icts regularly organizes public lectures given by eminent visitors. another aspect that contributes to icts outreach is the freely available proceedings of its activities in various formats on the icts website and on youtube as well as on dvds and cds. icts is the india node for "mathematics of planet earth", a global initiative for mathematics programs and outreach. as part of this program, icts, in collaboration with other scientific institutes in bangalore, organized a hands-on math exhibition in bangalore that saw over 32,000 visitors in a span of 10 days.