The CD contains a video of a documentary on Vainu Bappu Observatory (VBO), Kavalur. The documentary speaks on how VBO evolved and the contribution of M. K. Vainu Bappu to establishing an observatory for night-time astronomy and some talks on telescopes by renowned persons from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. The places of the observatory have also been seen in the documentary.

The album contains photos taken during the science EXPO event conducted by IIA in 2005. The 'satellite Man of India' - Udupi Ramachandra Rao, who was an Indian space scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, visited the EXPO, and those photos are included in this album.

The album consists of photos of the Ayudha pooja celebration in 1997. Photos of rituals at the mechanical workshop and pictures of high tea are included in the album.

The album consists of photos of the pooja celebration and the inauguration of the IIA canteen building in Bangalore. The then Director, Prof. S. S. Hasan, inaugurated the canteen.

This CD contains 125 photos of unveiling of M. K. Vainu Bappu telescope by DCV Mallik at Kavalur, 3 prsentations, quize and 2 lecture audio file

The album contains photos of the buildings and events at Kodaikanal Solar Observatory in Tamil Nadu, India. The observatory was established in 1899 as a Solar Physics Observatory, and all the activities of the Madras Observatory were shifted to Kodaikanal. Firstly a few photos of this album are of telescope domes and buildings, particularly North and South domes and 6-inch and 8-inch telescope buildings. After that, several photos of the pump house near the administrative building for the well and administrative section of the old radio astronomy building are arranged. Photos of the second national solar physics workshop on 29th September 1987 are followed by photographs of the rear side of the spectrobuilding and road from the specrto tunnel towards the library. Photos of the solar tower taken in 1980, huts near the I and M building, and front, back, and side views of H alpha and Ca K spectrohelio graphs are arranged in the middle of the album. In addition to that, photos of the solar tower tunnel, library building, and Bhavanagar dome can be seen in the album.

This CD contains total 72 photos of IIA Founder's day and Library exhibition by TKM Das on 10th August, 2010

The item consists of two black and white photographs of past employees of the Kodaikanal Observatory. Dr. A. L. Narayana and Dr. Anil Kumar Das were the fourth and fifth directors of Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, one of the oldest observatories in India. The time period of the photograph needs to be found.

The photographic slides contain some images of records in 1794,1812, 1809.

The item consists of one black and white photograph of past employees of the Kodaikanal Observatory with Thomas Royds and his wife and Dr. A. L. Narayana in 1913. Thomas Royds was the third director of the Kodaikanal solar observatory, followed by Narayana.