Avik Dasgupta has been associated with science communication and education for the past 8 years. Before this, as In-charge of Astronomy Lab, Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre, he has developed activities, kits, posters, programs and publications etc to cater around 2,000 students per year. He was one of the team members to implement 75 Space Clubs at Gujarat and conduct workshops for Indian space scientists to implement 125 ISRO Space Clubs. He is an external resource person for the National Astronomy Olympiad Exposure Camp for school and college teachers at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai. He has contributed talks in different international conferences and workshops like PARI, Shaw- IAU workshop etc. He has been invited to conduct hands-on workshops for students, teachers, and scientists at various INSPIRE camps, school, state, national and international platforms on astronomy and model rocketry training 20000+ participants over the years.

Avik Dasgupta

Project Manager,Science Popularization

  • M.Sc.: Physics with specialization in Spectroscopy and Astrophysics



  • Mobile No: +91 7567279600

  • EXPERIENCE:


  • Current position Designation: Project Manager, Science Popularization (Jan, 2024 onwards) Department, Organization: Centre for Cosmology and Science Popularization, SGT University
  • Previous position Designation: In-charge Astronomy Lab & Program Officer - Scientist B (Nov, 2019 to Jan, 2024) Department, Organization: Astronomy Lab, Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre (VASCSC)
  • Designation: Project Associate (October, 2017 to November, 2019) Department, Organization: Space Science Lab, VASCSC


  • Research Interest:


  • Developing labs and centres to popularize scientific thinking and STEM education.
  • Developing low-cost activities, materials, and non-formal curriculum for grassroot students to enhance Astronomy Education in India
  • Baseline survey studies of science education in India.
  • Low mass star and/or planet forming regions and its related phenomenon
  • Characterizing physical and chemical properties from sub-mm observations of protoplanetary discs



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