Dr. Kajal Srivastava

Dr. Kajal Srivastava is an academician, a trainer and a researcher with more than a decade of experience in the field of Business Communication. At present, she is the International Relations Committee Chairperson and PAN Area Chair of Business Communication and Liberal Arts at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow.

Her USP lies in blending concepts of communication with psychology to aid effective communication. Having been brought up in a milieu of cultures (African and Indian), she is adept at understanding nuances of cultural diversity. Her forte lies in making complex communication theories understandable and doable in a simplistic, and highly interactive manner. Her recent video on Josh Talks Spoken English platform has over 10k views. She has also featured on a talk show "Just Like That" (available on YouTube) where she's expressed her views on "Drawing Lines."

In terms of training, she is the resource faculty for Managerial Development Programs and has conducted numerous training programs for industry and corporates. Amongst MDP’s conducted, both in-house and outside Jaipuria, she’s taken Communication sessions for Uttar Pradesh Metro Railway Corporation (UPMRC), Geological Survey of India, India Post and Margdarshak Financial Services, amongst numerous others.

Dr. Kajal has also developed, designed and delivered a Communication Skills Course for Margdarshak Financial Services, Lucknow. Under the umbrella of Liberal Arts, she has designed a course titled “Introduction to Psychology” for students at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow. With a keen interest in Psychology, she has successfully completed various MOOC courses from reputed universities, which also include Ivy league universities.

As a researcher, she has various publications in both national and international journals, which include SCOPUS and ABDC journals. Her research interests lie in the domain of teaching pedagogy, business communication and psychological interventions in teaching pedagogy.

In addition to this, Dr. Kajal has been a nominee for the National Awards to Teachers (Higher Education) 2023 by AICTE under 55 years. She has also been awarded the “Best Faculty Award (Based on Most Positive Impact on Students),” for 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and “Best Faculty Award (Based on Course Feedback),” for 2021 ,2023, 2024 at PAN Campus level by Jaipuria Institute of Management for her contributions to student life and learning.

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PhD (English)

Papers Published in Peer Reviewed Journals (ABDC, SCOPUS, and WoS)

Srivastava, K., Siddiqui, M.H., Kaurav, R.P.S., Narula, S., & Baber, R. (2023). The high of higher education: Interactivity its influence and effectiveness on virtual communities. Benchmarking: An International Journal. Ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-09-2022-0603

Sabharwal, D., Kabha, R., & Srivastava, K. (2023). Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered virtual assistants and their effect on human productivity and laziness: An explorative study on students of Delhi-NCR (India) & Fujairah (UAE). Journal of Content, Community & Communication, 17, 162-174. DOI: 10.31620/JCCC.06.23/12

Hemendra, G., Rashmi, C., Kajal, S., & Suneel, G. (2022). Volatility modelling of asset classes: An empirical study during different phases of COVID-19. Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, 26(S2), 1-19. https://www.abacademies.org/articles/volatility-modelling-of-asset-classes-an-empirical-study-during-different-phases-of-covid19.pdf

Parihar, S. S., Mishra, D., & Srivastava, K. (2022). Determinants of online learning and the mediating role of facilitator. International Journal of Educational Reform, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879221091793

Siddiqui, M. H., & Srivastava, K. (2021). Examining the impact of team-based learning on personality, communication, its managerial implications and outcomes. Journal of Content, Community & Communication, 13(7), 181-198.  https://www.amity.edu/gwalior/jccc/pdf/jun_16.pdf

Srivastava, K., & Prabhakar, A. (2020). A predictive model of expressiveness based on demographic and socio-economic factors of the Indian youth: A self-perception. Journal of Content, Community & Communication, 11(6), 143-156. https://doi.org/10.31620/JCCC.06.20/11

Srivastava, K., Siddiqui, M. H., Kaurav, R. P. S., Narula, S., & Baber, R. (2023). The high of higher education: Interactivity its influence and effectiveness on virtual communities. Benchmarking: An International Journal, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-09-2022-0603

Authored Books

Srivastava, K. (2023). Yackety Yack. Walnut Publication.

Conference Proceedings

Yadav, N., Singh. C., Srivastava, K. (2022). An End-to-end machine learning solution for anxiety and depressive disorder symptom occurrence during COVID-19: A New York case study. 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences.

Conference Papers

Yadav, N., Singh. C., Srivastava, K. (2020). Student performance prediction from E-mail assessments using tiny neural networks. 2020 IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC). IEEE Xplore.

 

 

Papers Published in Non-Peer Reviewed Journals

Srivastava, K. (2019). Career workshops for management trainees: A pathway to bridge the gap between academia and industry. International Journal of English: Literature, Language & Skills, 8(1), 83-90. ISSN 2278-0742. www.ijells.com