{"id":34033,"date":"2026-05-04T21:04:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astron-soc.in\/outreach\/?page_id=34033"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:52:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:22:57","slug":"asi2026-iitg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astron-soc.in\/outreach\/activities\/asi2026-iitg\/","title":{"rendered":"ASI 2026 Annual Meeting &#8211; Outreach Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-34033\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-34033-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-34033-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-34033-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/astron-soc.in\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-04-at-21.06.52.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-34036\" src=\"https:\/\/astron-soc.in\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-04-at-21.06.52-300x142.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-34033-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-34033-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Outreach and Education Activities<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/astron-soc.in\/asi2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">44th Annual Meeting<\/a> of the Astronomical Society of India will be hosted by IIT Guwahati from 15-19 May 2026. Similar to what has been during the past 10 annual meetings, the ASI's Public Outreach and Education Committee (POEC) has assembled a number of diverse set of outreach activities in the city of Guwahati and elsewhere in the North-East. The aim of this program is to effectively utilise the presence of more than 650 astronomers in Guwahati for the benefit of the local student and teacher communities, as well as the general public.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-34033-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div style=\"background-color: #c6d6c0; \" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-34033-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-34033-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-34033-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">OUR COLLABORATORS<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li>ASI Local Organising Committee, IIT Guwahati<\/li>\n<li>Dean of Outreach, IIT Guwahati<\/li>\n<li>Equinox - Astronomy Club of IIT Guwahati<\/li>\n<li>Guwahati Planetarium<\/li>\n<li>Guwahati Science City<\/li>\n<li>Dept of Secondary Education, Assam<\/li>\n<li>Assam Science and Technology Council ASTEC<\/li>\n<li>HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-34033-1-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-34033-1-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guwahati University<\/li>\n<li>Edugenie, Guwahati<\/li>\n<li>Ellora Bigyan Manch, Guwahati<\/li>\n<li>Physics Association of North East (PANE)<\/li>\n<li>Jorhat Science Centre &amp; Planetarium &amp; Bahona College<\/li>\n<li>Manipur Astronomical Society<\/li>\n<li>Rajiv Gandhi University &amp; Arunachal Pradesh Science Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-34033-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div style=\"background-color: #d1bccf; \" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-34033-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-34033-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-34033-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">OUTREACH ACTIVITIES<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Some of the outreach and education activities confirmed so far are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>North-East India Astrophotography Competition (with Equinox)<\/li>\n<li>Astrophotography Exhibitions at Guwahati Planetarium &amp; Guwahati Science City<\/li>\n<li><em>Vigyan Pratibha<\/em> Workshop for school teachers (with HBCSE-TIFR &amp; IITG)<\/li>\n<li>Teacher Training Workshop (with Guwahati Planetarium &amp; Ellora Bigyan Manch)<\/li>\n<li>Astronomy Exposure Workshop for students (with Guwahati Planetarium)<\/li>\n<li>Talks by Astronomers at schools and colleges (with DSE Assam and many others)<\/li>\n<li>Public lectures and night sky watch (with Guwahati &amp; Jorhat Planetarium, and others)<\/li>\n<li>Translation of outreach books into NE languages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-34033-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-34033-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/astron-soc.in\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NORTH-EAST-INDIA-ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY-COMPETITION-2026.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-34068\" src=\"https:\/\/astron-soc.in\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NORTH-EAST-INDIA-ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY-COMPETITION-2026-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-34033-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div style=\"background-color: #c9bdb5; \" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-34033-3\" ><div id=\"pgc-34033-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-34033-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\">SCHEDULE OF EVENTS<\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Coming soon ...<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Outreach and Education Activities The 44th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India will be hosted by IIT Guwahati from 15-19 May 2026. 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