Registrations are invited for A Winter Night at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru. It will be held on February 17, 2024.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium (JNP) is administered by Bangalore Association for Science Education (BASE). The BASE is devoted to science popularisation and non formal science education.
Started in 1989, the JNP has emerged as a premier institution devoted to science popularization and non formal science education in India. It attracts over 3 lakh visitors annually, majority of whom are students. It is equipped with a large 15 M dome and a state of the art hybrid projection system installed and commissioned in 2017. The JNP organizes several interesting programmes aimed at school students and general public. These are: monthly star gazing, science club activities, science movies, Sky-theatre shows every day, viewing of astronomical events etc.
Our science education activities include: Science Education in Early Development(SEED) for Primary school students, Science Over Week-ends (SOW) – Interactive Week-end Sessions for high school children, three year long week-end programme Research Education Advancement Programme (REAP) for undergraduate students, Summer Programmes, Science Exhibitions and Workshops. These programmes attract thousands of students every year. Over 135 students from BASE have got admission to Ph.D. courses in premier research institutes in India and abroad. Several of these REAP students have subsequently taken up post doctoral and regular research and teaching positions in prestigious centres.
These include: Raman Research Institute, Indian Institute of Science, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Jawharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, TIFR, NCBS, ICTS, Wild Life Research Institute, Oxford University, Michigan State University, Delft Institute, State University New York, Buffalo, University of Florida, Cornell University.
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru in association with ABAA will be organising a ‘Winter Night’ at Planetarium on Saturday, February 17, 2024 from 10 PM to 4 AM. The activities will include: Astronomy Activities, Introduction to Night Sky, Naked Eye Observations.
13 years and above persons.
INR 750 per head.
Interested participants can register online via this link.
Email: info[at]taralaya[dot]org
