Clear Skies was conceived as an excersise to inculcate rational thinking in students, using Astronomy as an effective tool. For more than a year, the project team worked with the same set of underprivileged students from Shaikhpet, Hyderabad in India. Various sessions were held with around 200 students, aged 12-15, …
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The fim depicts one day in the life of Stanzin Dolkar, a young woman in a remote village in the Indian Himalayas, who is one of the astroguides running the first Astro-tourism program in the region. Film by Boris Wilmart, bakafilms.
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Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE) is an organization based in Ladakh, India providing clean energy and education access to remote off-grid communities in Himalayas. Electricity has acted as a powerful tool to stimulate economic empowerment and create new streams of revenue generation for this region. With a vision to leverage astronomy …
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We are going to make an interactive astronomical app as most of the young generation use smartphone or pc. It will feature all the planets of the Solar system along with the Sun and the Moon as interactive characters. The anthropomorphized characters will have various range of expression. Their genders …
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Kathmandu Astrophysics School 2020 (KAS20) will be a 2-week astrophysics school on ‘Introduction to Astronomical Data Analysis ‘, targeting 25 advanced undergraduate students from Nepal (~80%) and abroad (~20%). The first week of the school will cover programming basics in ‘An Introduction to Python’ in order to ensure students develop …
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DAP Website Project Development through Astronomy in Pakistan (DAP) uses astronomy to create awareness about the environmental crises, reduce gender inequality, promote peace, equality and education in the country. DAP is being run by Cosmic Perspective, an astronomy education and entertainment social enterprise.
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Teacher training outreach for Astronomy and Science in Mongolia” Workshop was held at the National University of Mongolia, June 10-15, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Website School teachers were trained on hands on activities and lectures given by international astronomers. The training workshop created a platform for professional astronomers, space scientists, and …
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Introducing Astro Homestays The high altitude and dry climate of Ladakh result in wonderful night skies where you can identify numerous stellar objects. This makes it a region perfect for astronomy. The project identified this clear night sky as a resource available to the locals that has a huge potential …
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List of resources and upcoming events are on the Project website Activities: August 2019, “The Elegant Universe and its Creation”, Hyderabad Science Society, Science and the City Meeting, Hyderabad (Talk & Q&A) August 2019, “The Indian Space Program”, Navodaya Leadership Institute (NLI), Rangareddy, Hyderabad (Talk & Q&A) July 2019, “Indian …
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Prof Salman Hameed chats with Professors Priya Hasan and Najam Hasan about popular and professional astronomy in India and their project Clear Skies in India. Video on youtube
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