I am the first tribal youth in India who has started the first Space Science Centre – Anuja Space Observation Centre in the district called Kasa.
The centre provides free space observation information through telescopes and other scientific instruments and training to children in rural areas at no cost.
The centre organizes many programs such as science exhibitions, education trips, misconceptions about eclipses, eradication of superstitions. Till date, over 10,000 children have visited the centre. The main objective of this centre is to get large number of children from rural areas to shine in the field of astronomy nationally and internationally.
During the pandemic, Yumetta Foundation helped me with resources so that I could continue my work of educating the tribal students in the field of Astronomy and develop interest in them about this amazing subject.
Chandrakant Ghatal