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| Personal background |
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I stay in Dombivli, MAH, India. I have been an amateur astronomer for the past 10 years and I thorougly enjoy being one.
Since my graduation in '95 with Physics, I have been Managing my family run institution - Some schools and a Junior College. I have been setting up the academics and some of the admin. I have also been teaching courses from Physics to Computers and Math as well as Astronomy.
I have also been researching of methods of education and have devised a new learning programme wherein a complete development/assessment of an individual is quantifiable. I am currently in the experimentation stage.
Meanwhile I am taking a break from Admin and am proceeding to a Masters Programme in Radio Astronomy from the UK (Manchester, Jodrell Bank) for an year. I hope to return and set up a small radio observatory on the lines of Project Bambi, soon. A place for all my students to have a field experience and to pursue meaningful research... |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1. It is difficult to imagine that we are the only living planet in such a vast cosmos. With a simple Drake-Sagan calculation we can check that there must be at least 10-40 other life-forms in our galaxy itself. Its only a matter of time and progress in the right 'direction' for us to discover the same. Tremendous satisfaction of having understood nature and of course exchange of Tech and ideas are the benefits. However if miscalculated or misconducted such ventures can end up antagonising each other. But a rational society need not fear that.
2. That would be the only way another civilisation capable only of hearing (or apprehensive about it in the same way as we are) might be able to get us. Anyhow Man has progressed due to challenges and obstacles. If things do go wrong, they will teach us something new and make us better survivors. We can send info basically about our biology and our understanding of Physics first. If there is a response, then we can proceed with the culture and the civilisation, etc. Of course the codecs will need transmitting a little math first.
3. That is a feeble contribution I can do to science. I wish to do much more. The project must go on. It is a great effort and a very intellectual one. May be you can explain the meanings of those terms and figures that keep jumping on our screens during the run, in a more layman language. It will help boost the effort. |
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