Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore
Premier science centre in Bengaluru visited by lakhs yearly, running astronomy education, telescope lending, and an undergraduate research programme
taralaya.orgOpened in 1989, JNP is a premier science centre in Bengaluru. Samagata Foundation supports three key initiatives: Taralaya (fully funded day trips for rural government school children), REAP (a rigorous three-year weekend science programme where 135+ alumni have earned PhDs), and the Telescope Borrowing Program for amateur astronomers. Samagata set up an endowment providing REAP scholarships for 20 years.
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- India, Karnataka