Prajval Shastri

NAMASKAARA..... Welcome to Prajval Shastri's Home page.....
I am an astrophysicist at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics......

	*My resesarch specialty: The phenomenology of Active Galactic Nuclei*
	*My methods: Observations ranging from radio wavelengths to X-ray wavelengths*

	Education: B.Sc.(Physical Sciences): St. Agnes College, Mangalore (University of Mysore) M.Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai Ph.D. (Physics): Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India Ph.D. Thesis: "Relativistic Beaming in Active Galactic Nuclei" (1989), supervised by the late Vijay Kapahi

	Post-Ph.D. Affiliations:
	*Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore (1995- )*
	*High Energy Astrophysics Division, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (1994-1995)*
	*Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley (1992-1994)*
	*Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin (1990-1992)*
	*Joint Astronomy Programme, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1989-1990)*

	*Some of my papers:*
	*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) [ADS]*
	*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) [ADS]*
	*Jets in Seyfert galaxies* (2003, in Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy, eds.: Collin, Combes & Shlosman) [CLICK TO READ]
	*Seyferts & their Radio Morphology* *(2001, Astron. Astrophys. Trans., 20, 281) [CLICK TO READ]*
	*Quasar X-ray Spectra Revisited* *(1993, Astrophys. J., 410, 29) [ADS]*
	*A Relativistically Beamed X-ray Component in Quasars?* *(1991, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 249, 640) [ADS]*
	*List of publications*

	*Graduate students:*
	*Dharam Vir Lal* Ph.D. Thesis: Seyfert Galaxies: Nuclear Radio Structure & Unification Graduated: 2002 Presently at: Max-Planck Institute of Radioastronomie, Germany
	*Preeti Kharb* Ph.D. Thesis: A Pc-scale Study of Radio-loud AGN: The Fanaroff-Riley Divide & Unification Graduated: 2004 Presently at: Perdue University, USA
	*Veeresh Singh* Ph.D. Topic: Multi-wavelength Investigations of Seyfert Galaxies

	*Current Research Projects :*
	*Jets in Radio-Quiet AGN* *(Very Long Baseline Interferometry, GMRT)*
	*Jets in Radio Galaxies* *(Very Long Baseline Interferometry, Polarimetry)*
	*Hot Gaseous outflows in AGN* ( Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer)
	*Blazar Variability: WEBT monitoring campaigns* (Vainu Bappu & Hanle Telescopes)
	*AGN Emission-line Regions* *(Integrated Field Spectroscopy, Vainu Bappu Telescope)*

	*Professional Memberships:*
	*International Astronomical Union*
	Organising Committee, Division X (Radio Astronomy), *International Astronomical Union*
	*Astronomical Society of India*
	*Indian Physics Association*

Mailing address:
The Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Sarjapur Road
Bangalore 560 034
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Fax: +91 (80) 2553 4043
Telephone:+91 (80) 2553 0672; 2553 9250; Extension:277
Voicemail: as above:Mailbox: 277
Email: pshastri_at_iiap.res.in; prajval.shastri_at_gmail.com

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Updated: 8 November, 2009