{{Infobox scientist
|name = Prajesh alshetty
|caption =
|birth_date = Kolhapur, Kolhapur State, British India
(now Maharashtra, India)
|field = Physics, astronomy, writer
|work_institution = Cambridge University
TIFR
IUCAA
|alma_mater = BHU
Cambridge University
|doctoral_advisor = Fred Hoyle
|doctoral_students = Thanu Padmanabhan