Leh, May 14 -- The Chief Secretary of the Union Territory of Ladakh, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, chaired a meeting at the Civil Secretariat in Leh to review and discuss the progress and future roadmap of the Hanle Dark Sky Reserve.

Prof. Annapurni Subramaniam, Director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), delivered a detailed presentation highlighting the ongoing initiatives under the Hanle Dark Sky Reserve project. She outlined key developments since its inception, such as the provision of telescopes to selected villagers in Hanle, training them to be astro-tourism guides to visitors, outreach programs to raise awareness about astro-tourism, introduction of an astro-tourism curriculum, and the revival of astronomy laboratories in school...