regarding career guidance in astronomy/astrophysics

[Ravi Shiroor]

Dear All,

my daughter who is in high school wants to explore options of pursuing career in Astronomy/Astrophysics. What sources could be checked to give her a glimpse of potential careers in this area. Also it will help her if someone can throw some light on what kind of studies could she pursue to build a future career in this area.

I am thinking of taking her to Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore. Please share if there are any other suggestions.

best regards,

Ravi. 

[Akarsh Simha]

An excellent resource for anyone with such an interest is the Bangalore Planetarium. The planetarium has an associated organization called the "Bangalore Association for Scientific Education", through which they conduct a number of programs for students at various levels. I recall that there used to be programs for high school students to expose them to contemporary research in a wide gamut of fields. They also run a bridge program called REAP to help college (BSc / BE) students bridge the gap between academics and research, by providing them a higher-level physics or biology curriculum than what is typical of college, along with actual low-level research projects in the third year. Moreover, another club like BAS, called "Association of Bangalore Amateur Astronomers" (ABAA) has a Sunday meeting in the planetarium near the ticket booth.

Many students with interests similar to your daughter, including myself, "bootstrapped" our academic careers through the planetarium. If you can have an audience with one Mr. H R Madhusudan there, I would highly recommend it.

Regards

Akarsh

best regards,

Ravi. 

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[astrosathya]

I am a former and in some sense forever student of Bangalore Association for Science Education run REAP course. I've been associated with the planetarium for over 22 years and have benefited immensely from that. I'd highly recommend that you take your daughter there, have a discussion with the director or deputy director who will be more than happy to help.

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