Bikash Choudhury
Pathani Samantha Chandrasekhar, an outstanding astronomer
of Global repute born at Khandapada (erstwhile Princely state in Odisha)
on 13th December, 176 years ago. Pathani Samantha Planetarium and
Tata Steel hold a Young Astronomer Talent Search among school students on the
day to commemorate and remember the great genius who took birth on Odisha soil.
As statistics goes 500 schools, 1000 students participated in the competition
and from that 115 finalist were selected and 20 top exhibits considered for the
Young Astronomer Award; Odisha Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik was present on
the occasion to honor the students and encourage them on to work for the
unfinished agenda of Nation building. Pathani Samantha Planetarium has been
doing extra ordinary work on dissemination of information & knowledge in
Astrology and Astro-Physics and popularizing science among common people;
1,20,000 people visited the planetarium in a year, which is a stupendous
achievement in itself.
sir, i would like to know if you were present at the exhibition? Did you go through the projects. I would like to have some feed back. Thanks
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