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The album contains photos of the observation camp for capturing the transit of Venus at IIA Bangalore campus in 2004. The transit of Venus in 2004 was a significant astronomical event in history because it was the first Venus transit after the invention of broadcast media. The photos of the transit of Venus, school students observing the event, setting up the observational ground, and presentations by astronomers of IIA can be seen in the album.

The album includes photos of the unveiling ceremony of the Vainu Bappu Telescope, also known as the 90-inch telescope, at Kavalur Observatory on 6th January 1986. Mr. Rajiv Gandhi, who was the Prime Minister of India, unveiled the plaque of VBT. Along with this photo, the album comprises images of the Vainu Bappu Observatory telescopes at Kavalur.

The album contains photos taken during the 25th anniversary of the Vainu Bappu Telescope (also called VBT, 2.34m telescope, and 90-inch telescope) installed at Kavalur observatory in 1986. Photos of the jubilee ceremony meeting, presenting a miniature form of the VBT to the persons who were working for VBT by M. G. K. Menon, publishing a book titled ' Vainu Bappu Telescope- Silver Jubilee 2011' by M. G. K. Menon and S. S. Hasan, a talk on the VBT inside the telescope building, exhibition on the theme of VBT in the library of Bangalore campus are organized.

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 captured during the visit of Colonel K. P. Renjen with his family at Leh. Photos were taken during the years 1993-1994.

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 related to the visit of M. K. Vainu Bappu.

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

The album contains photos of monasteries, camps, natives, and cultural programs of the natives at Leh. The photos were taken between 1993 and 1994.

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.