The purpose and activities of the astronomy enthusiasts has till date been purely leisure. We feel the need to incorporate the existing facilities into the mainstream undergraduate physics education through this Career Oriented Course.

This shall be amongst the very few institutes where the students get to make use of astronomical facility as a part of undergraduate education.

The students would get an exposure to astronomy as an observational science.

The academic curriculum shall be enriched.

Help the students to develop skills that shall enable them to work in a group.

Exposure of students to observation based research in Astronomy.

Students and faculty as part of this course work to promote astronomy as a hobby and spread knowledge among the students of Colleges and schools of the neighboring areas.