Astronomy Talk Series in Indian Languages (ATSIL)
ATSIL, started during the pandemic, is a series of talks, each of which is in a different (non-English) language. We have had 8 so far, in Kannada, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, Urdu, and Gujarati and you can watch the videos of these talks here.
During the pandemic, there were a large number of webinars on science in English being organised every week. ATSIL was started to make a small difference in this landscape by focussing only on other languages, and received a very good response. They have also helped us in forming networks with people communicating science in these specific languages in the corresponding states. We invite regional language science communicators to talk to us if you are interested in furthering this series.
ATSIL 8: Education and Career Paths in Astronomy in India (Malayalam)
29 October 2022
Panel Discussion at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics
ATSIL 7: Observing our home star: The Sun (Telugu)
19 February 2022
Dr. P. Vemareddy, Indian Institute of Astrophysics
ATSIL 6: Our Place in the Universe (Gujarati)
29 January 2022
Prof. Priya Hasan, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
ATSIL 5: What are Black Holes? Do they really exist? (Marathi)
15 January 2022
Prof. Ajit Kembhavi, Inter-University for Astronomy and Astrophysics
ATSIL 4: The surprising connection between galaxies and black holes (Bengali)
18 December 2021
Prof. Biman Nath, Raman Research Institute
ATSIL 3: Our Restless Universe (Hindi)
4 December 2021
Prof. Poonam Chandra, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR)
ATSIL 2: Planets around other stars (Tamil)
20 November 2021
Prof. T. Sivarani, Indian Institute of Astrophysics
ATSIL 1: Doppler Effect in Astrophysics (Kannada)
30 October 2022
Dr. B. S. Shylaja, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium