya, Haridwar 16. Indian Institute Technology (IIT) Indore 17. JamiaMilia Islamia (CTP), Delhi 18. Kashmir University 19. Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences, Manipal 20.NewmanCollege, Thodupuza, Kerala 21. Providence College, Calicut, Kerala 22. Pt. Ravishankar ShuklaUniversity, Raipur 23. Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada (SRTM) University, Nanded 24. Tezpur University