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143 33 rd ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Nobel Laureates Professor Marie Curie, and Sir C. V. Raman, a unique interview with the 2017 Nobel Laureate in Physics, Professor RainerWeiss (Professor of Physics, Emeritus, MIT, USA) was organised on November 7, 2020, by LIEPO on their YouTube Channel. This activity was coordinated by Vaibhav Savant. Interview given by Professor Rainer Weiss (For details, see Khagol, No. 125, January 2021) LIEPO and Parbhani Astronomical Society jointly organised an online talk by Sanjeev Dhurandhar (IUCAA),on November 22, 2020, as part of the online lecture series: NewCareer Options (H {a`aÀ`m Zì`m dmQ m ), initiated for regional students. The activitywas coordinated byAnkit Bhandari. (For details, seeKhagol, No. 125, January 2021) New Career Options This online activity started fromDecember 8, 2020 and continued till the National Science Day, February 28, 2021, and conducted in collaboration with the schools in Goa. This activity was coordinated and conducted by Shivani Pethe (IUCAA). (For details, seeKhagol, No. 126,April 2021) SciFunZone On January 18, 2021, Discovery Science Centres at Kerwadi, Parbhani, and the Government Ashram at Naigaon, near Nanded, had set up small science centres at various schools in the regions, and organised an one day training programme for school teachers at the GovernmentAshramSchool at Naigaon. Also, on January 19, 2021, there was another one day training programme for teachers at the Dreamland School, Kerwadi. Twenty teachers participated in this training. Tushar Purohit (IUCAA), conducted both the training programmes and sessions teaching the basics inAstronomy and telescope handling. (For details, seeKhagol, No. 126,April 2021) Training Programmes for Teachers by Science Centres