MONDAY, 05 DECEMBER 2022
Rural Area Outreach
Venue: St. Xavier’s College, Raghabpur Campus
1030 – 1100 HRS: Reporting/Registration
1100 – 1125 HRS: Welcome and Introduction
1125 – 1230 HRS: Public lecture in Bengali - " মহাকাশে ভারতবর্ষ " (India’s Space Ambitions)
Speaker: Tirtha Pratim Das, ISRO
1230 – 1315 HRS: Solar observations with mobile telescope and interaction of students with the public outreach team
1315 – 1330 HRS: Vote of thanks (by Sarbari Guha)
1330 – 1430 HRS: Lunch
TUESDAY, 06 DECEMBER 2022
1100 – 1800 HRS: Space Science Exhibition
Venue: Exhibition Area Basement B, Science City
1715 – 1815 HRS: Public Lecture - Flash and Bang! How the Universe converts Dead Stars to Gold
Speaker: Varun Bhalerao, IIT Mumbai
Venue: M.N. Saha Auditorium, IISER Kolkata Mohanpur Campus
1830 – 1930 HRS: Public Lecture - An IISER Student’s Journey to Build a Space Instrument for India’s Mission to the Sun
Speaker: Avyarthana Ghosh, TCS Research
Venue: M.N. Saha Auditorium, IISER Kolkata Mohanpur Campus
WEDNESDAY, 07 DECEMBER
1100 – 1800 HRS: Space Science Exhibition
Venue: Exhibition Area Basement B, Science City
1130 – 1230 HRS: Public Lecture - Looking up to the Cosmos from the Indian Himalayas
Speaker: Dorje Angchuk, Indian Astronomical Observatories (IIA), Hanle, Ladakh
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
1300 – 1400 HRS: Lunch
Venue: Seminar Lobby, Science City
1330 – 1430 HRS: Space Quiz
Organized by Presidency University
Venue: Exhibition Area Basement B, Science City
1430 – 1530 HRS: Public Lecture in Bengali - "পৃথিবীর প্রাণীর চোখে আকাশের নক্ষত্র" (How Animals Perceive the Universe)
Speaker: Biman Nath, RRI, Bangalore
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
1600 – 1630 HRS: Formal Inauguration of the Exhibition
Venue: Exhibition Area Basement B, Science City
1630 – 1730 HRS: Inaugural Address by AS Kiran Kumar, ISRO
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
1730 – 1800 HRS: High-Tea
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
THURSDAY, 08 DECEMBER
1100 – 1800 HRS: Space Science Exhibition
Venue: Exhibition Area Basement B, Science City
1130 – 1300 HRS: Public Lecture - India in Space
Speaker: AS Kiran Kumar, ISRO
Venue: Meghnad Saha Auditorium, University of Calcutta, Rajabazar Campus
1330 – 1430 HRS: Lunch
Venue: Seminar Lobby, Science City
1500 – 1600 HRS: Public Lecture - Indian Explorations of the Moon
Speaker: Shyama Narendranath, ISRO
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
1600 – 1630 HRS: Tea/Coffee
Venue: Seminar Lobby, Science City
1700 – 1800 HRS: Public Lecture - Transforming Marine Livelihoods through Data from Space
Speaker: Devleena Bhattacharjee, Numer8 Analytics
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
1700 – 1800 HRS: Public Lecture - A Dung Beetle’s View of the Milky Way
Speaker: Biman Nath, RRI, Bangalore
Venue: M.N. Saha Auditorium, IISER Kolkata Mohanpur Campus
FRIDAY, 09 DECEMBER
1100 – 1800 HRS: Space Science Exhibition
Venue: Exhibition Area Basement B, Science City
1030 – 1130 HRS: Public Lecture - A Behind the Scenes Look at Planning and Operations of Space Missions
Speaker: Nandini Harinath, ISRO
Venue: Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Gurusaday Road, Kolkata
1130 – 1300 HRS: Panel on Women of Space Science
Compère: Anindita Bhadra (IISER Kolkata)
Panelists: Shyama Narendranath (ISRO), Nandini Harinath (ISRO), S. Seetha (Raman Research Institute), Devleena Bhatacharjee (Numer8 Analytics), Nikhitha C (Genex Space), Avyarthana Ghosh (TCS Research)
Venue: Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, Gurusaday Road, Kolkata
1300 – 1400 HRS: Lunch
Venue: Seminar Lobby, Science City
1400 – 1500 HRS: Public Lecture - Exploring the Universe with AstroSat
Speaker: Dipankar Bhattacharya, Ashoka University
Venue: S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
1600 – 1630 HRS: Tea/Coffee
Venue: Seminar Lobby, Science City
1530 – 1730 HRS: Public Lecture in Bengali – “মহাবিশ্বের ভবিষ্যৎ” (The Future of the Universe)
Speaker: Somak Raychaudhury, IUCAA
Venue: Derozio Hall, Presidency University, College Street, Kolkata
SATURDAY, 10 DECEMBER
1100 – 1800 HRS: Space Science Exhibition
Venue: Exhibition Area Basement B, Science City
1300 – 1430 HRS: Lunch
Venue: Seminar Lobby, Science City
1500 – 1630 HRS: বাংলায় বিজ্ঞান আড্ডা (Science Adda in Bengali)
Convener: Dibyendu Nandi, IISER Kolkata
Compère: Taparati Gangopadhyaya (Prasar Bharati)
Panelists: Somak Raychaudhury (IUCAA, Pune), Biman Nath (RRI, Bangalore), Dipankar Banerjee (ARIES, Nainital)
Venue: Fountain Area, Science City
1700 – 1730 HRS: Tea/Coffee
Venue: Seminar Lobby, Science City
SUNDAY, 11 DECEMBER
1100 – 1800 HRS: Space Science Exhibition
Venue: Exhibition Area Basement B, Science City
1100 – 1300 HRS: Panel Discussion - Industry Academia Relations
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
1100 – 1115 HRS Indian Space Sector: Role of IN-SPACE
Speaker: Prafulla Kumar Jain
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
1115 – 1300 HRS Panel Discussion
Panelists: DS Govindrajan (Aniara Communications), Prafulla Kumar Jain (IN-SPACe), N Sudheer Kumar (ISRO), Arpan Pal (TCS Research Kolkata), Kaushal Verma (IISc), Amitava Das (IISER Kolkata), Sourav Pal (Ashoka University),Devleena Bhattacharjee (Numer8 Analytics), S.R. Chakravarthy (IIT Madras), Chitrita Chatterjee (SatCom Industry Association)
1300 – 1330 HRS Closing Remarks
AS Kiran Kumar (ISRO)
N. Sudheer Kumar (ISRO)
Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta (SNBNCBS)
Prasanta K.Panigrahi (IISER Kolkata)
1330 – 1430 HRS: Lunch
Venue: Seminar Lobby, Science City
1430 – 1530 HRS: Public Lecture - Importance of Studying the Sun from India
Speaker: Dipankar Banerjee, ARIES, Nainital
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
1530 – 1630 HRS: Public Lecture - Aditya-L1: India’s First Mission to Observe the Sun
Speaker: K. Sankarasubramanian, ISRO
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
1630 – 1700 HRS: High Tea
Venue: Seminar Lobby, Science City
1700 – 1800: Closing Ceremony
Venue: Mini Auditorium, Science City
