A special talk by our former REAP student happening on 30th March 2024 at 3PM

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Talk title: Designing for wilderness in human habitats (Friday, 23th Feb, 4:30-6 pm, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium)

Talk description: An introduction to ecological landscape design. The speakers will be sharing some tools and insights on documenting existing biodiversity on a piece of land and designing for its succession. They will also present a few design stories from their projects where individuals who own private farms that exist in gradient zone between reserve forests and urban spaces can contribute towards conservation and awareness of harmonious coexistence with wildlife. The session will end the session with a short quiz on fauna with some prompts in it which will open up discussion with the audience.

Speaker names: Team Ananas (Sanjana Radhakrishnan and Jananee Mohan)

Sanjana Radhakrishnan - Ecological-landscape designer at Ananas. An architect by training, she enjoys working at the intersection of regenerative design, ecology and restoration.

Jananee Mohan - Co-founder of Ananas. A naturalist and an amateur photographer, she enjoys the process of observing and designing niche habitats and planting eco-systems with the hope of harmonious co-existence of humans with wilderness.

Ananas is a permaculture and ecological landscape design firm based out of Bangalore. They've designed farms based on the client's needs, the land's topography, water, soil, animals etc. In this talk, the founders tell you about their experiences designing private farms that exist in the gradient zone between reserve forests and urban spaces- that contribute in conservation and awareness of harmonious co-existence with wildlife.

DETAILS: Friday, 23th Feb, 4:30-6 pm, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium

The team behind Ananas has a fascinating background of ecology, landscape design, architecture, design and enviromental science.

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Popular lectures happening this week

On the occasion of 42nd annual meeting of Astronomical Society of India, jointly organized by Indian Institute of Science, Indian Space Research Organization and Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru, Public lectures have been arranged at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium. All are welcome!

Youtube livestream links:

'The anemic stars' by Dr B S Shylaja: https://youtube.com/live/4hHuw-28mCI?feature=share

'Lunar exploration program of India' by Dr Anil Bharadwaj: https://shorturl.at/fmAST

'The Sun through the Eyes of India's Aditya L1' by Durgesh Tripathi, IUCAA

on 1st Feb 2024 at 4:30 PM: https://www.youtube.com/live/ZTqGMal4UMc?si=cjNCLXCSnqPxaT74

'Stoties of the Universe from AstroSat' by S Seetha, RRI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbmIiftQbHQ&t=27s

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Kaapi With Kuriosity

SPEAKER:Michael Lacey (Georgia Institute of Technology)
WHEN:4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Sunday, 02 July 2023
WHERE:Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru

ASTEROID DAY - 2023

A special lecture on “Mass Extinction” by Prof. K. N. Ganeshaiah, former Professor, University of Agriculture Sciences, Bengaluŗu is organised on 30th June 2023 at 11:30 am at the Planetarium.

Click to view online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82216519081?pwd=eDVuaGNrak1YdXV3YnJvcSt3OWpPZz09

 

Kaapi With Kuriosity - lectures

Topic: OPPORTUNITIES FOR BREAKTHROUGH SCIENCE WITH LUNAR EXPLORATION

SPEAKER: Jan Harms (Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy)

WHEN: 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Sunday, 16 April 2023

WHERE: Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru

'Book launch event' for iThink Biology which was scheduled to be held on 25.02.2023 has been postponed due to unavoidable  circumstances. The next date will be informed

Ways of Computing

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture on the topic "Ways of Computing" by Prof. Jaikumar Radhakrishnan, TIFR on 26th Feb 2023 at 4 pm.  .

Portrait of a Young GALAXY

A special lecture "Portrait of a Young GALAXY" by Prof. Nissim Kanekar, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Pune is scheduled in association with Infosys Science Foundation on 19th Feb 2023 at 4 pm at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru. .

