Jaya Shukla

Overview
Jaya Shukla has a PhD in Psychology, and her research focused on how motivation, metacognitive experiences, and epistemic emotions shape exploratory behaviour among students. Her broader research interests lie at the intersection of cognition, emotion, and learning, and her teaching interests span areas related to Social and Educational Psychology. She has received multiple awards, including the International Collaboration – Assistance to Scholars Award from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), and travel awards from the Association for Psychological Science (APS) and the International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS). Prior to joining IIM Bodh Gaya, she worked as an Academic Officer at NIOS, under Ministry of Education, Government of India, and as a Management Consulting Analyst at Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd.  

Academic Background

• PhD (Psychology) –Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
• MA (Psychology) – Central University of South Bihar
• BA (Hons) Psychology – Patna Women’s College

 
Publications

• Shukla, J., & Singh, R. M. (2024). Knowledge exploration among students: role of feedback, feeling of confidence, and academic motivation. Metacognition and Learning, 19(3), 1137–1159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-024-09404-y.

 

• Shukla, J., & Singh, R. M. (2021). Psychological health amidst COVID-19: a review of existing literature in the Indian context. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 11, 100736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100736
• Shukla, J., & Manglam, M. K. (2016). Temperament and character of delinquents in a correction home at Patna, India. Indian Journal of Psychological Science, 7(2), 105–111.

 

• Conference Proceeding: Shukla, J., & Singh, R. M. (2023). Exploring the mediating role of epistemic emotions in knowledge generation. In Proceedings of the 32nd International Congress of Psychology 2020+ (ICP), 18–23 July 2021, Prague, Czech Republic (Virtual). International Journal of Psychology, 58(S1), 416. Wiley

   

• Conference Proceeding: Shukla, J., & Singh, R. M. (2022). Role of past academic performance and task type in knowledge exploration. In Proceedings of the 17th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), 5–8 July 2022, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Horizons of Psychology, 21, 328.

 
Conference Presentation

• Curiosity Induced Exploration among Students: Role of Task, Metacognitive Feeling of Confidence and Epistemic Emotions, Curiosity Conference (12th -13th August, 2023) IIT Gandhinagar

 

• Knowledge Exploration among Students: Role of Academic Motivation and Metacognitive Experiences, Asian Association of Social Psychology Conference 2023 (13th -15th July, 2023), Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

   

• Determinants of Knowledge Exploration: Metacognitive Experiences and Epistemic Emotions, 32nd Annual Convention of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) (3rd -5th March 2023), Ahmedabad University

 

• Knowledge Exploration among Students: Role of Task, Metacognitive Experiences and Epistemic Emotions, Psychology of Education Section Annual Conference 2022 (14th -15th September 2022), University of Oxford, UK

   

• Role of Academic Motivation in Academic Performance and Exploratory Behavior, Social Psychology Section Annual Conference 2022 (5th -7th September 2022), University of Greenwich, UK