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The album includes photos captured during the visit to the Indian Institute of Astrophysics by Prof. S. Chandrasekhar, an Indian-American theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner in physical science. This particular visit of Prof. S. Chandrasekhar and his wife, Mrs Lalitha Chandrasekhar, was held in 1991 during the directorship of R. Cowsik.

The album contains photos of the CREST (Centre for Research and Education in Science and Technology) campus, Hoskote. The album contains photos mainly under the headings Pooja at Hoskote, Land inspection by Prof. R. Cowsik and Mr Krishnan, construction of the canteen building, and tree plantation at Hoskote land and council Photos. Photos are taken in the 1990s.

The album contains photos of the Uzbekistan Ambassador's visit on 27 October 1995.

The album contains photos of the visit to sites and dinner hosted by the former director R. Cowsik for Mr Girish Chandra Saxena, the seventh Governor of Jammu and Kashmir at Leh. In addition, photos of natives of Ladakh, a welcome meeting for the Governor, and photos of IIA delegates with the Governor are preserved in this album. The event occurred in October 1997.

The album contains photos of the National Science Day celebration in 1999 held in IIA Bangalore. The album includes photographs of the school students and teachers who participated in the program, talks by different astrophysicists of IIA, and prize distribution for the winners.

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 consists of photos related to the visit of Prof. S. Chandrasekhar, who shared the 1983 Nobel Prize for physics with William A. Fowler for theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars. He visited the IIA Bangalore campus on 11 January 1993 with his wife, Lalitha Chandrasekhar. The album includes photos of lectures and meetings, as well as the photos of Prof Chandrasekhar and his wife at IIA.

The album consists of photos related to the visit of Prof. Blaav to IIA, containing a welcome, delivering a presentation to Prof. Blaav by R. Cowsik, a lecture by Prof. Blaav, and a presentation to Prof. Blaav by R. Cowsik.

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 eminent personalities related to IIA, namely S. Chandrasekhar, R. Cowsik, Godbole, T. P. Prabhu, Radhakrishnan, Ramani. M, S. Ramasheshan, B. V. Srikantan and Yash Pal. The photos were taken in the year 1994.