Deepika
Yadav
Hi, I am completing my PhD from IIIT-Delhi,, India, Computer Science Department. My advisor is Dr. Pushpendra Singh. I am currently in the job market; looking for a postdoc position.
My research interests are in Human-Computer Interaction and Information and Communication Technologies for Development that focus on problems of social good, empowerment, health, and education. Particularly, I am inclined to work for women and marginalized populations in the developing world.
My PhD research falls in the space of maternal and child health where I focused on improving training opportunities for frontline health workers in rural India - the ASHAs ()village women turned into health workers) - through mobile-learning solutions. The work is placed in a setting where women have lagged behind in technology access, education, and decision-making due to surrounding complex, conservative, and patriarchal society, but nevertheless these women are slowly and steadily gaining the pace to grow (thanks to the efforts of so many activists around the world). In my research, I design, develop, and field deploy my mobile solutions to understand user needs, design requirements, and future research direction.
Projects
Projects
Mobile-Based Peer Learning for CHWs
Sangoshthi---is a low-cost solution to supplement skill-building of ASHAs
Chatbot Based Breastfeeding Education
Yukti aims to understand the potential of chatbot-based breastfeeding education of mothers in slum areas of India
Technology Assisted Social Support to pregnant and new mothers
Investigates use and non-use of messaging apps based forums for providing social support to pregnant and new mothers
Publications
2019
2019
LEAP: Scaffolding Collaborative Learning of Community Health Workers in Rural India
Deepika Yadav, Anushka Bhandari, Pushpendra Singh.
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
Austin, Texas, USA — November, 2019
Feedpal: Understanding opportunities for Chatbots in Breastfeeding Education of Women in India
Deepika Yadav, Prerna Malik, Kirti Dabas, Pushpendra Singh.
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
Austin, Texas, USA — November, 2019
2019
LEAP: Scaffolding Collaborative Learning of Community Health Workers in Rural India
Deepika Yadav, Anushka Bhandari, Pushpendra Singh.
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
Austin, Texas, USA — November, 2019
Feedpal: Understanding opportunities for Chatbots in Breastfeeding Education of Women in India
Deepika Yadav, Prerna Malik, Kirti Dabas, Pushpendra Singh.
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
Austin, Texas, USA — November, 2019
LEAP: Scaffolding Collaborative Learning of Community Health Workers in Rural India
Deepika Yadav, Anushka Bhandari, Pushpendra Singh.
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW), 2019
Austin, Texas, USA — November, 2019
Feedpal: Understanding opportunities for Chatbots in Breastfeeding Education of Women in India
Deepika Yadav, Prerna Malik, Kirti Dabas, Pushpendra Singh.
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW),2019
Austin, Texas, USA — November, 2019
2018
Automatic Annotation of Voice Forum Content and Evaluation of Relevance
Deepika Yadav, Mayank Gupta, Malolan Chetlur, Pushpendra Singh
ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS), 2021
Menlo Park and San Jose, CA, USA — June 20 - 22, 2018
2017
Sangoshthi: Empowering Community Health Workers through Peer Learning in Rural India
Deepika Yadav, Pushpendra Singh, Vijay Kumar, Deepak Sood, Kyle Montague, Delvin Varghese, Tom Bartindale, Madeline Balaam, Patrick Olivier
ACM Conference on World Wide Web (WWW), 2017
Perth, Australia — April 03 - 07, 2017
Low-Cost Mobile Learning Solutions for Community Health Workers
Deepika Yadav, Pushpendra Singh
PhD Symposium in ACM Conference on World Wide Web (WWW), 2017
Perth, Australia — April 03 - 07, 2017
2016
A Real-Time IVR Platform for Community Radio
Konstantinos Kazakos, Siddhartha Asthana, Madeline Balaam, Mona Duggal, Amey Holden, Limalemla Jamir, Nanda Kishore Kannuri, Saurabh Kumar, Amarendar Reddy Mamindla, Subhashini Arcot Manikam, GVS Murthy, Papreen Nahar, Peter Phillimore, Shreyaswi Sathyanath, Pushpendra Singh, Meenu Singh, Pete Wright, Deepika Yadav, Patrick Olivier CHI 2016 [PDF]
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (SIGCHI)
San Jose, California, USA — May 07 - 12, 2016
2016
A Real-Time IVR Platform for Community Radio
Konstantinos Kazakos, Siddhartha Asthana, Madeline Balaam, Mona Duggal, Amey Holden, Limalemla Jamir, Nanda Kishore Kannuri, Saurabh Kumar, Amarendar Reddy Mamindla, Subhashini Arcot Manikam, GVS Murthy, Papreen Nahar, Peter Phillimore, Shreyaswi Sathyanath, Pushpendra Singh, Meenu Singh, Pete Wright, Deepika Yadav, Patrick Olivier CHI 2016 [PDF]
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (SIGCHI)
San Jose, California, USA — May 07 - 12, 2016
2016
A Real-Time IVR Platform for Community Radio
Konstantinos Kazakos, Siddhartha Asthana, Madeline Balaam, Mona Duggal, Amey Holden, Limalemla Jamir, Nanda Kishore Kannuri, Saurabh Kumar, Amarendar Reddy Mamindla, Subhashini Arcot Manikam, GVS Murthy, Papreen Nahar, Peter Phillimore, Shreyaswi Sathyanath, Pushpendra Singh, Meenu Singh, Pete Wright, Deepika Yadav, Patrick Olivier CHI 2016 [PDF]
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2016
San Jose, California, USA — May 07 - 12, 2016
Honors & Awards
“A Mobile-Based Training Platform for ASHA workers”, $100,000, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, GCE Round 20, May 2018 – April 2020.
Press: 'Sanghosti' - IIIT-D's solution for empowering ASHA
Google Travel Grant to attend WWW 2017
Microsoft Travel Grant to attend WWW 2017
Gary Marsden Student Development fund to to attend CHI 2016
2021
Illustrating the Gaps and Needs in the Training Support of Community Health Workers in India
Deepika Yadav, Prerna Malik, Kirti Dabas, Pushpendra Singh.
To Appear in ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2021
Yokohama, Japan — May, 2021