DISHA, IIT Guwahati's education outreach programme, took school kids out of the classroom and turned a chapter on trigonometry turned into a hands-on exercise in measuring a real building DISHA, the student-led educational outreach initiative at IIT Guwahati, organised an interactive Fun & Learn activity titled "Playing Trigonometry" for local school students of Classes VIII , IX and X on 23rd August 2026. The workshop set young learners a tangible task: calculating the heigh

Published 2 July 2026 | Category Education and Teaching | Office Outreach Education & Skilling From 29th June to 1st July 2026, IIT Guwahati, in collaboration with the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, organised a three-day residential workshop for Science and Mathematics teachers from Assam & Sikkim. The program focused on professional development and new teaching approaches for school teachers. A tot

India's premier astronomy conference returned to the Northeast after thirty years, bringing 600 scientists to the IIT Guwahati campus for five days of presentations, talks, workshops, and region-wide outreach. Published 20 May 2026 | Category Meetings and Conferences | Office Dept of Physics A Return to the Northeast The last time the Astronomical Society of India held its annual meeting in the Northeast, it was 1996, and Gauhati University was the host. Thirty years later, t