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Ph.D in Psychology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Master of Arts (M.A.), Central University of South Bihar

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (B.A. Hons.), Patna Women's College

Prof. (Dr.) Jaya Shukla

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Email jaya.shukla@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0001-8508-3180
Key Expertise Emotions, Metacognition, Motivation, Learning

Ph.D in Psychology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Master of Arts (M.A.), Central University of South Bihar

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (B.A. Hons.), Patna Women's College

Biography

Dr. Jaya Shukla is an Assistant Professor at the Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences, 91探花. Prior to joining JGU, she served as a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya. She qualified for the UGC NET JRF in 2017 and holds a PhD in Psychology from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee). She is also a Gold Medalist in MA Psychology from the Central University of South Bihar. Her doctoral 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 published research papers in reputed peer-reviewed journals and 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). Her professional experience spans the public and private sectors, including over one and a half years with the Group A Service at the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and professional experience with Accenture Solutions Pvt. Ltd. 

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Statistics and SPSS
  • Introduction to Community Psychology
  • Gold Medal- Central University of South Bihar -2017
  • UGC- NET JRF- 2017
  • International Collaboration – Assistance to Scholars Award from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)- 2022
  • Association for Psychological Science (APS) - Travel Award for Presenting Research Paper - 2023
  • International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS) - Travel Award for presenting Research Paper - 2023
  • Peer reviewer: Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, Elsevier, 2022
  • NAOP (National Academy of Psychology)

Shukla, J., & Singh, R. M. (2026). Task difficulty and knowledge exploration among secondary school students: the mediating role of epistemic emotions. Metacognition and Learning, 21(1), 25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-026-09475-z

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鈥�1159. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-024-09404-y

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鈥�23 July 2021, Prague, Czech Republic (Virtual). International Journal of Psychology, 58(S1), 416. Wiley

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

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鈥�8 July 2022, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Horizons of Psychology, 21, 328.

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

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鈥�111.
Email jaya.shukla@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0001-8508-3180
Key Expertise Emotions, Metacognition, Motivation, Learning