USTM conducts astronomy workshop at Charaideo district of Assam

RI BHOI: As a part of its outreach mission, the Astro-Science Centre and Observatory (ASCO) of University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM) has conducted a one-day workshop on Day Time Astronomy" at Borhat New High School, a government school in a remote area of Charaideo district of Assam on Friday.

The primary objective of the program was to create scientific temperament among the school students through some hands-on astronomical activities.

The program was initiated by an inaugural session where the Head of the School, Sri Bijoy Krishna Gohain briefed the agenda of the program to the students in presence of all other teachers of the school, namely Buddha Gogoi, Rekha Boruah, Hiren Kataky, Debajit Gogoi, Gopal Singh Yadav, Ramen Changmai, Bhadra Krishna Gogoi, Sumit Kesara, Ratul Gogoi and Dipanjali Bora.

The resource person Dr. Nitu Borgohain, Assistant Professor of Physics, USTM started the program with a lecture on "Our position in the Cosmos", followed by a hands-on activity on "Solar diameter measurement". More than six-hundred students took active participation in the program. Both the students and the teachers thanked USTM for conducting such an interesting event in such a remote place of the region. They also requested to conduct such programs in near future frequently, stated a press release.

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