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.