Click here to register : https://ec.infosys.com/ISF-CustomEvent-IPLectureSeriesYoungGalaxy-Bangalore-Feb23

Click here to read more about Prof. Nissim Kanekar: https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2022/nissim-kanekar.html

Pulsars : Timekeepers of the Cosmos

A special lecture by Prof. Maura McLaughlin, Eberly Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, USA, (Sarojini Damodaran Fellow) on the topic "Pulsars : Timekeepers of the Cosmos" on 29th January 2023 at 4 pm. All are welcome.
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On account of 'Moon Day", Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium is organising special programmes in hybrid mode in association with Capability Building Programme Office, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 20th July 2022. Entry is free. Here are the details:

 Inauguration by Dr. A S Kiran Kumar, Former Chairman of ISRO and Chairman of BASE/Planetarium at 10:30 am.

·A workshop on "Moon through Activities" for high school students from 11 am to 1:30 pm. Link : https://zoom.us/j/92424390161?pwd=cE9TbU95YXpXSGFFR3YrRGhMMzVMdz09

 Lecture on "Chandrana Angaladalli" for general public and students at 2:30 pm. Link https://zoom.us/j/95638259291?pwd=OC9kS3FxalpxU0owRzJ1a2srN1hKUT09

Lecture on "A Journey with the Moon" for general public and students at 3:30 pm

The link for the “Science Quiz Competition” which is scheduled to be held on July 3rd 2022 at 11:30 am has been sent to all the participants. The participants who have not received this message should contact us on 1st July 2022 through 9448709066 or jnpbangalore@gmail.com

"ASTEROID DAY"

On account of Asteroid Day, Conversations in Kannada on the topics 'Asteroids' and 'Falling Stones' and a special lecture in English on “Exploration of Asteroids by Robotic Spacecrafts” are scheduled on 30th June 2022. Entry is free.
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Asteroid day lecture : Dr. Guruprasad Read More

"Science Quiz Competition"

The Planetarium is organising a state level Science Quiz programme in Kannada for the students of class 8th, 9th and 10th . Last date is 24.06.2022 at 4 pm.
Link for registration: https://forms.gle/3RWEBUursALs3A4Y6
Details of Quiz 08.06.2022
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Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru is organising a special lecture (virtual) on the topic "Indian Space Programs - A tribute to Prof. U R Rao" on 10th March 2022 between 4 pm and 5 pm. 

Link to session: https://msteams.link/TP9B

J N Planetarium, Bengaluru presents a lecture-demonstration Series Know Your Lab

on account of Azaadi Ka Amruthmahotsav –75 years of Indian Independence.

A Live introduction to some of the Science Laboratory facilities and the nature of research being currently carried out in India. The programme is aimed at PUC and UG students who are interested in a career in science research

The first set of laboratories are :

National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru on 25th Feb 2022 bet 4:30 pm & 6 pm. Link for virtual tour :  https://msteams.link/PMY7

Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, on 26th Feb 2022 bet 4:30 pm & 6 pm. Link for virtual tour :  https://msteams.link/QTUL

Insect Flight Lab, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, on 28th Feb 2022 bet 4:30 pm & 6 pm. Link for virtual tour: https://msteams.link/4ALO

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, on 2nd March 2022 bet 4:30 pm & 6 pm. Link for virtual tour: https://msteams.link/KV91

JNP organises popular lectures on science by Senior Scientists from premier research institutes and eminent scientists visiting India. JNP also associates with other premier science institutes in organising popular lectures. Announcements about lectures are made in newspapers, on our website and communications sent to JNP Club members. Entry to these lectures is free.

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" SPOOKY ACTIONS AND OTHER QUANTUM CONUNDRUMS" Smitha Vishveshwara (Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , USA) is scheduled on 12.01.2020 from 4 pm to 5 pm at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru.

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture

"Thinking Ecologically about Indian Cities" by Prof. Harini Nagendra, Professor of Sustainability in Azim Premji University is scheduled on 22.09.2019 at 4 pm at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru.

JNP is organising a special talk on account of Teachers' Day celebration on 14th September 2019 for high school teachers

The registration for the special lectures to be held on 24th Aug 2019 at 9:30 is FULL. Audience without registration will not be allowed.

