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226 international students 'star-struck' at GMRT

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It was admiration and awe for the 226 students from 39 countries as the young minds were seen scaling the sky at Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at Khodad. They were seeing such a large size of radio telescope for the first time in their lives.

These students are in the city to participate in the International Junior Science Olympiad that is organised in India for the first time. The Olympiad is being conducted by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). Away from their competition mode, these students had a learning experience when they were given information of GMRT, the site under National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA). Students were excited to see a live-size actual radio telescope.

Danai from Zimbabwe said, “I like astrophysics and want to know what lies beyond this plant but we do not get to have such telescopes in our country. I want to be a female scientist and the visit to GMRT was great fun. It has encouraged me to pursue my dream harder.”

Osama, a student from Myanmar said, “I want to make a career in biochemistry and genetics. Such visits will really help a science lover like me to exploit the field more.”

Alan from Tajikistan said , “The visit gave us a very good understanding of astrophysics. I had never seen such a telescope before and this visit has increased my interest in astrophysics.”

During the visit, a short film made by education media research centre was shown to give a brief understanding about GMRT. The detailed working and technicalities were explained by Dr Aniket Sule.

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