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The Sky Watchers’ Association (SWA), Kolkata, is a name familiar all over India. Amateur astronomers and sky-watchers of all ages and backgrounds gather every Saturday evening at 47/1, Beni Banerjee Avenue, Dhakuria in south Kolkata to partake of the wonders of the night-sky. This humble venue offers a veritable treasure-chest of materials related to the sky. The SWA, Kolkata houses a wonderful collection of important books and photographs on astronomy, star charts, star atlases and international astronomical journals. Here one finds experienced sky-observers equipped with six good telescopes and various sky-charts, warmly introducing visitors and members to the night-sky and answering the entire gamut of questions related to astronomy, unmarked by the politics of conventional academia!
Meet the Team
Basudev Bhattacharya
President
Samindra Basu
Webmaster
Saikat Bhadra
Programme Secretary
Krttika B. Dutta
Publication Secretary
Dalia Ghosh
Treasurer
Soumen Mukherjee
Vice President
Subrata Manna
Vice President
Dipankar Dey
General Secretary
Samiran Chakraborty
Librarian