A quarterly bulletin of the KHAGOL Editor : Inter-University Centre for Swara Ravindranath Astronomy and Astrophysics (
[email protected]) (An autonomous institution of the University Grants Commission) Editorial Assistant : Manjiri Mahabal Available online at <http://ojs.iucaa.ernet.in/> No. 94 April 2013 (
[email protected]) C O N T E N T S National SCIENCE DAY National Science Day Celebrations 1 Congratulations 2 Celebrations The National Science Day - 2013 was celebrated with great enthusiasm and Results of Various Competitions 3 & 4 efficiency by IUCAA members and visitors. The occasion saw a great response, and Workshop on Mathematical Methods 5 around ten thousand people were estimated to have been to IUCAA during the 2nd X-ray Astronomy School 6 celebrations on three different days. On February 10, IUCAA conducted a Science quiz along with Essay writing, Story Workshop on Cosmology 6 writing and Drawing competitions for the rural students of the Ambegaon Taluka. It International Meeting on was organised by the Public Outreach personnel with generous help from Vikram Transients And Timing 7 Khaire and IUCAA Girawali Observatory staff, Nilesh Pokharkar along with others. Introductory Workshop on Twenty one schools participated in the programme, hosted at the venue generously Solar Physics 8 provided by the New English School, Landewadi. On February 16, about 400 students from 66 schools in Pune city responded to IUCAA Preprints 8 IUCAA’s invitation and participated in another set of inter-school competitions. Welcome, Farewell, Seminars, These students from classes VIII and IX took part in the Drawing, Essay, Poetry and Announcement, Colloquium 9 Science quiz competitions.