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Jaya's Phrase of the Year - ‘The hottest new programming language is English’ - Andrej Karpathy, Founder Member, OpenAI​ ​ Summary: Dr. Jaya Goyal, PhD has expertise in Science-Society-Policy interface, is an ‘AI Generalist’, AI-in-Business Implementor’; LLM & NLP Researcher on Responsible AI, Practitioner Specialist and Thought Leader with 18 years of experience in influential roles in Business, Public Policy, Government relations, Research Management & Administration; Founder, Circadian Connect LLP offering research solutions in AI for Society & Businesses, Developed AI-based processes at CryoCorp O2 LLP, an engineering export business; Impact Evaluations in Higher Education, Governance & Child Nutrition. Dr. Jaya Goyal is the Founder Director of Circadian Connect. She is a specialist with 17 years of leadership experience in research solutions at the interface of science, society and policy. See here - www.circadianconnect.com After 17 years of being a passionate policy researcher, Jaya resigned from a science diplomacy role, as the Head of Higher Education (National role) at the British Council India, in March 2022. She was managing a portfolio worth 7 million pounds, leading key bilateral programmes between India and the UK Governments in Higher Education - UKIERI (Research and Innovation strand), The Newton Bhabha Fund, the Going Global Programme. She had an additional role as a Science Advisor (shadow) with British Council, UK. She was driven to set up an interdisciplinary research enterprise. In mid-2022, Circadian Connect arguably became the first social scientist-led company in India, to sign a work contract with Google LLC USA, for a research project on Social Stereotypes in India for NLP (Natural Language Processing). The methodology that she contributed and co-created with Google researchers to study social stereotypes in any region of the world, language or context is now a patented method, published as two Journal papers, opening up multi-million dollars of product development opportunities for Google Alphabet LLC. She registered Circadain Connect LLP on 19 September 2022, as a for-profit firm to provide solutions for the specific research needs of organisations and institutions. Jaya has managed a research portfolio worth millions of pounds at the British Council India; and worth crores at National Higher Education Mission RUSA, Maharashtra. She has been invited to speak at 20+ prestigious platforms including IIT Bombay, NCBS Bangalore, Department of Science & Technology, British Council, etc. She has been awarded travel and research scholarships valued over Rs. 1,00,00,000, from some of the finest world-class universities like the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) UK & TISS Mumbai (2011-13), Hiroshima University, Japan (2023), Edinburgh University, Scotland UK (2022); Michigan State University, USA (2000); Institute of Social Studies (ISS) The Hague Netherlands (2013), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Kolkata, Central University of Hyderabad and The Graduate Institute, Geneva Switzerland (2014). Jaya has a Master's in Science M.Sc from Delhi University and a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from TISS, Mumbai funded by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Artificial Intelligence
• ★ Research Methodology
• ★ Science Communication
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Diplomacy & International Relations
• ☆ Health Policy
• ☆ Education Policy
• ☆ Gender Equality
• ☆ History of Philosophy
• ☆ Epistemology
• ☆ Child Care
• ☆ Democracy
• ☆ Rural Health
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Speechwriting
• ☆ Course Content Writing
• ☆ Grant Writing
• ☆ Political Economy
• ☆ Socioeconomics
• ☆ Project Management

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Business & Legal Writing, Creative Writing

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Go-to-Market Strategy Consulting, Digital Strategy Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining

Product Development Formulation, Recipe Development, Stability/Shelf Life Testing, Product Evaluation, Material Sourcing, Product Validation, Manufacturing, Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC)

Work Experience

Founder-Director; Independent Researcher

Dr. Jaya Goyal

August 2022 - Present

Science Advisor, Head Higher Education & Society (National)

British Council

August 2018 - March 2022

Senior Consultant

Government of Maharashtra (GoM)

February 2016 - December 2017

TISS-LSE Fellow

Asia Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK

February 2011 - March 2015

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

January 2007 - January 2009

Senior Research Officer, Outcome Budget

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

October 2006 - June 2007

Junior Fellow

Observer Research Foundation

December 2004 - March 2007

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) (Social Sciences on Governance of Public Service Delivery)

Tata Institute of Social Sciences

2009 - 2015

Master of Science (M.Sc.) (Community Resource Management & Extension)

Lady Irwin College

1999 - 2001

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (Honours in Resource Management)

Lady Irwin College

1996 - 1999

Certifications

• Microsoft Excel 2013 Advanced (Online)

  Simplilearn

  May 2020 - Present

• Certificate Science Diplomacy

  CSIR and Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India

  January 2020 - Present

• Business Development

  British Council

  May 2019 - May 2019

• Advance Project Management

  British Council

  April 2019 - April 2019

• Science Policy

  Dialogue Matters, UK

  February 2019 - February 2019

• Orientation on Intellectual Property Regulations

  RUSA

  June 2017 - June 2017

• Full Spectrum Leadership Training

  TISS

  April 2017 - April 2017

• Global South Doctoral workshop

  The Graduate Institute, Geneva

  July 2012 - July 2012

• Scuba Diving

  Havelock, Andamans

  March 2010 - March 2010

• M. Phil coursework

  TISS Mumbai

  January 2009 - December 2009

• Leadership and NGOs

  Consulate of Israel & TISS

  January 2002 - January 2002

• International Reproductive Health and Gender

  NIPCCD,

  January 2001 - January 2001

• American Family and Community Lifestyles

  Michigan USA

  February 2000 - February 2000

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Academia articals .

