35th Annual Report (2022-2023) - ENGLISH

76 PUBLIC OUTREACH HIGHLIGHTS A partial Solar Eclipse was observed on 25th October fromalmost all parts of India. i. At IUCAA, Pune: IUCAA conducted a huge Eclipse v i e w i n g p r o g r a m i n collaboration with CSEC where 4 telescopes with solar filters were set up. More than 1000 people visited to observe the eclipse through telescopes. Solar filter goggles were also provided at the venues. The Scipop team members Tushar Purohit, Mayuri Patwardhan, Maharudra Mate, Emma Chokar, and Atharva Pathak coordinated the event. SPECIAL EVENTS Partial Solar Eclipse Event - 25th October ii. At Guhagar, Konkan: Similar eclipse viewing program was conducted on the beach, at G u h a g a r l o c a t e d n e a r Ratnagiri. As the eclipse was taking place almost near the sunset timings, the sun was visiblewithout any obstruction near the sea and people could view it till 6:05 pm. One telescope was set up with a solar filter and solar goggles were provided at the venue. Mo r e t h a n 1 50 p e op l e attended the event. The event was coordinated by Shivani Pethe. iii. Similar viewing was done at Lonar by Samir Dhurde and at Pargaon (Ambegaon Taluka) by Rupesh Labade. 120 people attended the event. Solar Eclipse from all these siteswas live streamed on the IUCAA YouTube channel. GlobalSCAPEinternationalevents As part of the advisory board of the EU-funded GlobalSCAPE project, Samir Dhurde was part of the design of some Science Communication trainingmodules and open-accessworkshopmaterials for sci commpractitioners during 2021-22. A one-day skill-building session aimed at science communicators was delivered at IUCAA on 25 November 2022. It was organized in collaboration with Springer Nature, as part of the GlobalSCAPE consortium. This was part of a series of workshops in six different locations around the world: Spain, South Africa, Australia, India, Colombia, and Japan. The speakers were Shubhra Priyadarshini, fromSpringer Nature India andSamir Dhurde. Theworkshopwas attended by 22 science communicators fromacross the country. As part of the final event of the GlobalSCAPE project on 03 February 2023, Samir Dhurde gave a talk about IUCAA activities and how to keep outreach low-cost and local, inBrussels, Belgium. Science toys demonstration, Telescope Making, Astronomy, and Skywatch events: session on 15thOctober 2022. 3. Telescope and Science toy- making session was organized at the Center for Cosmology and Science Popularisation (CCSP), SGT University, Haryana. A two-day session was attended by 30 students of B.Sc. Physics from 7 - 9 November 2022. 4. School Students Science Toys Workshop was organized at iTeach Pandit Deendayal 1. Science Toys / Experiment D e m o n s t r a t i o n s w e r e conducted at Radhabai Kale Ma h i l a Ma h a v i d y a l a y a , Ahmednagar a two-hour S c i e n c e e x p e r i m e n t demonstration was given on 10th October 2022, 120 Girl students of BSc attended this session. 2. Science Toys Demonstrations at KTHM college, Nashik was attended by 80 B.Sc. and M.Sc. students who attended this Upadhyay School, Kothrud, Pune on 30 November 2022. 80 school students attended this activity.