"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
- Albert Einstein

To better understand what I do, I often find it useful to communicate it to others. From time to time, I talk about astronomical concepts at various outreach events. It is always gratifying to talk with curious young minds and see things from their perspective. Some of my outreach work is listed below.

    Demonstrations
  1. Oct 2025: Workshop Co-ordinator, Kids University Arenberg, Leuven, Belgium.
  2. 2023, 2024: Astronomy Days at the Museum, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, US.
  3. 2018–2021: Science in Virtual Reality (SciVR) Demonstrations, OzGrav, Australia.
  4. 2018–2021: AstroTour Guide, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Australia.
  5. Oct 2019: Outreach Engagement for Indigenous Students, Koorie State Netball and Football Carnival, Australia.
  6. 2016, 2017: National Science Day Activities, Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) Observatory, India.
    Talks
  1. Nov 2025: Kalpana Chawla Space Academy (KCSA) webinar series, Virtual.
  2. Aug 2025: Lecturer at the VVS Zomerschool Sterrenkunde for high school students, Leuven, Belgium.
  3. Nov 2023: Astronomy on Tap in the Triangle, Chapel Hill, US.
  4. May 2020: Scientific Knowledge for Youth (SKY) Foundation's Astronomy delight series, Lucknow, India. Youtube Link for the talk
  5. Oct 2019: Mount Burnett Observatory Members Night Talk, Mount Burnett, Australia.
  6. June 2019: Physics in the Pub, Melbourne, Australia.
  7. June 2019: Swinburne Public Astrophysics Lecture, Melbourne, Australia. Link to the audio recording
  8. July 2018: Astronomical Society of Victoria "Diurnals" Talk, Melbourne, Australia.

Outreach Gallery

Engaging with young minds using Virtual Reality (VR) headsets during National Science Week activities , Australia, August 2019.

SciVR demonstration to indigenous students at Koorie State Netball and Football Carnival, Australia, October 2019.

Giving a public lecture on "The Vivid Lives of Stars" at Swinburne University, Australia, June 2019.

SciVR demonstration at the Avalon Airshow, Australia, March 2019.

Posing alongside Lisa Horsley with the VR headsets during Science Alive event, Australia, June 2019.

OzGrav outreach volunteer at Swinburne Open Day, Australia, July 2018.

With other In2science mentors from Swinburne University, Australia, October 2019.

Recieving Director's Outreach Excellence award from Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Australia, December 2019.

Demonstrating pulsar model to the public during National Science Day activities at the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) observatory, India, February 2016.

Motivating young minds at an astronomy camp at Kolhapur, India, April 2017.

Posing with the team after a succesful public outreach event orgainsed by U.P. Amateur Astronomers Club, India, May 2013.

A snippet from the local newspaper shows me answering questions during a public event for the telescopic observation of Jupiter and Mars, India, July 2012.

Giving a talk on radio astronomy to college students at the astronomy awareness camp at Jaunpur, India, December 2013.