Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (known as JVP to people of Pune) is the oldest association of amateur astronomers in India. On August 22, 1944 eminent citizens of Pune formed JVP, primarily for the spread of knowledge of astronomy among the public and also to make their own contribution as far as possible. It was the first association of its kind and remained so far for a few decades. more...
Jyotirvidya Parisanstha had arranged a visit to Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai on 9th June 2013. 48 members participated in this visit. Participants visited the planetarium show, Nehru Science Center and Odyssey show in this tour. Arvind Paranjapye, Director of Planetarium guided the participants of the tour. This visit was organized by Mr. Amit Kadlaskar and Ms. Aparna Kinkar.
This year Parisanstha conducted Basic Astronomy Course during 2nd May to 24th May 2013 at Tilak Smarak Mandir. There were 52 participants in this course. The course consisted of following lectures:
| Date | Topic | Lecturer |
| 02/05/2013 | Inauguration and Introduction | Dr. Prakash Tupe, Former President, JVP |
| 03/05/2013 | History of Astronomy | Mr. Shekhar Phatak, Former President, JVP |
| 06/05/2013 | Solar System | Mr. Sumit Purohit, Executive committee member, JVP |
| 07/05/2013 | Time and measurements -1 | Mr. V. V. Sovani, Former President, JVP |
| 09/05/2013 | Time and measurements -2 | Mr. V. V. Sovani, Former President, JVP |
| 10/05/2013 | Preparations for observational session | Mr. Deepak Joshi, Vice-president, JVP |
| 11/05/2013 | Overnight Observational Session at Pethe Farms | Mr. Deepak Joshi, Vice-president, JVP |
| 13/05/2013 | Simple Experiments in Astronomy | Mr. Sameer Dhurde, IUCAA |
| 14/05/2013 | Radio Astronomy | Neeruj Mohan Ramanujan, NCRA |
| 16/05/2013 | Cosmology | Mr. Mujataba Lokhandawala, President, JVP |
| 17/05/2013 | Visit to JVP Observational Facility | Mr. Deepak Joshi, Vice-president, JVP |
| 18/05/2013 | Astronomical instruments and Astrophotography | Mr. Parimal Dave, Executive committee member, JVP |
| 19/05/2012 | Eclipses, Occultation and transits | Dr. Sagar Gokhale, Secretary, JVP |
| 20/05/2013 | Phenomena in Astronomy | Mr. Suhas Gurjar, Former President, JVP |
| 21/05/2013 | Search for extra terrestrial life | Mr. Suhas Gurjar, Former President, JVP |
| 23/05/2013 | Comets and Meteors | Mr. Aniruddha Deshpande, |
| Vice-president, JVP | ||
| 24/05/2012 | Test, questions and answers, certificate distribution. | All lecturers |
The Governing Council of Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (JVP) is very pleased to put forward annual report of 69th year. Parisanstha progressed significantly in this year and we thank all the members of the Parisanstha who made the programs of Parisanstha a great success. We hope that in the 70th year we will progress further in terms of observational programs and popularization programs.
Thank you all for your support.
Annual Report: English
Annual Report: Marathi
