Author Archives: Ram Venugopal

Overview of Project

Proper education in Astronomy in schools and Universities is a significant factor in cultivating students to become scientific minded youths. Observations of stars and astronomical objects with appropriate telescopes would help students studying this subject more interesting. The proposed project aims to address the following challenges: (i) lack of human resources (ii) lack of syllabus […]

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There has been a gradual decline in the study of science and related fields in schools, especially in African countries, due to the lack of demand for careers in the fields of science. With the advent of the Square Kilometer Array Project and Africa winning a major share of the project, it has become necessary […]

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Our project aims to address two significant challenges, one academic and one aimed for the general public. Guatemala, along with many countries of the Central American/Caribbean region, lacks of a solid and well consolidated program of astronomy/astrophysics at Graduate level. The challenge that the GUASA school aims, is to trigger the change needed to improve […]

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Basic astronomy is currently not taught in Haitian schools or colleges, as learned during recent lectures at UNIQ and ESIH by the PI. Both places however have expressed a strong interest in incorporating basic astronomy into their curricula, which is why HASC-1 was funded. Utilizing a tool, an all-sky-camera, offers a simple and effective way […]

Overview of Project

Gaza Ambassadors of Universe where we are poised to  take a giant step forward in understanding the universe  and our place within it,  is going to be the light for the darkest spot in the earth.  By mixing between Astronomy and Technology  we will work on incubating the Gazans’ brains, hearts, and visions. Astronomy gives […]