29th Annual Report (2016-17)

153 ASTRO-FEST AND OUTREACH Somak Raychaudhury presented IUCAA’s role in Astronomy Education and Outreach, at the annual meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI), held at Jaipur, during March 6 - 10, 2017. Samir Dhurde (IUCAA) helped to organise the RajasthanAstronomy Festival on this occasion. (For details seeKhagol, No. 110,April 2017 ) To inculcate interest inAstronomy among the students of IISER, Ko l ka t a , a wo r kshop wa s organised during March 24 - 27, 2017, by the Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences - India, and the International Society for Optics a nd Pho t on i c s ( SP I E ) , i n association with the Public Outreach Programme of IUCAA. The coordinators were Dibyendu Nandi, Ayan Banerjee, and their enthusiastic students. (For details see Khagol, No. 110, April 2017) WORKSHOP ON BASIC ASTRONOMYAND TELESCOPE MAKING