OAE Center India with partners OAE Node France, OAE Center Italy and OAE Node Nepal announces a new teachers participatory training initiative. Apply by 15th March 2026.
About Us
The OAE Center India is hosted by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) of the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research(TIFR), Mumbai (India) in association with the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics(IUCAA), Pune(India).
The OAE Center India will focus on:
Assessment and development of Astronomy teaching methods.
Creation of assessment tools for middle and high-school students and teachers.
Development of teacher training material.
Development of a model curriculum for astronomy with relevance to specific regions and cultures in India and countries in the Afro-Asian region with similar learning environments.
The center will also pay special attention to language inclusivity in their tasks.
OAE Center – India Objectives
Student-Teacher Assessment Tools
The repertoire of resources which may be developed towards this goal may include concept maps, teacher competency surveys, concept inventories, and methods of creative forms of assessment.
Resource Materials
The OAE Center India may contribute to development of online as well as offline resources for school level astronomy education. It will explore possibilities to provide support for such resources in multiple languages including major Indian languages.
Regional Capacity Building
The OAE Center India will organize teacher training programmes and work on a model common astronomy curriculum rooted in local context. As a result of this exercise a learning standards document for astronomy education may evolve.
Global Partner
The OAE Center India will offer to be a partner in various IAU OAE projects and events around the world and will host some of those events in India.
Meet Our Team
Hi!
I am a faculty at HBCSE with interests in astronomy talent nurture programs, history of astronomy in India. Manager for the OAE Center India.
Prof.Aniket Sule
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
Manager-OAE-India
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I am an Astrophysicist at IUCAA with research interests in cosmology, galaxy formation, large scale structure and the outskirts of the solar system. Faculty in-charge for the OAE Center India.
Prof.Surhud More
(IUCAA, Pune)
(IUCAA, Pune)
Deputy Manager-OAE-India
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I am working as a Scientific Officer – at HBCSE-TIFR,Mumbai.
Mr. Pritesh Ranadive
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
Astronomy Cell
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I am working as a Project Scientific Officer – at HBCSE-TIFR,Mumbai
Sai Shetye
(HBCSE-TIFR)
(HBCSE-TIFR)
Astronomy Cell
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I am working as a Project Scientific Assistant – at HBCSE-TIFR,Mumbai.
Mr. Durgesh Gaikwad
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
Astronomy Cell
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I am working as a Project Scientific Assistant – at HBCSE-TIFR,Mumbai.
Mr. Sudeep Mestry
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
Astronomy Cell
Hi!
I am working as a Project Scientific Officer – at HBCSE-TIFR,Mumbai.
Dr. Mukul Mhaskey
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
Astronomy Cell
Previous team members
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I was working as a Project Engineer – Office of Astronomy for Education,IUCAA.
Ankit Bhandari
(IUCAA, Pune)
(IUCAA, Pune)
Project Engineer-OAE-India
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I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Astronomy education, HBCSE TIFR
Dr.Asmita Redij
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
Post Doctoral Scholar-OAE-India
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I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Astronomy education,IUCAA-Pune
Dr.Moupiya Maji
(IUCAA, Pune)
(IUCAA, Pune)
Post Doctoral Scholar OAE-India
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I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Astronomy education at HBCSE-TIFR,Mumbai
Dr.Akshat Singhal
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
(HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
Post Doctoral Scholar-OAE-India
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I was working as a Project Engineer – Office of Astronomy for Education
Kshitij Chavan
(IUCAA, Pune)
(IUCAA, Pune)
Project Engineer-OAE-India
