Engineering student makes it to international astronomy camp

Engineering student Moiyyad Vora has been selected for the prestigious International Astronomy Youth Camp (IAYC),which is organised every year by the International Workshop for Astronomy (IWA).

Engineering student Moiyyad Vora has been selected for the prestigious International Astronomy Youth Camp (IAYC),which is organised every year by the International Workshop for Astronomy (IWA). With students from 23 countries participating in the camp,Vora along with another college student from Surat are the only two Indians to represent the country at the camp that will be held in the Czech Republic from July 17.

Vora,a third year mechanical engineering student of the AISSMS College of Engineering,says,The application process for the camp began in January and went on till May. We had to submit our credentials as to what our undergraduate qualifications were,a motivation letter and also an SOP (Statement of Purpose) to the organisers of the IAYC. After a rigorous selection process that consisted of interviews,I was selected along with another student from India.

The month-long camp,which will be held at Trenesek,Czech republic is an endevour by the IWA to help motivate youths interested in astronomy to take up a full-fledged career in the field. The camp will basically focus on the varied aspects of astronomy and astrophysics like deep space astronomy. We will also work in their own research lab and even use the high sensitive sensor cameras to photograph the night sky, says Vora,adding,Since I was a member of the COEP astronomers club and had even studied the solar eclipse at Rameshwaram this year. It all helped us secure my application for the camp.

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The students,aged between 16-24,at the camp will be divided into eight groups according to their age group and interests in the field. The camp,which begins on July 17,will end on August 6. Besides studying the night sky and various astronomical figures,the students will also be working on their own individual project in the same field.

The camps have been a regular feature across Europe for the last four decades. Participating students even work on simulation models and projects that are aimed to test deep space astronomical phenomena, he says.

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