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Popularization of Astronomy in South India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

R. Ramakarthikeyan
R. Ramakarthikeyan*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, RKM Vivekananda College, Madras, S.India, 600 004

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I am presenting this paper only with reference to my city of Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu, where more than 60 per cent of the population are illiterate.

I am an active member of the Madras Astronomical Association and I am the Vice-President of the Vivekananda Astronomy Club, both of which are popularizing astronomy among the masses.

Though we have been pleading for the necessity of a planetarium over the last two decades, we got one only in May 1988. But for the last seven years, we designed and set up a mini-planetarium at the Education Pavilion of the Trade Fair Exhibition conducted by the local government every year.

Type
11. Popularization
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 105: The Teaching of Astronomy , 1990 , pp. 341 - 342
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990