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Teachers' Training Programme, at Pimpri IUCAASciPOPpersonnel, with the help of Pimpri - Chinchwad Science Park, organised a teachers' training programme at Pimpri - Chinchwad Science Park, Pimpri, on August 29, 2019, for science teachers. Sixty teachers from different Zilla Parishad and Municipal Corporation schools participated enthusiastically in the training programme. These teachers discovered how basic concepts of Physics andAstronomy could be taught using simple hands- on activities and role-plays. Rupesh Labade and Sonal Thorve coordinated and conducted the training. No. 120 - October 2019 Events outside IUCAA ScienceToys Demonstration IUCAA SciPOP personnel organised a Science Toys Demonstration at Devrukh on July 25, 2019. Shivani Pethe coordinated and conducted the demonstration. Teachers' Training Programme, at Satara IUCAA SciPOP personnel, with the help of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha, Satara region, organised a teachers' training programme during August 26 - 27, 2019, at Satara for science teachers from Zilla Parishad schools. About one hundred teachers from different talukas of district Satara participated enthusiastically in the training programme. These teachers discovered how basic concepts of Physics and Astronomy could be taught using simple hands-on activities. Sonal Thorve coordinated the programme. Rupesh Labade, Shivom Gupta and Maharudra Mate were the resource persons. 10