AR-2020-21

15 33 rd ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 lectures/demonstrations/workshops conducted at different parts of Maharashtra and elsewhere - this included our rural outreach programmes around the LIGO-India site in the Hingoli district, and in the vicinity of IUCAA's own Girawali observatory. All these activities owe a great deal to the hard work by our talented staff (core and contractual) at IUCAA. I wish to express my sincere thanks to every one of them. I would also like to express my deepest gratitude to our mentors, our Governing Board with Dr. K. Kasturirangan as Chair, and our Council, chaired by Dr. Dhirendra P. Singh, Chairman of the UGC. We sincerely acknowledge the help, advice and support from the University Grants Commission and its officers and staff, and from the Ministry of Education (previously Human Resource Development) of the Government of India. Somak Raychaudhury Director, IUCAA