Public Lectures by Prof. R. Narasimha, Prof. R N Iyengar and Dr. S Balachandra Rao on 24th Aug 2019 at 9:30 am

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru in collaboration with Bhavan's Gandhi Centre of Science & Human Values, Bengaluru is organizing public lectures under the event entitled INDIA'S SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE IN THE FIELD OF ASTRONOMY by Prof. Roddam Narasimha, DST Professor, JNCASR, Prof. R. N. Iyengar, Distinguished Professor, Jain University and Dr. S Balachandra Rao, former Hon. Director of GCSH on 24th August 2019 at 9:30 am at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru. Interested public must register at the office.

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture

"Quantum Technologies” by Prof. Aditi De, Professor, Harish-Chandra Research "The Culture of Science” by Prof. Jayant V Narlikar, Emeritus Professor, IUCAA, Pune, is scheduled on 18.08.2019 at 4 pm at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru.

Special Lecture by Prof. Jayant V Narlikar

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru in collaboration with Gandhi Centre for Science & Human Values, Bengaluru is organizing a public lecture entitled WHY STUDY ASTRONOMY by renowned cosmologist Prof. Jayant V. Narlikar, Emeritus Professor, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, on 17th August 2019 at 5:30 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru. Entry is free.

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"Quantum Technologies” by Prof. Aditi De, Professor, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, is scheduled on 16.06.2019 at 3 pm at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru.

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A FEW EXAMPLES HOW THE SCIENCE OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS CHANGES OUR VIEW OF THE WORLD
Stefan Thurner (Science of Complex Systems, Medical University of Vienna),
4pm to 5pm Sunday, 26 May 2019, J. N. Planetarium,
Sri T. Chowdaiah Road, High Grounds, Bangalore

100 Years for ‘Light Bending Experiment

"May 29, 1919 is a historic day in the annals of science. Astronomical observations recorded during the total solar eclipse on that day verified one of the predictions of ‘General Theory of Relativity’ – that, light bends in the vicinity of massive objects such as the Sun. We celebrate one hundred years of this landmark experiment carried out by a team of astronomers headed by Sir Arthur Eddington. J N Planetarium has arranged a special public talk by Prof P Ajith, ICTS at 10:30 am on May 29 at the planetarium. All are invited."

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"A FEW EXAMPLES HOW THE SCIENCE OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS CHANGES OUR VIEW OF THE WORLD” by Prof. Stefan Thurner, Professor, Medical University of Vienna, is scheduled on 26.05.2019 at 4 pm at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru..

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"How Fish Swim" by Prof. Jaywant H Arakeri, IISc., Bengaluru, is scheduled on 17.03.2019 at 4 pm at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru.

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"The Tau of Ramanujan" by Prof. Eknath Ghate, Professor, TIFR, Mumbai, is scheduled on 10.02.2019 at 4 pm at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru.

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"Our Amazing Universe" by Prof. Francois R. Bouchet, French Cosmologist, is scheduled on 20.01.2019 at 4 pm at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru.

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium (JNP), Bengaluru is organising “Khagola Uthsava - 100 years of IAU”, an Astronomy Festival during 10th – 13th January 2019 on account of centenary year of International Astronomical Union.

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture "States of Matter” by Prof. Deepak Dhar, Visiting Faculty, IISER, Pune, is scheduled on 9.12.2018 at 4 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture "Science, the fulcrum for social and economic change" by Prof. K. VijayRaghavan (Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. Of India), is scheduled on 14.10.2018 at 4 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium is conducting a public lecture by Prof. S Lokanathan, Formerly Professor of Physics at University of Rajastan, Jaipur, and Dr. B S Shylaja, Visiting Scientist, JNP, on the occasion of 125th birth anniversary of Astrophysicist 'Meghnad Saha' on 6th October 2018 at 5:30 pm at the Planetarium. Entry is free.

Workshop on 'Space Science'

A one-day workshop on ‘Space Science’ for high school teachers of science will be conducted by J N Planetarium on Oct 4th, 2018 between 10:30 am and 3:30 pm. Lectures by Prof. P J Bhat, ISRO, Prof. M B Rajani and Prof. Asmita Mohanty of NIAS have been arranged. Charges Rs.250/- per head.

Above talks will be followed by a special public lecture entitled 'Fruit Flies in Space: Relevance to Astronaut’s Health!' by Dr. Ravikumar Hosamani, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad at 4 pm. Entry is free.

