Celebrating National Science Day, IIT Hyderabad establishes an ‘Advanced Darksky Observatory’ for Multidisciplinary Research

Hyderabad, February 28, 2023: Department of Physics, IIT Hyderabad (IITH, celebrated National Science Day with the theme ‘Global Science for Global Wellbeing’. Dr K Radhakrishnan (Recipient of Padma Bhushan), Honorary Distinguished Advisor in the Department of Space and Former Chairman of ISRO, was the chief guest of the program. He delivered a reflective talk on ‘Tryst with an amazing ISRO and my life lessons’. Prof P Panigrahi, director, IISER, Kolkata, had also delivered a popular talk on ‘Emergence of quantum science and technology in the 21st century’.