Outreach

I am from Bangladesh, where astronomy education is still taking its first baby steps in 2025. But there is a long history and very active community in astronomy outreach. Therefore, my journey with astronomy has been strongly connected to astronomy outreach. Starting from participating in the National Astronomy Olympiad in Bangladesh in 2007, to attending the international Olympiad of Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in 2010, I was at the receiving end. Since 2011, I have been contributing in astronomy and science outreach through different activities. Some of those are listed on this page.

Events and activities

Mentor at the NASA Space Apps Challenge Waterloo, October 2025. Organized by the University of Waterloo.
In my current institute (WCA), I help out by giving planetarium shows with our AstroBubble since 2024.
During my PhD at Leiden Observatory, I was part of the core organizing team for the Astronomy on Tap Leiden from 2019 to 2021.
Organized and hosted a webinar series with the Bangladesh Astronomical Society (BAS), hosting Bangladeshi astronomers working in different countries, in 2020.
Organized yearly workshops on introductory astronomy and public lectures with the BAS and the Science Popularization Society of Bangladesh (SPSB) from 2011 to 2015.

Public Talks

I gave 35+ invited public talks/workshop lectures/webinars for a general audience to university students on various topics of astronomy research and education. Some selected talks are given below. Workshop and lectures for summer/winter schools are shown in bold.

Keynote lecture on "Our place in the Universe" November 2025
At PhysiX: Girls Matter, organised by the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Guest Lecture on "Galaxy Clusters and Protoclusters" (online) September 2025
CAM-SUST astronomy workshop, organised by CAM-SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh
Keynote Lecture titled: "Seeing the unseen of the faint and flickering cosmos" August 2025
At Starfest, organised by North York Astronomical Association, ON, Canada
Online public talk on "Rubin Observatory and Vera C. Rubin" August 2025
Organised by Tachyon Science Magazine, Bangladesh
Astronomy Talk at the Kitchener Public Library May 2025
Title: "Cosmic Trailblazers: Women in Galaxy Formation and Cosmology"
Organised by Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics outreach team.
Lecture on “Galaxy Clusters and Protoclusters” (Online) May 2025
IAU - Abdul Jabbar Astronomy Workshop in Bangladesh.
Webinar titled “Cosmic Trailblazers: Women in astronomy” February 2025

Organized by IAU NOC Bangladesh, as a part of the IAU Women and Girls in Astronomy initiative.

Public lecture on “Astronomy with Big Data: Large Sky Surveys” November 2024
Radhagobinda Chandra Memorial Lecture, organized by SPSB, BAS, Bangladesh.
Lecture on “Astronomy and climate studies” for World Space Week 2024 (Online) October 2024
Two public lectures on the same occasion and topic, organized by SPSB Bangladesh and CAM-SUST Bangladesh.
Lecture on “Galaxies” (Online) August 2023
Aimed at training astronomy outreach volunteer team of project Durbin.
Lecture on “Our Place in the Universe” (Online) October 2022
An IAU-OAO supported training program for middle school teachers in Bandarban, Bangladesh.
Lecture on “Galaxy Formation and Evolution” (Online) in November 2020, June 2022
Part of the IAU - Abdul Jabbar Astronomy Workshop in Bangladesh.
Lecture on “Introduction to Galaxies” (Online) February 2021, February 2022
Part of the ‘Bibha’ All-Girls’ Astronomy Workshop for young girls (12-16 years). Featured in IAU-OAO news.
Webinar on “Galaxy Evolution in Clusters of Galaxies” May 2021
Organized by JNIAC, Jashore University Of Science And Technology, Bangladesh.
Astro-Talk on “Galaxies” (Online) March 2021
Organized by Chittagong Astronomical Society, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Online mini-series on “Astronomy to inspire children in exploring STEAM” January - March 2021
Lectures in three monthly workshops for parents of 5-10 year-old children.
Organized by “Shoishob”, an initiative working for early childhood education in Bangladesh.

Writing (in Bengali)

Co-authored a book on fundamental astronomy for middle to high school students to help them with astronomy olympiad preparation. It was published in 2012, and was the first of such books in Bangladesh.
Contributed articles on astronomy in several children's book collections between 2012 and 2016.
Contributed articles on astronomy in monthly science magazines and national newspapers between 2012 and 2016.

Media

Interview in a national newspaper in Bangladesh

On my research and journey in astronomy.

Newspaper covering public lecture in Dhaka, 2024

Public lecture on astronomy and big data in the era of large sky surveys.