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture series entitled "A Finite Discussion on the Infinite" by Prof. Tanvi Jain, Associate Professor, Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre, is scheduled on 09.09.2018 at 4 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

Commemorating 150th year of 'The Discovery of Helium'

A special lecture by Prof. Biman Nath, Astrophysicist, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, on the topic ‘150th year of the Discovery of Helium’ on 18th August 2018 at 5.30 pm at the Planetarium

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture series entitled "Making Things, Doing Science" by Prof. Arvind Gupta, (Children’s Science Centre, IUCAA – former), is scheduled on 19.08.2018 at 4 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture series entitled "The Discrete Charm of Geometry" by Prof. Alexander Bobenko (Technical University of Berlin), is scheduled on 22.07.2018 at 4 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

'Asteroid Day' on 30th June 2018

J N Planetarium, Bengaluru is celebrating the 'Asteroid Day' with lectures on asteroids and on Meteors, An exhibition of over 20 meteorite samples collected from India and outside and a poster exhibition. A lecture is organized at 2 pm by Dr. Bharat Adur, Director, Akash Ganga Centre for Astronomy, Mumbai titled ‘Detection of Meteorites and Methods of Analysis’ aimed towards college students. A public lecture by Dr. Narendra Bhandari, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, titled ‘Falling Stones, Colliding Asteroids and Secrets of the Universe’ is scheduled at 4:30 pm for the public.

Interested college students are requested to register with the planetarium on or before June 28th for lectures as entry is limited. There is no registration charge. All are welcome for the public lecture. Rare exhibition of meteorites and poster exhibition are open between 10.30am and 4.30pm. Members of public and students can make use of the opportunity. Entry to the exhibition is free.

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Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture series entitled "How quantum physics democratised music: a meditation on physics and technology" by Prof. Michael Berry (University of Bristol, UK), is scheduled on 10.06.2018 at 4 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture series entitled "Black Holes and Steam Engines" by Prof. Joseph Samuel, Theoretical Physicist, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, is scheduled on 27.05.2018 at 4 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture series entitled "Towards Life in a Jar" by Prof. Zorana Zeravcic, Assistant Professor, ESPCI, Paris, is scheduled on 22.04.2018 at 4 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

A special lecture on 'Zero Shadow Day' for public is scheduled on 24th April 2018 at 11 am. The event will be demonstrated at 12:17 hrs at the campus. Entry is free.

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture series entitled "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" by Prof. Shannon Olsson, Head, Naturalist-Inspired Chemical Ecology (NICE), National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, is scheduled on 25.03.2018 at 4 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

Kaapi With Kuriosity lecture series entitled "Fascinating World of Photons, Superposition & Entanglement" by Prof. Urbasi Sinha, Associate Professor, Light and Matter Physics group, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, is scheduled on 25.02.2018 at 4 pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in collaboration with British Council is arranging special lectures by Profs. Monica Grady and Ian Wright on the topics Landing on the Comet andWhat is the chemical composition of a comet? And how would you measure it? respectively, on 14th February 2018 at 5.30 pm at planetarium campus.

Kaapi With Kuriosity

Kaapi With Kuriosity public lecture entitled “Black Holes" by Prof. Ramesh Narayan, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University and Senior Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory on 21^st Jan 2018 at 4 pm in Planetarium.

A special lecture entitled "Ancient light: the microwave background radiation and cosmology” by Prof. Mark Birkinshaw, Cavendish Laboratory’s Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, is scheduled on 20th Jan 2018 at 5 pm in JNP campus.

A special lecture entitled "The fascinating exploration of asteroids : how to trace back our Solar System history and protect ourselves from an impact" by Dr. Patrick Michel, Astrophysicist, Senior Researcher at CNRS, is scheduled on 13th Jan 2018 at 5.30 pm in JNP campus.

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J N planetarium, Bengaluru is celebrating the ‘Asteroid Day’ with lectures on asteroids and on Meteors, An exhibition of over 20 meteors collected from India and outside and a poster exhibition. Lectures are aimed at high school teachers. Interested members of public can also attend.

