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TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHANDRAYAAN I AND INTERNATIONAL OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT On the occasion of 10th anniversary of launch of Chandrayaan I, a special public lecture was delivered on October 22, 2018 by Suresh Naik (Former Group Director, ISRO), on Chandrayaan I: Celebrating 10th Launch Anniversary. This was followed by the public sky-watching activity, celebrating the International Observe the Moon Night 2018. SRUJAN BATCH -1 A three month programme, Srujan, was started as a part of Vigyan-Tarang Lab at MVS, IUCAA in August 2018. Jan-Jan JNU, an open day programme for school students was organised by Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, on November 30, 2018. Sonal Thorve (IUCAA) presented the science outreach activities at IUCAA, and demonstrated science toys and astronomy experiments at the event. Jan - Jan JNU Agastya International Foundation, in collaboration with IISER, Pune, had organised the Jignyasa at IISER, Pune, during December 14 - 15, 2018. Rupesh Labade, and Tushar Purohit (both from IUCAA) coordinated the telescope exhibition. In the evening of December 14, a moon-watching session was organised for the student volunteers, at which about 150 students observed moon through the telescopes. JIGNYASA ( 140 )