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I chose astronomy as a career,&#8230;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-20-at-12.45.58-PM-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-20-at-12.45.58-PM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-20-at-12.45.58-PM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-20-at-12.45.58-PM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-10-20-at-12.45.58-PM.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/?p=1014\">How many nights does it take to count the stars?<\/a><time datetime=\"2021-11-09T04:39:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">November 9, 2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Indu Gopalakrishnan One fine morning, 14 years ago, I walked into the Indian Institute of Astrophysics to attend my first&#8230;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/64.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/64.jpg 900w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/64-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/64-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/?p=2718\">My life at IIA<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-11-01T01:01:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">November 1, 2020<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Vaibhav Pant I have always had a fascination towards science since my childhood. I used to study books and articles&#8230;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"441\" src=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/images_page_064.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/images_page_064.jpg 900w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/images_page_064-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/images_page_064-768x376.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/?p=1139\">My life at IIA<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-08-01T13:00:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 1, 2020<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Dr. Sangeetha CR I joined the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in 2010 for PhD and had very little knowledge&#8230;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"1021\" src=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/human-centered-experience-design-1024x1021-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/human-centered-experience-design-1024x1021-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/human-centered-experience-design-1024x1021-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/human-centered-experience-design-1024x1021-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/human-centered-experience-design-1024x1021-1-768x766.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/?p=2243\">Experience at IIA and a broad research philosophy\u00a0<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-08-01T01:01:00+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">August 1, 2020<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Prashanth Mohan A question one often asks in the context of observations or an experiment is \u201cwhat does it mean?\u201d&#8230;.<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home About Interview Review Science Made Easy Experience Alumni Creative Gallery All Issues \u2630<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"hide","_kad_post_layout":"normal","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"boxed","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"show","_kad_post_feature":"show","_kad_post_feature_position":"behind","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/909"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=909"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3461,"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/909\/revisions\/3461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.iiap.res.in\/collaborate\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}