Dr. Veeresh Singh Associate Professor Astronomy and Astrophysics Division Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad - 380 009, INDIA Phone : +91 79 2631 4614 E-mail : veeresh AT prl.res.in

Research Interests

• Multiwavelength study of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
  
• Deep radio and ancillary surveys of extragalactic fields
  
• Population of AGN at high-redshifts and their environments
  
• Circumnuclear obscuration in AGN

Professional Experience

• Faculty (Oct 2015 - present) at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
• Post Doctoral Fellow (Mar 2014 - Sept 2015) at Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit, UKZN, South Africa
• Post Doctoral Fellow (Mar 2012 - Feb 2014) at Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France
• Post Doctoral Fellow (Aug 2011 - Feb 2012) at National Center for Radio Astrophysics – TIFR, Pune, India

Academic Qualification

• Ph. D. (Physics) (2011) : Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India
  Thesis topic: Multiwavelength study of Active Galactic Nuclei and their unification schemes
• M. Sc. (Physics) (2004) : CSJM University, Kanpur, India
• B. Sc. (Physics, Math, Chemistry) (2002) : CSJM University, Kanpur, India

Honors and Awards

• Square Kilometre Array (SKA) postdoctoral fellowship in 2014.
  
• Indo-French postdoctoral fellowship in 2011.
  

Professional Memberships

• Member of International Astronomical Union (IAU)
  
• Member of Astronomical Society of India (ASI)
  
• Member of Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
  
• Member of International and Indian SKA radio continuum survey science working groups
  
• Member of Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) project