Honey Yadav is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the SMART SIP+ research project at the Business School, Birmingham City University (BCU), UK. She completed her PhD at IIT Delhi, specialising in AI capability research and Technology Impact Assessment (TIA), which provides a strong analytical foundation for evaluating complex socio-technical systems relevant to the SMART SIP+ programme.

She has extensive experience in digital transformation and innovation, with a strong record of delivering high-impact, policy-relevant research. Notably, she contributed to the development of the National COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Digital Communication Strategy, applying advanced text analytics and natural language processing (NLP) methods to inform large-scale public health decision-making. Her research portfolio spans e-commerce technology assessment, digital capability development, IoT-enabled waste management adoption, and telecommunications infrastructure evaluation, reflecting her ability to translate advanced analytics into actionable insights.

Within the SMART SIP+ project, Honey contributes to business model development, predictive maintenance analytics, and AI-enabled decision-making and policy analysis. Her work draws on NLP algorithms, recommendation systems, and data-driven forecasting approaches to support evidence-based planning, operational optimisation, and sustainable technology deployment. Her recent research focus on AI-driven organisational capability building directly supports the project’s aim of strengthening institutional, technical, and managerial capacities for scalable and resilient solar irrigation systems. She has also trained over 500 students in implementing customer and stakeholder analytical solutions, reinforcing her commitment to capacity building and knowledge transfer.

Her interdisciplinary expertise spans Healthcare Management, Explainable AI, Digital Transformation, and Strategic Innovation, enabling her to bridge technical development with governance, policy, and adoption challenges.