This fonds consists of newspaper clippings on the study of supernova phenomena.

This fond contain newspaper clippings related to Bhaskar Dutta and Suri Bhagavantam

The fond contains newspaper clippings related to Kalki from 1987-08-10 to 1988-03-19

The item was about the rich tributes paid to the noted Indian astronomer M. K. Vainu Bappu. Scientists of Bombay at a condolence meeting held at the Nehru Planetarium on August 22. The director of TIFR said M. K. Vainu Bappu was a giant among astronomers and also suggested that the famous 90-inch telescope should be renamed after him. It also speaks on the M. K. Vainu Bappu-Wilson effect and also the first Indian to discover a comet that had been named after him.

The item was about the design, fabrication, installation, and testing of a prime focus photometer for the 2.34-m M. K. Vainu Bappu Telescope. Photometric observations of a faint, rapid, variable star, 'AM Canum Venaticorum', were obtained during the first series of experiments. Later, Rajamohan was the project leader in discovering new objects in the solar system. Astronomers at IIA are actively engaged in the study of supernova phenomena.

This fond consist of newspaper clippings on the awards received by IIA scientist, commission of the new telescope at Kavalur and uneviliation of M. K. Vainu Bappu's statue.

This item was about Suri Bhagavantam, who took over as scientific advisor to the Defence minister and Director General of DRDO in July 1961. he played a pivotal role in building up laboratories and advancement in research the land, war, and Air defence. It also speaks on his education, inspiration and achievements in physics. He has also written hundreds of research papers and is an erudite scholar in Sanskrit and Telugu.

This item was about a supernova, an awesome explosion of a star, which occurred 186,000 years ago, was sighted by scientists from kavalur observatory. It is significant in that this is the first time it is known to have occurred in the large magellanic cloud.

The item was about the IIA astronomers detected an expanding disc or a shell of gas around the supernova 1987A in the large Magellanic cloud with a velocity of 650km per second.

The item was about the rich collection of books and other valuable records of M. K. Vainu Bappu, who wrote Letter to his wife to donate to the scientific library, Indian Institute of Astrophysics. It also speaks that the country is proud of M. K. Vainu Bappu's achievements.