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The album contains photos taken during the visit of Prof. D. Sugimoto of the University of Tokyo in 1997 as a part of the India-Japan collaborative research program. It includes photographs of the presentation by Prof. D. Sugimoto and handing over the board to be installed in the GRAPE system, a parallel computing machine dedicated to galaxy simulations, to director R. Cowsik.

The album contains photos of the national meeting on the results of the total solar eclipse on 24 October 1995. The meeting was held in Bangalore from 26 to 27 February 1996, and the album includes photographs of the discussion and the presentation by delegates.

The album contains photos of Sir Arnold Wolfendale and his wife Audrey Darby during the visit to IIA Bangalore in 1993 for the event of the 1993 solar eclipse. The album includes photographs of the talk by eminent personalities from the field of astronomy in the library meeting hall and participants and of the observation site.

The album contains photos of delegates on several exciting frontier areas of particle physics at energy scales not realizable in terrestrial accelerators and their significance in astrophysics and cosmology. The photos include famous astrophysicists around the world like Bradt Hale, Burgess Cliff, Cowsik Ramanath, etc, who discussed physics beyond the standard model, violations of discrete symmetries, neutrino physics, neutrino astronomy, experimental detection of dark matter, gravitation and feebler new forces, cosmic rays, etc. Some highlights are the latest results from the Kamiokande neutrino detector and status reports on experimental facilities under commission to detect solar and atmospheric neutrinos, WIMP's and dark matter candidates.

The album comprises around 200 photographs categorized under two events. The first event was the visit of a committee of Members of Parliament on paper laid on the table; Rajya Sabha Members visited the institute and its laboratories on 15th July 1994. The second event was the visit of MP to the Kodaikanal campus in 1992.

The album contains photos of the beautiful sceneries of the Himalayas in Hanle and Ladakh. Images of local streets, markets, buildings, and monasteries are preserved, along with pictures of the natives and performances of their local art forms. The album is enough to give a holistic idea about the life of Leh and Ladakhh during the 1990s.

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 taken during the observation of the solar eclipse in 1996 at the Hanle site by the IIA team led by Director R. Cowsik. The observation was taken from an IAF (Indian Air Force) aircraft. The album includes photos of inside and outside views of aircraft and an aerial view of the land from the craft. In addition to that, photos of Air Marshal Bijoy Krishna Pandey with R. Cowsik and photos of other Air Force officers who helped the IIA team are archived in this album.

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 comprises photos of the Annual Day celebration for the year 1990 at IIA Bangalore. The photos of cultural programs, meetings, and group photos are preserved in the album. The chief guest of the function was Dr.M. K. Vainu Bappu, founder of the institute.