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The album contains photographs taken during the unveiling ceremony of the bicentennial plaque at IIA Bangalore campus on 06 January 1987. The bicentennial plaque was unveiled by Prof M. G. K. Menon, former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to commemorate the bicentennial of the setting up an observatory at Madras by Wiliam Petrie in 1786 to which the Indian Institute of Astrophysics traces the origin.

The album consists of photos from the UVIT MGK Menon lab construction site at the CREST campus, Hoskote. The CREST (Centre for Research and Education in Science and Technology) campus is one of the centres of IIA where the M.G.K. Menon Laboratory for Space Sciences has been established, which has facilities for integrating and calibrating space payloads. This laboratory also contains equipment for the test and space qualification of components. The photos were taken during the third stage of construction of the lab in 2005.

The album contains photos related to the conference held in IIA Bangalore campus in 2009 organized by IIA library on sharing the e-journal through consortia in Indian libraries. The album includes pictures of delegates from different libraries in India and abroad.

The album contains photos of the farewell party arranged for the former librarian of IIA, Dr. A. Vagiswari, in 2003. Photos of the seminar titled 'Dynamic Librarian' organized by IIA library are also preserved in this album.

The album contains photos of Mr K. Padmanabhan's farewell day, held in the Bangalore campus in 2005, including photographs of the farewell meeting, felicitation by delegates of IIA, group photos with the IIA team, and gift distribution.

The album contains photos of the occasion of Mr. Nagaraj Naidu's farewell day, held in the Bangalore campus in 2001, includes photographs of the farewell meeting, felicitation by delegates of IIA, group photos with the Director, R. Cowsik, and other employees, and gift distribution.

The album contains photos of the occasion of Prof. Ram Sagar's farewell day, held in the Bangalore campus in 1996, which includes photographs of the farewell meeting, team lunch, felicitation by delegates of IIA, gift distribution and presentation of the golden shawl as a symbol of honour by Director, R. Cowsik.

The album contains photos of the finance committee meeting of IIA in 1997 and the inauguration photos of the CREST campus at Hoskote in 1996. The foundation stone of the CREST campus was laid by Prof V. S. Ramamurthy, a well-known Indian nuclear scientist and R. Cowsik, former director of IIA.

The album contains photos of the meeting of FORSA (Forum for Resource Sharing in Astronomy and Astrophysics) meeting organized by the IIA library in 2003. The album includes pictures of representatives from a member institution, meetings, team lunches, and pictures of the library staff area and reading area.

The album contains photos of the foundation stone laying ceremony by former Director Prof. J. C. Bhattacharyya for the scanner telescope at Kavalur in August 1990. The album includes pictures of the scanner telescope model, 40-inch telescope, Kavalur Observatory, delegates who attended the function, and similar pictures.