  The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) project is a scientific
collaboration in observational astrophysics between the Li{\`e}ge Institute of
Astrophysics and Geophysics (Li{\`e}ge University, Belgium), the Aryabatta
Research Institute of observational sciencES (ARIES, Nainital, India) and
several Canadian universities (British Columbia, Laval, Montr{\'e}al, Toronto,
Victoria and York). Meanwhile, several other institutes have joined the
project: the Royal Observatory of Belgium, the National University of
Uzbekistan and the Ulugh Beg Astronomical Institute (Uzbekistan) as well as the
Pozna{\'n} Observatory (Poland). The Li{\`e}ge company AMOS (Advanced
Mechanical and Optical Systems) has fabricated the telescope structure that has
been erected on the ARIES site in Devasthal (Uttarakhand, India). It is the
first liquid mirror telescope being dedicated to astronomical observations.
First light was obtained on 29 April 2022 and commissioning is being conducted
at the present time. In this short article, we describe and illustrate the main
components of the ILMT. We also highlight the ILMT papers presented during the
third BINA workshop, which discuss various aspects of the ILMT science
programs.
