The item was about M.K.Vainu Bappu being elected as the President of IAU and also speaks about other achievements and his position.

This item was about the coverage of the death of Chintamani Ragoonatha Chary published in Madras Mail. He was the head assistant at the Madras Observatory for many years. He served at the institute for the past 35 years; He worked under Late Major W. S. Jacob, Colonel W. K. Worster, and Colonel J. F. Tennant; he is a strict, honest person and has the skills of an observer.

This fonds consists of newspaper clippings on the study of supernova phenomena.

This fond contain newspaper clippings related to Bhaskar Dutta and Suri Bhagavantam

The fond contains newspaper clippings related to Kalki from 1987-08-10 to 1988-03-19

The fond contains newspaper clippings related to IIA Field Stations from 1972-07-10 to 1978-04-14

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 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.

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.

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.