Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board, in partnership with Starscapes, launched “Nakshatra Sabha,” the country’s first annual campaign dedicated to promoting astro-tourism. The inaugural event, held at George Everest Peak in Mussoorie, in the presence of Dipankar Bannerjee, Director, ARIES (Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences), Prabhas Pandey, Professor, Delhi University, Aakash Sinha, Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, T V Venkateswaran from Vigyan Prasar, and Ramashish Ray, Founder, Starscapes.
Named after Sir George Everest, the peak played a pivotal role in India’s…
