IUCAA - Khagol # 129 - Oct 2022 - English

| KHAG L | No. 129 - OCTOBER 2022 | 18 1. Bharat Children's Academy and Shri Wardhaman Vidyalaya, Walchandnagar arranged a toy session followed by skywatch on 19-20 April. This session was conducted by Samir Dhurde, Atharva Pathak, Maharudra Mate, and Rupesh Labde. 2. A demonstration of science toys and a hands-on toy-making session was conducted at IISF 2022 Goa on the 26th and 27th of April. A total of 160 students and 10 teachers from rural schools in and around Goa participated over two days. The 3. The school committee of Knowledge Public School, Timarni, Madhya Pradesh, organised two-day science toys and telescope-making workshop for which Rupesh Labade and Tushar Purohit were invited as resource persons. A total of 50 students and 20 session was coordinated and conducted by Shivani Pethe. teachers participated in this hands-on workshop. 4. The Goa Education Department and District Institute of Education & Training (DIET) Porvorim, Goa, invited the Scipop Team to conduct a 2-day workshop on toy-based pedagogy on the 15th and 16th of September, 2022. Six teachers and 80 final-year D.Ed Students (Primary school teacher- trainees) along with a few science and geography teachers from nearby Government Schools participated in the workshop. The event was coordinated and executed by Shivani Pethe, Atharva Pathak, Mayuri Patwardhan, and Swanand Athalye. Science toys demonstration, Telescope Making, Astronomy, and Skywatch events: Vijnana Bharati, in association with the Ministry of Culture Government of India, organized a Two-Day National Conference and Exhibition on the 'National Calendar of India' as a part of the celebrations of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. The conference was conducted at Vikram University Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, on Vaisakha 02 and 03, 1944 saka (April 22nd and 23rd, 2022). IUCAA was one of the organizing partners for the event. The first sessionwas on 'Time & I t s Measu r emen t – An I nd i an Ujjain Conference on the INDIAN calendar: Perspective' by Prof. Somak Raychaudhuri. The program included a poster exhibition at the Vikram University and Varahamihira Observatory, Dongla. There were about 1000 registrations for the program. A night-sky observation was moderated by Tushar Purohit with support from Aryabhata Foundation Bhopal and organized at Dongla.