Women in Astronomy: Unsung Heroes

We celebrated the International Women's Day 2022 by remembering some of the women whose contribution in Astronomy was not noticed or was not given due credits they deserved. And to highlight the same we invited Dr. Priya Hasan Shah.
Dr Priya Hasan is an Asst Professor in Physics at the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, India. She did her Integrated Masters from the Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia,  PhD at Osmania University, Hyderabad in 2004 and post-doctoral research in France and IUCAA, Pune.  She was awarded  the Women Scientist Award by DST in 2006. She has presented her work in various conferences in India, Europe and US and in the United Nations, Vienna. Her research interests are in observational astronomy, star formation, star clusters and galaxies. She is actively involved in olympiads, public outreach and science popularization programs and has worked on various projects with the IAU-OAD, US Consulate Hyderabad, etc. She is the co-Chair of  the Women in Astronomy WG- IAU and member of the Public Outreach and Education Committee, Astronomical Society of India  and ISDT-TMT.
We wish all women a very Happy International Women's Day though a day is not enough to recognise their contributions to the society and to Science.