National Outreach

LIGO-India Education and Public Outreach group conducts nationwide educational programs to support the LIGO-India and Gravitational wave research communities’ efforts towards encouraging India’s youth to take up Astronomy & Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Gravitational wave physics.

We advertise lectures and workshops for prominent scientists belonging to the field of gravitational wave physics and the detector’s engineering. We also, participate in public events/fests organized by institutes.

LIGO India at Jyotirvidya Parisanstha 

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National Space Day celebrations at IDSS, Pune University

  • LIGO India Booth at the Interdisciplinary School of Science, Pune University

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Local Outreach: St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad

  • Talk on GW Science and Career opportunities for students in GW Science

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Local Outreach: St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata

  • Talk on GW Science and Career opportunities for students in GW Science

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Presidency University Presision 

  • Lecture by Prof. Rajesh Nayak on GW Science
  • Session on Career opportunities for students in GW Science
  • LIGO-India Booth

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Ashoka University Spacecraft 2.0

  • Lecture by Prof. Debarati Chatterjee on LIGO India and Gravitational Waves on April 3

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IIT Delhi’s Cosmicon 2024 

  • LIGO India and GW Science Booth explaining four stage suspension.

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Local Outreach: Christ University

  • Local Outreach at Christ University, Bengaluru
  • Interactive session on GW Science and Competitive exams by JAM topper: Swarnim Shirke

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LIGO-India at IUCAA on National Science Day 2024

  • LIGO-India booth explaining science behind interferometers and gravitational wave detections
  • Interactions with GW scientists
  • GWSciArt corner: Display of Gravitational Waves Science Art-pieces
  • Signposts, bookmarks, and Photo booth!

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42nd ASI Meet – Astronomical Society of India

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VJTI’s Technovanza 2024

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LIGO-India at IUCAA on National Science Day 2023

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LIGO-India booth at VJTI Tech Fest Mumbai 2023

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Delhi Technical University (DTU) Tech Fest “Invictus”

  • LIGO-India booth explaining science behind interferometers and gravitational wave detections
  • A workshop on Gravitational wave data analysis

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LIGO-India booth at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur Techfest “Prometeo 2023”

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IISER Trivandrum Annual Science Fest ANVESHA

Workshop on Finesse Interferometer Simulation Software

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IIT and IISER Tirupati

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  • Introduction to Interferometric GW Detectors (Suresh) 
  • Introduction to GW Data analysis (Apratim)
  • Student interaction session
    Instrumentation Workshops
  • LIGO In your hands: An Interferometer Demo
  • Introduction to Finesse Interferometer Simulation Software
    (Shivaraj and Manasa)

IIT Tirupati campus

  • Technology Development for present and future GW detectors (Suresh)
  • Gravitational Lensing of Gravitational Waves (Apratim)
  • Student interaction session
    Data Analysis Workshops (Shivaraj and Manasa)
  • GW search techniques using PyCBC
  • GW Parameter Estimation using Bilby

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IISER Bhopal Singularity 22′

  • LIEPO was invited to participate in the Singularity Fest at IISER-Bhopal, one of the largest Science Fests in central India.
  • A LIGO-India booth was set up at the festival. Details about the project were presented through posters, various interactive demos and exhibits to explain GW science, or highlight the different technological aspects required for the LIGO-India project.

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Amateur Astronomers’ Meet, SRTMU (Nanded):

  • 20 amateur astronomers from different parts of  Nanded, Parbhani, Latur and Hingoli (and around) came to the School of Physical Sciences, SRTMU Campus, Nanded
  • The meeting consisted of different activities including a Talk on LIGO-INDIA and SRTMU Observatory Visit.

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Bhosi Cluster School Visit: 

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