Astronomy outside Classroom

Astronomy makes me happy. That is why I have spent countless hours on giving back to the community through, astronomy (my brain is a pyramid scheme of sorts).

This page lists out some (ones that are perfect for the public eye) of the talks, presentations, questions, etc. that I have done and created over the past 7 years.

Talks and Presentations

These are some presentations I have given to the general public. Therefore, the presentations are NOT professional, but rather goofy and unhinged. I have only included the ones where the slides are SFW, but I have presented a lot more haha.

1. Light Tubes. The basic mechanics of telescopes, presented at NUS Astronomical Society (2025). [Presentation].

2. Summer Vibes. Crash Course on what to see in the Singaporean Summer Skies, presented at NUS Astronomical Society (2024). [Presentation].

3. Cosmic Distance Ladder. How to measure dustances in space, presented at NUS Astronomical Society (2024). [Presentation].

4. Galaxy Season. Crash Course on what to see in the Singaporean Spring Skies, presented at NUS Astronomical Society (2024). [Presentation].

5. The Winter Hexagon Time. Crash Course on what to see in the Singaporean Winter Skies, presented at NUS Astronomical Society (2024). [Presentation].

6. Data, Graphs, and Pickering. Activity on the importance of data analysis in Astronomy, presented at CodeDay Lucknow (2024). [Presentation].

7. Why Dark Matter Matters?. Indirect evidence for Dark Matter, presented at NUS Astronomical Society (2023). [Presentation].

8. Oh! Be A Fine Girl/Guy/Gender, Kiss Me. All About the HR Diagram, presented at NUS Astronomical Society (2023). [Presentation].

9. High-Resolution Solar Research Observatory. About the Solar Imaging Observatory at National Junior College, presented at NJC to the Singapore Minister of Education, Chan Chun Sing (2023). [Presentation].

10. No Prakash! I cannot read your hand. Introduction to basics of Astronomy, presented at CodeDay Bangalore (2023). [Presentation].

11. क्या सूरज सही में पीला है ? On some surprising facts in Astronomy, presented at Government Girl Inter College Jhansi (2023). [Presentation].

Questions for Competitions

AstroChallenge

You may read more about how the competition works here. Too lazy to reiterate the website I previously managed. The resource section has all the answer schemes as well. I have only linked the question papers below. Due to internal laws, I am not allowed to publicise Final Round questions.

1. The Sound of Space. Data Response Question on Baryonic Acoustic Oscillation (2025). [AC2025 Senior DRQ Question 3].

2. AC2025 MCQs. Look at Junior MCQ 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 25, 42, and 44, and Senior MCQ 6, 8, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, and 46. [Junior, Senior].

3. MONDifying Newton’s Gravitation. Data Response Question on Modified Newtonian Dynamics (2024). [AC2024 Senior DRQ Question 3].

4. AC2024 MCQs. I do not remember which questions I created. [Junior, Senior].

Cosmic Cup

You can read about the event here. I founded this competition after my school ended and before university started, to expose my city to astronomy. I was heavily inspired by my 4 years of participation in AstroChallenge.

1. MCQ Questions. I forgot which questions I created (2023). [Question Paper].

2. Explosion and Expansion. Long Type Question on Hubble Parameter calculation through Type Ia Supernovae (2023). [Question 3].

3. Vedic Knowledge. Long Type Question on the Practical Astronomy in Ancient Indian Astrology (2023). [Question 5].

Miscellaneous

1. As of now, I have done sidewalk astronomy for the general public in 4 countries! India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Denmark. Most interestingly, it reminds me how we are all humans at the end of the day. Most people look inside the telescope and are amazed in the same way.

2. I will write as my brain reminds me to…