Datta, Vrinda and Goyal, Jaya. (2011). Reaching the Unreached: The Integrated Child Development Scheme in Maharashtra. The Indian Journal of Social Work. 72 (4), 589-604.

Goyal, Jaya (2018). Andaman Nicobar Islands Recovery: Food and Nutrition Schemes. Understanding Recovery in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Issue No. 175. Southasiadisasters.net. October 2018.

Goyal, Jaya and Madhushree Sekher. (2015). Accountability, Nutrition and Local Institutions in India. Development. Rethinking Democracy, Society for International Development, 58(1), United Kingdom: Palgrave McMillan.

Goyal, Jaya and Singh, D. P. (2014). Academic Performance of OBC Students in Universities: Findings from three States. Economic and Political Weekly, 49(5), 55–62.

Goyal, Jaya. (2011). Social Audits in Outcome Budgeting: An experiment of accountability in Maharashtra. The Indian Journal of Social Work. 72 (4), 537-562.

Goyal, Jaya. (2014). Centrally sponsored schemes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands: a governance paradox. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 34(3/4), 196–213.

Goyal, Jaya. (2021). Science Diplomacy and Gender: A Case Study of the British Council. Science Diplomacy: A New Chapter in IISF 2020. January-March 2021. 4(3). 9-12.

Jaswal, Surinder and Goyal, Jaya. (2011). Public Sector Health Scheme for the Poor: Maharashtra's Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana. The Indian Journal of Social Work. 72 (4), 617-634.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Andaman Nicobar Islands Recovery: Food and Nutrition Schemes at Roundtable Conference at School of Disaster Studies on 27th June 2018 on theme of Disaster Recovery and Development with a special focus on A&N Islands.

Science Diplomacy and Gender, a paper presented virtually at India International Science Festival on December 24, 2020 organised by Department of Science and Technology and CSIR Govt of India.

Singh, D. P., Jaya Goyal, Saritha C. T & K. Srinivasan. 2008. ‘Population Estimates of Social Groups: Reliability of large scale survey of NSS & NFHS.’ National Seminar on NSS 62nd Round Survey Results. NSSO. Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation. Government of India.

‘Academic Performance of OBCs in Indian Universities’ at national seminar on Demographic Transition & Inclusive Development at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata organised by International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai on March 15-17, 2012.

‘Accountability processes in public service delivery: Case of child health and nutrition programmes at the Global South Doctoral Workshop at University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia organised by The Graduate School, Geneva, Switzerland in November 2011.

‘Role of State in Public Private Partnerships in Health’ at a national seminar on the Health Cultures and Tribal Communities organised by Department of Anthropology, Hyderabad University on January 2-4, 2013.

‘Accountability in a democratic state: role of institutional factors in child under-nutrition in India’ at the 12th Development Dialogue on Rethinking Democracy at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague, Netherlands on 16-17 October 2014.

NEWSLETTER ARTICLE

Goyal, Jaya 2020. Lockdown Chronicles. The Art of Balance. South Asia British Council.

Goyal, Jaya 2021. The expanding scope of careers for Women in STEM .

Goyal, Jaya, 2017. Ponder Over Potbelly. The Asian Age.

Goyal, Jaya. 2006. “Skybus Vs Metro: Mumbai Deserves the Best”. One India One People.

Goyal, Jaya. 2009. Degrees of Change: Why the effect of OBC quotas in higher education is so varied across India. The Indian Express.

Goyal, Jaya. 2006. “Sex Sense:”. Mumbai mirror.

BOOK CHAPTER

Goyal, Jaya. 2015. Role of State in Public Private Partnerships in Reproductive and Child Health Services in B V Sharma (Ed.), Medical Anthropology, New Delhi: Concept Publishers.

Swaminathan, R & Goyal, Jaya. 2005. Mumbai: A City of Contrasts in Swaminathan, R and Goyal, Jaya. (ed). Mumbai Vision 2015: An Agenda for Urban Renewal. New Delhi: Macmillan.

EDITED BOOK

Swaminathan, R and Goyal, Jaya. 2005. Mumbai Vision 2015: An Agenda for Urban Renewal.

Upcoming: Goyal, Jaya 2022. Public Service Delivery: Does Accountability and Local Institutions Matter? A Comparative Perspective of Child Nutrition Programmes in India. Single authored Book from PhD thesis accepted for publishing supported by Publication Grant from ICSSR (Indian Council for Social Science Research), Govt of India.