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136 33 rd ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 As part of Pravega, the Indian Institute of Science annual TechFest, Somak Raychaudhury (Director, IUCAA) and Varun Bhalerao (Assistant Professor, IIT – Bombay, Mumbai) delivered invited talks in the Paradigms and the Coherence lecture series respectively. The talks were coordinated by Ankit Bhandari (IUCAA), and conducted by Pravega collaborators. (For details, seeKhagol, No. 124, Oct 2020) Pravega On September 14, 2020, the launching of a gravitational waves (GW) related student blog called “Gravity Matters” was announced on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the first direct detection of GW150914. The activity is being coordinated byDebarati Chatterjee (IUCAA). (For details, seeKhagol, No. 124, Oct 2020) Gravity Matters : Student Blog On the occasion of World Space Week, during October 3 – 10, 2020, themed Satellites Improve Life - Awareness Programme, IUCAASciPOP released a series of posters on social media platforms promoting WSW – 2020 followed by posters explaining different satellite applications (in brief) for improving our lives, each day. The activitywas designed and coordinated by Sonal Thorve (IUCAA). (For details, seeKhagol, No. 125, January 2021) World Space Week To inaugurate the celebration of World SpaceWeek 2020, a National Level Online Teachers' Training was conducted during October 3 – 4, 2020. The activity was designed and coordinated by Rupesh Labade (IUCAA). (For details, seeKhagol, No. 125, January 2021) National Level Online Teachers' Training All-India Asteroid Search Programme was organised, during October 9 – November 3, 2020, by Ignited Minds-SKYAAC Saptarishi India Asteroid Search Campaign, in collaboration with the Vigyan Prasar, Government of India, and IUCAA SciPOP. Tushar Purohit (IUCAA)was a mentor for this online programme, at which totally 89 preliminary discoveries have been done as per the campaign records. (For details, seeKhagol, No. 125, January 2021) All-India Asteroid Search Programme