Cross-post: This Astrophysicist Will Make You Believe In Your Dreams All Over Again

By Priyamvada Kowshik, for 101Reporters, a pan-India network of grassroots reporters that brings out unheard stories from the hinterland.

Prajval Shastri at work (Credit: 101Reporter)

"One of the foremost astrophysicists in the country, Prof Shastri specialises in supermassive black holes at the centre of distant galaxies and the jet streams emerging from them. She is equally passionate about dismantling the patriarchy in science, and the inequities and systemic barriers for women in physics. Shastri wants to build an inclusive physics community, where people of all backgrounds can thrive.

Women in science represent an important societal intersection and among the sciences, physics has one of the largest gender gaps among science disciplines. To address this inequity, Prof Shastri founded and chaired the Gender in Physics Working Group (GIPWG) of the Indian Physics Association (IPA). She also conceived and led the drafting of the Hyderabad Charter for Gender Equity in Physics, a call to action to the Indian physics community to address gender disparity."

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https://feminisminindia.com/2023/02/23/this-astrophysicist-will-make-you-believe-in-your-dreams-all-over-again/