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Social Roots
At first, There was a community on the popular Social networking site Orkut. BAS traces it's origins to this community. In it's initial days, the community saw a voracious lot of signups and was instrumental in the roadmap to BAS budding as an organization. Many of the first members of BAS were people who had common circles with each other but were disconnected or unknown personally, reunited in the enthusiasm of a new hobby network. The community itself, although virtually defunct as of now continues to have more than 500 members and sees occasional activity.

Initial Days

Organization Structure
The Bangalore Astronomical Society is a registered not-for-profit organization, under the guidelines of the KSR act. The organization is spearheaded by a council of 8 to 11 persons - 4 of whom are mandatory office bearers: viz, The President, The Vice-president, The Secretary and the Treasurer respectively. The additional council members normally designate as activity coordinators for one of the walks of activities the group is associated with. The council and it's office bearers are nominated or elected annually.

Working Philosophy