34th Annual Report (2021-22)

90 The IAU recognized the various efforts across theworld to put up online outreach to keep the public connected with our astronomy communities during the summer of 2020. Out of the selected 50 events from 31 different countries, IUCAA SciPOP team won the first prize in the “CommunityEngagement” category and Astronomy@Home award by IAU World Space Week (4th to 10th October) is an international celebration of science and technology and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. IUCAA participated in numerous programs worldwide to join this celebration of Space and Astronomy. Many programs were coordinated and talks were given by Atharva Pathak, Shivani Pethe, th th World Space Week - 4 to 10 October 2021 S h a w - I A U W o r k s h o p o n Astronomy for Education was organised from 12th October to 15th October 2021. IUCAA Scipop presented a poster and a talk at the 3rd Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for education. The Poster titled “ Bringing Astronomy to the students and Teachers u s i n g A p p S t r o n omy ” wa s presented by Rupesh Labade. A talk 3rd Shaw-IAUWorkshop on Astronomy for Education - th th 12 to 15 October 2021 conducted by Tushar Purohit from IUCAA SciPop. A total of 28 and 30 teachers respectively attended these workshops and learnt about telescope handling, operating and conducting skywatches The online session was on refractor telescope making and it was organized by Brijesh Dixit, from Global Science Club [VIPNET CLUB] from 21 August 2021 to 19 September 2021 . In this series, Tushar Purohit from IUCAA Scipop gave a talk and demo on telescope making. 65 students fromall over India participated in this workshop and made 50mm diameter telescopes. got honourable mentions for the “Most Innovative Event” and the “Largest Number of Registered Events” . Activities like Astronomy Crosswords, along with Sci- Fi Enterprise - Science Fiction Story and Poetry Writing Competition, Moon Challenge, Zero Shadow day and the live webcast during the Annular Solar Eclipse of Rupesh Labade, Tushar Purohit and Samir Dhurde at many different places. With a total of over 500 attendees from across the globe. Authored by Mr Amit Dhakulkar on “ Platforms to create your own astronomy courses ” was co- authored by Samir Dhurde and Atharva Pathak of IUCAA SciPOP. Samir Dhurde also acted as a chair for the session about Online R e s o u r c e s f o r A s t r o n omy Education and also was a part of the organising committee for the workshop. June 2020, were considered for these awards. The team led by Samir Dhurde consisting of Shivom Gupta, Sonal Thorve, Ishan Shinde and Atharva Pathak worked in creative ways making use of technology to make sure that astronomy reaches people regardless of the various obstacles. As a part of outreach, IUCAA Scipop team conducts various sessions on telescope making and handling for teachers and students all over the country. A session on “Astronomy and telescope handling” and an online session on telescope making were organised on the 9th of July and 4th ofAugustrespectively. It included a Teachers' training workshop organized by Discovery Science Center [Kerwadi] and Samaj Kalyan Ashram school [Naygao in Nanded] and at Wada, near Rajgurunagar. Both theseworkshopswere TELESCOPE MAKING