29th Annual Report (2016-17)

148 Ruchika Seth (IUCAA Research Scholar) and Sumeet Kulkarni (IUCAA Project Student) have participated in the Western Region leg of “FameLab”, the world’s biggest science communication competition, organised by the British Council, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, during December 13 - 16, 2016. Samir Dhurde (IUCAA) was invited to present the Indian perspective on the field of science communication for science students. (For details see Khagol, No. 109, January 2017 ) FAMELAB REGIONAL COMPETITION AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP July : Jayant V. Narlikar onCosmic Illusions. August : SomakRaychaudhury onOur Place in Space. September : KaustubhWaghmare/BhooshanGadre onMeasuring Lengths. October : Samir Dhurde (IUCAA) onDIYGeology. November : Shrikant Pawar (National Centre for Cell Science, Pune) onWonders ofMicrobiology. December : DilipG. Kanhere (S. P. PuneUniversity, Science Park) on The Ecology in andAroundus. January : Samir Dhurde, andAshokRupner (both fromIUCAA) on Sciencewith your Bicycle. February : Shantipal Ohol (Government College of Engineering, Pune) on School level Robotics. IUCAA Scipop regularly sends updates about Space and Astronomy events on Whatsapp. If you are interested to receive these, please email your details to <scipop@gmail.com> with a subject “Whatsapp Updates” to register your phone number. WHATSAPP OUTREACH UPDATES SECOND SATURDAY LECTURES