AstroCET's inaugural astronomy technical fest brought together India's brightest space minds, student innovators, and curious minds for a single focused day where the excitement of space met cutting-edge engineering. A platform for national innovation — talk sessions, curated exhibitions, expert panel discussions, hands-on workshops, and rigorous competitions, all under one roof.
Talk Sessions
Stimulating lectures from ISRO scientists and space industry professionals sharing breakthroughs, mission stories, and career journeys.
Exhibitions
Curated displays of space technology, astronomical instruments, mission scale models, and student-built engineering projects.
Panel Discussions
Expert forums with India's space professionals — frank conversations on exploration frontiers, careers, and the future of Indian space science.
Competitions
Rigorous challenges — from space knowledge to creative ingenuity — testing how students think and innovate beyond the classroom.
Space Quiz
Multi-round quiz spanning cosmology, space missions, and the history of astronomy.
Astrophotography
Celestial captures judged on technique, composition, and scientific value.
Origami
Space-themed paper-folding — rockets, satellites, and constellations in precise form.
Ideathon
Timed pitches of innovative solutions to real-world space-sector challenges.
Stellarium
Participants explored Stellarium — the open-source planetarium software — simulating night skies, tracking celestial events, and planning observations from any point on Earth.
Telescope Making
A guided build session for a functional Newtonian reflector — optics selection, mirror alignment, and tube assembly. Each participant left with a working instrument.
Celestia
Real-time 3D universe navigation with Celestia — solar system fly-throughs, spacecraft trajectory simulations, and phenomena visualised beyond what any ground telescope can show.