*** Thirty Year Celebrations ***
Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai
"Planetarium through ages: Vision 2027"
Conference of the Directors and Professionals
of Indian Planetariums
19 & 20 March 2007
19 & 20 March 2007
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*** Thirty Year Celebrations *** Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai "Planetarium through ages: Vision 2027" Conference of the Directors and Professionals of Indian Planetariums
19 & 20 March 2007 |
| Name & Affiliation |
Topic | |
| 1 |
Inaugural Address: Prof. Govind Swarup, FRS, Former Professor of Eminence, TIFR and former Director GMRT, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune 411007 |
Radio-waves and
the Universe: from Big Bang to Black Holes |
| 2 |
Prof. R. Subramanian,
Director General, MPBIFR, Kolkata |
The early developments in
planetarium technology” |
| 3 |
Dr. V. S. Venkatavardan,
Salem College of Engg., Former Director Nehru Planetarium Mumbai |
The Joy of Show Making |
| 4 |
Mr. Scott
Niskach, Sales Manager, Digital Theater Division, Evans & Sutherland
Computer Corporation, USA |
Current State of Planetarium
Projection Technology |
| 5 |
Dr. J. J. Rawal,
President Indian Planetary Society, Former Director Nehru Planetarium Mumbai |
New View of Solar System |
| 6 |
Dr. N. Rathnasree,
Director Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi |
Outreach activities in planetarium |
| 7 |
Prof. M. N. Vahia,
TIFR, Former Director Nehru Planetarium Mumbai |
Imparting Basics of Astronomy
to School Children |
| 8 |
Dr. P. Iyamperumal,
Executive Director Tamilnadu Sc. & Tech. Centre |
Making student friendly shows |
| 9 |
Dr. B. G. Siddharth,
Director General, B. M. Birla Planetarium, Hyderabad |
Bringing frontiers of astronomy
to planetarium audience |
| 10 |
Dr. D. P. Duari,
Director Research & Academics, M. P. Birla Planetarium, Kolkata |
Planetarium – Emerging Multidimensional
Role and its Social Impact |
| 11 |
Mr. Piyush Pandey,
Director, Nehru Planetarium Mumbai |
Vision 2027: Changing Scene
& Planetaria of future |
| 12 |
Dr. Aniket Sule, Visiting fellow Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education |
Careers in Astronomy |
| 13 |
Dr. Carolina Ödman, Leiden
Observatory, Netherlands |
Universe Awareness: an inspirational
programme for young children |