Educational Programmes
Free Evening Course In Introductory Astronomy:
M.P. Birla Planetarium conducts a Free Evening Course in Introductory Astronomy. The course started in 1965 and is running successfully for the last 50+ years. It consists of about 40 lectures that are held once a week on TUESDAYS. The classes are held in the evenings from 6.30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.. The medium of instruction is English. The eligibility criterion for this course is 10+2 in any stream, without any age bar.It has become extremely popular and people of all age groups and all vocations had enrolled in the programme. This is a certificate course, with certificates given at the end to participants who have attended at least 60% of the lectures during the course. The intake capacity is 90.
The basic concept of astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology are given in this course in a semi-technical manner using basic mathematics