Shaw-IAU Workshops by the OAE

As a part of the outreach project of the upcoming LED Dome planetarium (COSMOS in Mysuru) by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, we have a weekly astronomy program on the Radio Manasa FM channel of the University of Mysore, called Nakshatravani, in the Kannada language. This is uniquely tailored for local audiences and combines recent astronomy and space news, a monthly sky calendar, and explanations of basic astronomy concepts. It also features regular interviews with visiting astronomers in Kannada and English. These episodes are also archived as podcasts on Spotify and Amazon Music. This project makes astronomy accessible to non-digital, rural, and regional-language listeners. In this talk, I will describe our program, methodology, and its efficacy and end with upcoming plans.

About Amoghavarsha N

Amoghavarsha N works in the Outreach team of the COSMOS-Mysuru project of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. He holds a postgraduate degree in Physics with a specialisation in Astrophysics and is currently pursuing his doctoral studies in Classical Be stars. He has over three years of experience in education and outreach, with a special interest in rural outreach, outreach in vernacular languages, and novel methods in astronomy education. He has experience in organising more than 100 events for diverse groups of audiences.