The item was about M. K. V M. K. Vainu Bappu's critical condition at Munich after kidney failure and heart by-pass surgery at Munich's University Clinic. They had been fighting to save M. K. Vainu Bappu's life.

The item was about M. K. Vainu Bappu's death that reported at Munich hospital, where he underwent a major bypass heart surgery. His condition became serious following kidney failure. It also reiterates M. K. Vainu Bappu's achievement not only from his own country but also from international astronomical fraternity.

The item was about the rich collection of books and other valuable records of M. K. Vainu Bappu, who wrote Letter to his wife to donate to the scientific library, Indian Institute of Astrophysics. It also speaks that the country is proud of M. K. Vainu Bappu's achievements.

The item was about the Padma awards that were awarded in various fields to eminent personalities. M. K. Vainu Bappu, optical astronomer, Kodaikanal, Tamilnadu, was awarded Padma Bhushan for his contribution.

The item was about the IIA astronomers detected an expanding disc or a shell of gas around the supernova 1987A in the large Magellanic cloud with a velocity of 650km per second.

This item was about a supernova, an awesome explosion of a star, which occurred 186,000 years ago, was sighted by scientists from kavalur observatory. It is significant in that this is the first time it is known to have occurred in the large magellanic cloud.

This item was about Suri Bhagavantam, who took over as scientific advisor to the Defence minister and Director General of DRDO in July 1961. he played a pivotal role in building up laboratories and advancement in research the land, war, and Air defence. It also speaks on his education, inspiration and achievements in physics. He has also written hundreds of research papers and is an erudite scholar in Sanskrit and Telugu.

This fond consist of newspaper clipping on the nobel physicist Prof. S Chandrasekhar. In 1983, S Chandrasekhar recieved nobel for featuring the stability problem in different phases of stellar evolution. This fond provide us information about his research history and work life balance.

This fond consist of newspaper clippings on the awards received by IIA scientist, commission of the new telescope at Kavalur and uneviliation of M. K. Vainu Bappu's statue.

The item was about the design, fabrication, installation, and testing of a prime focus photometer for the 2.34-m M. K. Vainu Bappu Telescope. Photometric observations of a faint, rapid, variable star, 'AM Canum Venaticorum', were obtained during the first series of experiments. Later, Rajamohan was the project leader in discovering new objects in the solar system. Astronomers at IIA are actively engaged in the study of supernova phenomena.