NEHA SEHRA

Motivated student working towards statistical and methodological techniques and policies related to Science, technology, and innovation (STI). Eager to learn and understand the past and current trends of agricultural S&T. Adept at prepping resources, equipment, and materials for research. Extensive background in investigating Qualitative and Quantitative research.

• Award of ICSSR Centrally-Administered Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship in the Year 2022-23.
• I qualified for the UGC-NET and am eligible for the assistant professor position held in July 2019 in the subject of Public Administration.
• I stood 2nd in the 100m race in the Annual Sports Meet-JNU (2017).
• Participated in 10kms Run organized by Decathlon, New Delhi, 2023
• Participated in 21kms Half marathon organized by Vedanta, New Delhi, 2022
• Active Member of NSS for 3 years (2012-15).
• Participant in 200m race and 400m relay National School athlete meet (2009).
• Participant in Inter-school Handball meets (2008).
• Inter-District level Handball meet (2007) stood 3rd in position.

• Participated in the school of law summer school from 28 June to 5 July 2021 on “Law in a time of uncertainty and global change” conducted by the faculty of management, law, and social science, University of Bradford (U.K).
• Participated in an online course “Remote Sensing Application in Agriculture Water Management” conducted by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) from 3 August to 7 August 2020. The purpose of this 5 day programme is to understand UAV and advanced remote sensing for agricultural water management, the Concepts and fundamentals of agricultural water management& the role of EO in water management, etc.
• Participated in the UGC-Sponsored National Interaction Programme for Ph.D./Post-doctoral Scholars in Social Sciences and Humanities organized by the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru University from 24th February to 16th March 2020. This 20-day UGC-sponsored interaction program aims to teach the theoretical part of Research methodology andgive particle training of different Qualitative and Quantitative tools like SPSS, ATLAS.it, etc., and reference tools like Mendeley and Zotero.
• Participated in the workshop on Writing for Publishing: Articles for peer-reviewed journals organized by SAGE school of publishing and B.R Ambedkar central library, JNU, New Delhi on 4thMarch, 2020.
• Participated in the workshop on “Qualitative methods in social sciences: Ethnography, Narratives, and Social Stories” Organized by the Council for Social Development, New Delhi; G B Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad; & Anthropological Survey of India, Govt. of India on 11-15 March 2019. This workshop aimed to provide training in qualitative methods to capture the pluralistic nature of Indian society. Included various interactive sessions on different methodologies like semi-structured and unstructured interviews (Baat-Se-Baat methodology), Focused group discussions (FGDs) to validate the facts and fill in the incomplete stories, data analysis (transcription, field notes, discourse analysis) etc.
• Participated in the E-learning course on “Waste Management in Agribusiness” Organized by the Asian Productivity Council held at the National Productivity Council, New Delhi, on 27-30 Nov 2018. The program was held through video conferencing at NPC, New Delhi, and five participating countries viz. Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka during the session. Various agricultural waste sessions were followed by a field visit at RamkyEnviroEngineer Ltd. in Bhawana, New Delhi. An exam was also conducted by the Asian Productivity Council (Japan) on the final day.
• Participated in the e-learning course on “ICT-based services for Agriculture Extension” organized by the Asian Productivity Council held at National Productivity Council, New Delhi on 27-30 Nov 2017. The program was held via video conferencing at NPC, New Delhi along with five participating countries viz. Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka during the session. This was followed by a field visit to IARI, Pusa, New Delhi and an exam conducted by the Asian Productivity Council, Japan.

• “System of innovation” which is basicallythe interaction between institutions and organizational elements can be understood by different theoretical frameworks of innovation. Through my research interest, I can measure the great potential of the system of innovation approach, along with the conceptual and theoretical problems and weaknesses in the agriculture area. With the help of these theoretical frameworks, I also try to explore new emerging technologies in the agriculture area.
• Despite considerable attention to agriculture, there is a need to have an analytical tool for a better understanding ofthe whole process from production to distribution of emerging technologies. I took initiatives through my research in understanding technology diffusion, technology adoption, governance structure, socio-economic life of farmers, policy formulation related to R&D, innovation and technological change.
• ·Keen interest in various research methodologies and data analysis which playsa vital role in knowledge development and validating the study. Data collection methods like in-depth interviews along with other methods likea survey (questionnaire survey), personal and telephone interviews, focused group discussion (FGD) interests me in understanding the motives, beliefs and attitudes, emotions of farmers and policymakers. Further, I am also very much interested in foresight methodologies and the cross-culture study which has improved my Ph.D. research.