The past members of the Public Outreach and Education Committee (POEC) are -

2022-2025

POEC members are listed as follows:

  • Dibyendu Nandi (IISER Kolkata) (Chair)
  • Virendra Yadav (ARIES) (Co-Chair)
  • Chrisphin Karthick (IIA)
  • Harvinder Kaur Jassal (IISER Mohali)
  • Jayant Ganguly (Calicut Planetarium)
  • Mamta Gulati (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology)
  • Pritesh Ranadive (HBCSE TIFR)
  • Surhud More (IUCAA)
  • T. V. Venkateswaran (Vigyan Prasar)
  • Varuni Prabhakar (IMSc)

Associate members are listed as follows:

  • Aniket Sule (HBCSE TIFR)
  • Anupam Ghosh (ICTS-TIFR)
  • Arvind Paranjpye (Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai)
  • B. S. Shylaja (JNP Bengaluru, Retd.)
  • Manzoor Malik (Kashmir University)
  • Niruj Mohan R. (IIA)
  • Samir Dhurde (IUCAA)
  • OAE India postdoc (IUCAA)

2019-2022

Members of the POEC:

  • Aniket Sule (HBCSE(TIFR), Mumbai) - Chair
  • Priya Shah-Hasan (MANUU, Hyderabad) - Secretary
  • Arvind Paranjpye (Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai)
  • Harvinder Kaur Jassal (IISER, Mohali)
  • Joe Jacob (Newman College, Thodupuzha)
  • Mayank N. Vahia (NMIMS, Mumbai)
  • N. Rathnashree (Delhi Planetarium, Delhi)
  • Niruj Mohan Ramanujam (Formerly at NCRA-TIFR, Pune)
  • Samir Dhurde (IUCAA, Pune)
  • Sarita Vig (IIST, Thiruvanathapuram)
  • T. V. Venkateswaran (Vigyan Prasar, Delhi)

Associate Members of the POEC:

  • Arnab Bhattacharya (TIFR, Mumbai)
  • Chrisphin Karthik (IIA, Bengaluru)
  • Dibyendu Nandi (IISER, Kolkata)
  • Dorje Angchuk (IIA, Hanle)
  • Hum Chand (Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala)
  • Jayant Ganguly (RSC and Planetarium, Kozhikode)
  • Mamta Gulati (Thapar University, Patiala)
  • Manoneeta Chakraborty (IIT, Indore)
  • Manzoor Malik (Kashmir University, Srinagar)
  • Sudarshan R. (NIAS, Bengaluru)
  • Sushan Konar (Pune)
  • Varuni Prabhakar (IMSc, Chennai)
  • Virendra Yadav (ARIES, Nainital)

2016-19

  • Niruj Mohan Ramanujam (NCRA-TIFR) (Chair)
  • Samir Dhurde (IUCAA) (Secretary)
  • Aniket Sule (HBCSE-TIFR, Mumbai)
  • Arvind Paranjpye (Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai)
  • Biman Nath (RRI)
  • Joe Jacob (Newman College, Thodupuzha)
  • Nandivada Rathnasree (Nehru Planetarium, Delhi)
  • Priya Hasan (MANUU, Hyderabad)
  • T. V. Venkateswaran (Vigyan Prasar, Delhi)

2015-16

  • Rathnasree Nandivada (Nehru Planetarium, Delhi) (Chair)
  • B. S. Shylaja (Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore)
  • Ranjeev Misra (IUCAA)
  • Niruj Mohan Ramanujan (NCRA-TIFR, Pune)
  • Samir Dhurde (IUCAA)
  • T. V. Venkateswaran (Vigyan Prasar, Delhi)
  • Joe Jacob (Newman College, Thodupuzha)
  • Arvind Paranjpye (Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai)