Author Archives: Ram Venugopal

Project Update: Fourth East African Astronomy workshop

The Fourth East African Astronomy workshop hosted at the University of Rwanda from June 30th to July 4th 2014 Fourth East African Astronomy workshop, sponsored by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development, was hosted by the University of Rwanda in Kigali City between June 30th and July 4th 2014. The workshop concerned the status […]

AstroSense@OAD – by Wanda Diaz

I arrived in South Africa on the 15 of March 2014, delightfully met by an old, young-by-age and full-of-life acquaintance from Ethiopia, Dr Solomon Belay! A colleague from Zambia, Mr Prospery Simpemba, and another from Namibia, Dr. Michael Backes, were also there, getting ready to attend Scifest Africa, the biggest science festival in Africa, where […]

Announcement from Organisers

Dear all, I am pleased to announce the Special Astronomy Summer School (SASS) 2014, Organized by National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) and its Centre for Basic Space Science (CBSS), Nsukka, in collaboration with University of Toronto (UT) Canada, Canadian Institute for theoretical Astrophysics, Canada, IAU OAD Cape Town, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, UT, […]