Author Archives: Ram Venugopal

OAD Project Crowdfunding To Train Students as Astroguides

guide training for tribal students

The Guide training workshop for tribal students project aims to educate under-privileged students on astronomy and also train them as astroguides who can work part-time. The IAU Office of Astronomy Development has selected the project for funding through its annual call proposals. The OAD has granted 5000 Euro to this initiative, which is half the […]

STEAM Teaching Materials from Bosscha Observatory (Indonesian)

This project developed distance learning infrastructure, human resources, materials and methodology to assist teachers, particularly in empowering rational capacity through astronomy. The learning material is enriched with other STEAM components, most importantly energy, water, and the need to care for Earth. The facility and human resources built have been able to reach out to 137985 […]

Astronomy Week in Benin

mobile astronomy village Benin activities

Under the OAD project, Mobile Astronomy Village in Benin, the astronomical clubs of Benin organized a week of activities from March 25 to April 1, 2022 in astronomy and space sciences. Several activities were carried out at the University of Abomey-Calavi and some primary and secondary schools in the cities of Porto-Novo and Adjarra. The […]

Apply to Warwick Astronomy Knowledge Exchange

Source: Warwick University The Warwick Astronomy Knowledge Exchange programme (WAKE), a collaboration between the Warwick University Astronomy Group, the Office of Astronomy for Development and the Warwick Ethnic Minorities in Physics Network, aims to increase the diversity of people applying for opportunities at Warwick especially from countries under-represented in the field of astronomy. With the […]

Astrobus Program Inspires Students in Nigeria

NAIJABUS is an Astrobus program aimed at sensitizing and inspiring the youth, particularly girls, to embrace space science initiatives. The project was conducted by the Centre for Basic Space Science, Nsukka Nigeria in partnership with local and international collaborators (Department of Physics COOU, Anambra State, Nigeria; West African Regional Office of Astronomy for Development, Nigeria […]