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Item Role of a virtual library in the coming decades(ASP Conference Series, 2010-03-30) Narlikar, J. V.This paper consists of the keynote address presented by Dr. Narlikar, distinguished and renowned scholar and founder-director of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics. Dr. Narlikar critically examines the nature of library and information centers of the past and future through anecdote, example, and philosophical examination. He discusses the synergies between astronomical research and library science, speculates on the future of authenticity in a web-based environment and describes the futuristic “virtual library.”Item Astronomy and astrophysics in India(Nature Publishing Group, 2000-05-18) Narlikar, J. V.The growth in astronomy and astrophysics (A&A) in India has been mostly since the country achieved independence in 1947. The present work is carried out in a few select research institutes and in some university departments. The Astronomical Society of India has around 300 working A&A scientists as members, with another 50-60 graduate students.Item India: A status report on teaching of astronomy in India(Cambridge University Press, 1998-09-19) Narlikar, J. V.; Rana, N. C.Item Making science simple(UNESCO, 1998-03-28) Narlikar, J. V.Item Education in astronomy and astrophysics: the Indian experience(Elsevier Science Publishers, 1997-08-22) Narlikar, J. V.; Rana, N. C.In the context of a vast region with one-sixth of the global population, the Indian subcontinent has a very rich tradition of teaching of astronomy as a science. The so called modern astronomy has mostly been developed over the past two centuries whereas the subject of astrophysics is barely a hundred years old. This work reviews briefly the current efforts in India in propagating these subjects not only at the research level but all the way down to the level of school children. With the creation of IUCAA, these efforts have been systematized and the response to them has been very rewarding.Item Relativistic cosmology(Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1997-09-22) Narlikar, J. V.The subject of cosmology is an admixture of imaginative ideas, intuitive predictions and hard scientific facts. This has made cosmology a case of three distinct cultures; that of astronomers, who look at the universe and find hard data, relativists - who build models of universe that range from simple to esoteric ones, and the particle physicists who can test their the- ories of very high energy physics only in the cosmic laboratory that was there at the very onset of the universe. This culture can well be compared with the British culture, where one has three classes: the working class, the professionals and the aristrocrats. This course will try to give certain glimpses of cosmology in these three fields.Item Pedagogical programmes in astronomy and astrophysics at IUCAA(IAU XXIInd General Assembly, 1994-04-12) Narlikar, J. V.