Interested Teachers are requested to register with the planetarium on or before June 28th for lectures as entry is limited. There is no registration charge. Rare exhibition of meteorites and poster exhibition are open between 10.30am and 4.30pm. Members of public and students can make use of the opportunity. Entry to the exhibition is free. Click here for info.

Kaapi with Kuriosity lecture entitled “Insects as Architects” is scheduled on 11 th Dec 2016 (Sunday) at 11 am at Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium . Click here for info.

A special lecture entitled "Nobel Prize for Neutrino Oscillations" by Prof. S Lokanathan, Formerly Professor at University of Rajastan, Jaipur, on 8th November 2015 (Sunday) at 5.30 pm. Entry is Free. - click here for more

A special lecture entitled “LIGO – India : Beyond Gravitational Wave Detection to Gravitational Wave Astronomy” by Prof. B R Iyer, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR, Bengaluru, on 11th October 2015 (Sunday) at 5.30 pm. Entry is Free. click here for more

A special lecture entitled "ASTROSAT – the Indian Astronomy Satellite” by Dr. S Seetha, Programme Director, Space Science Programme Office, Indian Space Research Organisation, Blore, on 13.09.2015 at 5.30 pm. Entry is Free. - click here for more

A special lecture entitled "The Thirty Meter Telescope” by Prof. G C Anupama, Professor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Blore, on 09.08.2015 at 5.30 pm. Entry is Free. - click here for more

In this context, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore is arranging a three-part lecture series entitled Einstein and Relativity in January, February and March by the renowned astrophysicist Prof. C. V. Vishveshwara. The talks will be non-technical aimed at general audience including undergraduate students. The lecture series provides an overview of the General Theory of Relativity and its impact.

Brief Profile of Prof. C. V. Vishveshwara

After his education up to MSc in Bangalore, India, Prof. Vishveshwara received his AM degree from Columbia University, New York, USA. Thereafter, working on the stability of the Schwarzschild black hole with Prof. Charles Misner as his thesis advisor, he obtained his PhD from the University of Maryland, USA. In addition to his proof of black-hole stability, he has made pioneering contributions to black-hole physics by his study of the structures of both the static Schwarzschild black holes and the rotating Kerr black holes as well as by his theoretical discovery of the quasinormal modes of black-hole vibrations. After serving on the faculty of several universities in USA, he returned to his hometown of Bangalore, India, to take up the position of Professorship at the Raman Research Institute and later became a Senior Professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. Prof. Vishveshwara has also been a Visiting Professor at several universities such as University of Pennsylvania, University of Maryland, Boston University, University of London, and Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain.

His book, Einstein's Enigma or Black Holes in My Bubble Bath is widely acclaimed with highly complimentary comments from Professors Roger Penrose, Nobel laureate Anthony James Leggett, Charles Misner and other readers worldwide. It has also been translated into Italian. Recently, another book of his in the same genre entitled Universe Unveiled – The Cosmos in My Bubble Bath has been published. Information about the two books published by Springer may be obtained respectively from the links: http://www.springer.com/astronomy/popular+astronomy/book/978-3-540-33199-5 and http://www.springer.com/astronomy/popular+astronomy/book/978-3-319-08212-7

Black Holes, Gravitational Radiation and the Universe: Essays in Honor of C.V. Vishveshwara, Bala R. Iyer and Biplab Bhawal(eds), (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999) was published in his honor for his sixtieth birthday to which leading experts in the field like Jacob Bekenstein, Brandon Carter, G.F.R Ellis, Jayant Narlikar etc., have contributed essays.

As founder-director of the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium in Bangalore, he has written the scripts for several planetarium programmes and directed them. These have proved to be exceedingly popular because of the simple and attractive manner in which difficult concepts have been presented. Prof. Vishveshwara has also initiated and developed educational programmes at the Planetarium including the Research Education Advancement Programme (REAP) and BIO-REAP that have been successfully training students to pursue research careers in science.

Details of the Lecture Series

Venue of the Lectures

Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium,
Bangalore Association for Science Education,
Shri. T. Chowdaiah Road, High Ground,
Bangalore, Karnataka
PIN: 560001
Landmark : Near Karnataka Raj Bhavan

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