Organising sustained interactions such as talks, exhibitions, demonstrations etc, aimed at different audiences, with an emphasis on multilingual content,
Making IIA’s remote observatories as centres for promoting education and development in their neighbourhoods and enabling inclusive access to astronomy knowledge,
Supporting the interest of students who are attracted to astronomy,
Publicising the research work done at IIA with the general public, student communities, and the media, and supporting the online and offline communication needs of IIA,
Coordinating a common platform for the outreach and education activities of the major science and engineering projects at IIA,
Partnering with other science institutions and science communication networks to promote scientific temper in the country,
Making periodic scientific reports (annual, quarterly, and monthly reports etc) to DST and to any relevant agencies as required.
The Principles of SCOPE
Some guiding principles of our work are
Emphasis on sustainable programs that can incorporate individual events,
Programs that are scalable in size, number of people, and level of content,
Ensure projects that are tailored to different target audiences,
Creation of multilingual resource material and public domain astronomy, especially in the states which host IIA field stations,
Programs for communities that have less access to astronomy and science,
Special attention to creating hands-on and low-cost material,
Collaborate with local, national, and international astronomy outreach organizations,
Ensure that our programs highlight the scientific method along with the science itself.