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A vibrant and informative session on Teaching in Astronomy and Astrophysics, sharing experiences, and discussing on how to take this further, was held on February 14, 2020 at IISER - Tirupati, on the occasion of th the 38 meeting of theAstronomical Society of India. There was a mini-session titled: Voices from the young , where students Anshuman Borgohain (Tezpur University); Anusree K.G. (Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam), Avyarthana Ghosh (IUCAA), and Jaikhomba Singha (IIT - Roorkee) shared their experiences and expectations. There was another mini-session on Online courses in Astronomy and Astrophysics, where Manjari Bagchi (IMSc, Chennai), Chaitra Narayan (NCRA-TIFR, Pune), Manoj Puravankara (TIFR, Mumbai), and Sarita Vig ( I IST, Thiruvananthapuram) shared their experiences and made suggestions. Besides the introductory remarks by Dhruba J. Saikia, and Somak Raychaudhury (both from IUCAA), Nand Kumar Chakradhari (Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur), Smriti Mahajan (IISER - Mohali), and Asoke K. Sen (Assam University, Silchar) made short presentations. K. Indulekha (Mahatma Gandhi University), and Priya Hasan (MANU, Hyderabad) also contributed short interventions. Session on Teaching in Astronomy and Astrophysics No. 123 - July 2020 4