Learning with Nature: Back to basics

Ashish Arora - IISER, Pune: Mysterious Magnets Have you ever wondered why a magnet pulls some objects, and repels another magnet? Why does our earth behave like a giant magnet? Do you know that without the magnetism of earth, there is no life? And how does the modern world completely depend upon magnets? Let us have some fun packed with many demos. Shweta Kulkarni - Astronera: Born of Stardust, Lost in light In a world where city lights outshine the cosmos, what happens when we forget to look up? “Born of Stardust, Lost in Light” blends science, culture, and emotion to explore the cosmic connection between humans and the night sky. Astropreneur Shweta blends storytelling, astrophysics, and the ancestral sky knowledge of tribal communities, with this talk that sheds light on a growing global issue we often overlook: light pollution. From galaxies millions of light-years away to the silenced stars above our cities,…