Prajval Shastri is an astrophysicist, formerly at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore and specializes in the area of phenomenology of active galaxies driven by supermassive blackholes using multi-wavelength observations ranging from radio to X-ray wavelengths.

Early life and education

Shastri grew up in Mangalore and after her schooling she completed her BSc in Physical Sciences from St. Agnes College Mangalore ( University of Mysore). She then went on to pursue MSc in physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. She completed her PhD from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India on the topi
"Relativistic Beaming in Active Galactic Nuclei"
in the year 1989 under the supervision of

Vijay Kumar Kapahi Vijay Kumar Kapahi (21 January 1944 – 16 March 1999) was an Indian astrophysicist and the director of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, an autonomous division of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Known for his research on radio ...

Current Research

Shastri's current research specialization is the phenomenon of Active Galactic Nuclei. Her present research areas are: *AGN Emission-line Regions (Integrated Field Spectroscopic Imaging, WiFeS at Siding Spring) *X-ray Emission from AGN (XMM-Newton, Suzaku) *Jets in Radio-Quiet AGN ( very-long-baseline interferometry, GMRT) *Hot Gaseous outflows in AGN (Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer) *Blazar Variability: WEBT monitoring campaigns (Vainu Bappu & Hanle Telescopes)

Professional Memberships

Shastri holds memberships of the following organizations: * International Astronomical Union *Organising Committee, Commission on Astrostatistics & Astroinformatics, International Astronomical Union *Organising Committee, Commission 40 (Radio Astronomy), International Astronomical Union *

Astronomical Society of India The Astronomical Society of India (ASI) is an Indian society of professional astronomers and other professionals from related disciplines. It was founded in 1972, with Vainu Bappu being the founder President of the Society, and as of 2010 has a m ...

*Indian Physics Association *

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List of Publications

Shastri's complete list of publications can be foun
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Some of her papers are: *Probing the physics of Seyfert galaxies using their emission-line regions (2015, AIPC 1967, 110002) *OVI Asymmetry and an Accelerated Outflow in an Obscured Seyfert: FUSE and HST STIS Spectroscopy of Markarian 533 (2006, Astrophys. J. 646, 76; astro-ph/0603842) *When Less Is More: Are Radio Galaxies below the Fanaroff-Riley Break More Polarized on Parsec Scales? (2005, Astrophys. J. Lett, 632, L69; astro-ph/0509559)

(2003, in Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy, eds.: Collin, Combes & Shlosman)

(2001, Astron. Astrophys. Trans., 20, 281) *Quasar X-ray Spectra Revisited (1993, Astrophys. J., 410, 29) *A Relativistically Beamed X-ray Component in Quasars? (1991, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 249, 640)

In the news

*The Hindu -
Loving each dot and smudge in the sky
*The Hindustan Times

*The Hindustan Times

*The Hindustan Times

*The Weather Channel
Ask an Astronomer: Professor Prajval Shastri on First-Ever Image of Black Hole, Recent Breakthroughs, and More
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*The Indian Express -

*The Indian Express -- ttps://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/gender-equality-women-science-smriti-irani-national-science-day-7360895/ Equality is Everyones Work*The Conversation -
We must include more women in physics

References

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