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India International Science Festival IUCAA participated in the India International Science Festival (IISF), held at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, during November 4 – 8, 2019. As a part of the IISF - 2019, public sky-watching sessions were organised. Tushar Purohit and Jameer Manur (both from IUCAA) were the resource persons.Around 4,000 people participated in the activity.On November 7, a talk on Setting-up Low Cost Science Laboratories was delivered by Shivani Pethe (IUCAA), with emphasis on the importance of such laboratories in each school, even for class 1 students. Aguideline for all teachers to setup such labs in their schools was also provided. Around 450 teachers attended the talk. INYAS Science Camp Indian National Young Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with IUCAA and D. Y. Patil Education Society, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, organised the INYAS Science Camp for school students during November 22 – 23, 2019, at Kolhapur. Science toys demonstration, hands-on science, and hands-on astronomy were covered in the sessions. Sonal Thorve, Shivani Pethe, and Rupesh Labade (IUCAA) were the resource persons. Around 180 school students participated in the camp. Sonal Thorve coordinated the camp. Annul ar So l ar Ec l ipse Vi ewing at Different Parts of India On the occasion of theAnnular Solar Eclipse, a camp was jointly organised during December 25 – 26, 2019,at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, by the Vigyan Prasarof the Government of India and JyotirvidyaParisansth, Pune. Tushar Purohit was the resource person. There were lectures, and hands on activities during the camp. The participants were 180 teachers from different parts of India. Rupesh Labade and Maharudra Mate volunteered in the camp. As a part of the IUCAAWorkshop on Science of the Star in our Backyard, held at St. Mary's College, Sulthan Bathery, Kerala, IUCAA SciPOP organised the Annular Solar Eclipse viewing for the general public on December 26, 2019.Samir Dhurde and Sonal Thorve were the resource persons. The eclipse was viewed using Jigyasa Science Exhibition A science exhibition open for all was organised at IISER, Pune, during December 19 – 20, 2019, by the Agastya International Foundation in collaboration with IISER, Pune and IUCAA SciPOP. Rupesh Labade was the resource person, who coordinated the telescope making activity. There were 200 student participants, and round 2,000 people visited the exhibition. No. 121 - January 2020 19