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Dr Pallavi Joshi

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Professional biography

I am a social scientist with an interdisciplinary focus on innovation and global development. I received a B.A. (Honours) in Economics from the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India (2010), and a master's degree in Economics from Ambedkar University, Delhi, India (2013). This initial training in economics motivated me to apply the lens of economic theories, and qualitative and quantitative analysis to complex research problems in global development. In India, I worked in several policy roles at the then Planning Commission of India (now NITI Aayog), the Competition Commission of India (competition regulator of India), and the Indian Council for International Economic Relations (a New Delhi-based think-tank).

In 2019, I was awarded the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) studentship to pursue doctoral studies at the Department of Development Policy and Practice (DPP), The Open University, UK. I investigated four case studies of artificial intelligence-based MedTech innovations developed by Indian start-ups for the early detection of cancer in low-resource healthcare settings. I particularly focussed on identifying and analysing institutional bundles that drive actors, knowledge and technologies, shaping specific capacity to innovate for low-resource healthcare settings. During my doctoral studies, I also provided teaching assistance to a module on Understanding Global Development within OU’s MSc Global Development. In addition, I was selected for a policy placement with HM Government Open Innovation Team (UK), a cross-government unit that works on a wide range of policy issues including health, justice, education, housing, foreign policy, and digital transformation. I received a PhD in Public Policy and Inclusive Health Innovation from the DPP, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University (OU) in 2023.

Since September 2023, I have been consulting on scoping and developing projects on pandemic preparedness and scaling up engineering-based inclusive innovation at the OU. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in a British Academy-funded project titled 'Strengthening and Reimagining Health-Industry Policy Linkages for Pandemic Preparedness in Africa.

I am a member of the following associations and networks: the Global Network for The Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence-Building Systems (Globelics), and the Innogen Institute.

Research interests

My research interests are in the intersection of public policy and health-industrial linkages, with a focus on innovation and development. I have a keen interest in engaging with wicked problems and complex research questions by applying novel theoretical and analytical frameworks and employing in-depth qualitative methods. Some of the research themes that I have worked on include AI-based Medtech for cancer in India, global value chains of oncology drugs, surveillance systems of antimicrobial resistance, medicine and medical device regulations, primary health systems to tackle non-communicable diseases.

Impact and engagement

I have engaged a wide range of stakeholders and interest groups in my interactions for research projects focussing on different facets of health-industrial linkages in India, the UK, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Vietnam, and Finland. To engage with diverse audiences, I have published findings and policy insights from my research projects through book chapters, working papers, reports, and policy briefs in India and the UK. Currently, I am co-authoring a book on the healthcare needs of low and middle-income and inclusive innovation, along with Prof Dinar Kale (The Open University, UK) and Prof Rebecca Hanlin (University of Johannesburg).

Publications

Facilitating Ease of Doing Business in India's Food Sector: Streamlining Food Safety Compliance Ecosystem in India (2019)
Mehdi, Ali; Tomar, Priyanka; Chaudhry, Divya and Joshi, Pallavi
ISBN : 9789332705142 | Publisher : Academic Foundation | Published : New Delhi, India


Navigating the institutional gaps, mismatch, and neglect (2024-04-09)
Joshi, Pallavi and Kale, Dinar
In: Dauncey, Emily; Desai, Vandana and Potter, Robert B. eds. The Companion to Development Studies (4th Edition) (pp. 532-536)
ISBN : 9780429282348 | Publisher : Routledge | Published : London


Private sector in health (2021-01)
Joe, William; Joshi, Pallavi and Rajpal, Sunil
In: Mehdi, Ali and Rajan, Irudaya eds. Health of the Nation: Perspectives for a New India
ISBN : 9780199499830 | Publisher : Oxford University Press | Published : New Delhi, India


Leveraging artificial intelligence for early cancer detection in resource-constrained healthcare settings: Lessons from Indian MedTech (2024)
Joshi, Pallavi
In : 31st International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering 2024 (9-11 Jul 2024, University College London)


Novel approaches for scaling up engineering-based inclusive innovation (2024)
Joshi, Pallavi; Kale, Dinar and Wield, David
In : 31st International Conference on Transdisciplinary Engineering 2024 (9-11 Jul 2024, University College London, London, UK)


Inclusive health: Medtech innovations for the early detection of cancer in India (2023-08-21)
Joshi, Pallavi
PhD thesis The Open University


Facilitating development of and access to inclusive innovations for screening and early detection of cancer in India (2021)
Joshi, Pallavi
Postgraduate Research Poster Competition, The Open University


Deconstructing Indian Overseas Foreign Direct Investments: Historical & Contemporary Trends (2018-03)
Chaudhry, Divya; Tomar, Priyanka and Joshi, Pallavi
Oxfam India / Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), India.


Administrative structure and functions of drug regulatory authorities in India (2015-09)
Chowdhury, Nupur; Joshi, Pallavi; Patnaik, Arpita and Saraswathy, Beena
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India.