Khagol-128-OCT-2021

| KHAG L | No. 128 - OCTOBER 2021 | 15 Science Toys Demonstrations • • • September 8, 2021: At Amruteshwar Arts, Science, and Commerce College,Wizer. Nearly 200 students from Junior College attended. September 23, 2021:AtAbeda Inamdar Girls College, Pune. Atotal of 400 students of class 12, and 6 teachers attended. September 27, 2021: At SacredHeart School, Kalyan. About 120 students of class 9 attended. Conferences and Meetings (I) Public Engagement in Astronomy in the Pandemic Era The Public Engagement in Astronomy in the Pandemic Era conference was organised by the August 2 – 4, 2021. Samir Dhurde gave an invited talk on Reaching out while staying distanced: Some positive ideas, and also chaired the session on Using media in novel ways. Shivani Pethe and Atharva Pathak delivered a talk jointly on Use of Apps and Video series for effective Astronomy Outreach and Pro-Am Engagement. Sonal Thorve presented on Stimulating individual and vernacular engagement by utilizing online tools. In this, they shared various events organised by IUCAASciPoP, aswell as shared the experiences and the footsteps about how theywere executed. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, during Talks • • • July 30, 2021:on The World of Large Telescopes, by Samir Dhurde, at the Department of Physics, Gauhati University, Guwahati, coordinated by SanjeevKalita (IUCAA Associate). September 15, 2021: on Magnetism, by Rupesh Labade, at Rani Laxmibai Saniki Mulinchi Shala, Pirangut, for the students of classes 8 and 9, and therewere 250 participants. September 17, 2021: on Introduction toAstronomy andAstrophysics, by Samir Dhurde and Ranjan Gupta (IUCAA) at theDepartment of Physics, St. JosephCollege, Jakhama, Nagaland. • September 30, 2021: At Tirupati High School, Satara. Nearly 200 students of classes from 5 to 10 attended. This demonstration also covered the topic Use of Mobile Apps for sky observation. All thesewere demonstrated byRupesh Labade.