[[File:ShalinJyotishi.jpg|thumbframe|ShalinJyotishi.jpg]]<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">'''''Shalin Jyotishi''''' is a senior at the University of Georgia. Shalin’s research and professional interests center around university-industry interfaces, technology transfer, tech-led economic development, research policy and innovation & competitiveness policy.</span></span>
<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-45978db1-87e2-f34a-7832-5ed9bf40bced">[https<span style="font-size://www16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Shalin discovered his passion for innovation through a science and social science foundation. He previously served as a research assistant at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University, as well as at the UGA Institute of Higher Education where he worked on an NSF-funded Science of Science & Innovation Policy grant studying the networks of university trustees of AAU institutions and their relationships to private firms.linkedinHe contributed several articles for an upcoming textbook on stem cell technologies focusing on regenerative medicine.com/Shalin developed a better understanding of the university’s role indriving economic development when he interned with the Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity(CICEP) at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities(APLU) and through his current internships with the UGA Technology Commercialization Office and the Athens-Clarke County Office of Economic Development. Shalin serves as Advancement Associate for the </shalinjyotishi span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-familystyle: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Journal of Science Policy & Governance</span><span style="font-size: 'Times New Roman'16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">, a 501-c3 non-profit organization and electronic, open-access research journal aimed at publishing high quality articles on a variety of science and technology policy topics</span><span style="font-weightsize: bold16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">recently assisted authors Tobin L. Smith, Homer A. Neal and Jennifer B. McCormick in outreach and promotion efforts for the latest latest release of their book </span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; textvertical-decorationalign: underlinebaseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Beyond Sputnik: U.S. Science Policy in the 21st Century</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">. Outside of science policy, Shalin is active with the University Economic Development Association and with the International Economic Development Council where he is developing strategies to connect students with university-led economic development. Passionate about student engagement, Shalin Jyotishihas served as a founder or co-founder of a total of six student organizations and two honors societies during his four years as a student. He is currently the Founding President of the UGA Student Council on Economic Development & Innovation, a student task force housed under the Vice-Presidents for Research and Public Service & Outreach, a member of the inaugural student editorial board for the </span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Education Law & Policy Review </span><span style="font-familysize: 'Times New Roman'16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">is and serves as a senior at freelance writer for the University of </span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Georgia. Shalin’s research and professional interests center around universityPolitical Review</span><span style="font-industry interfacessize: 16px; color: rgb(0, technology transfer0, tech0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-led economic developmentcolor: transparent;">. Shalin is a 2014 Stanford-VentureWell University Innovation Fellows candidate and excited to work with faculty, research policy students and administrators across the nation in growing and cultivating a stronger ecosystem for innovation & competitiveness policyentrepreneurship in the United States.</span></span><br/></span>
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-45978db1-87e2-f34a-7832-5ed9bf40bced"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0verdana, 0geneva, 0); verticalsans-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparentserif;">Shalin discovered his passion for innovation through a science and social science foundation. He previously served as a research assistant at the Neuroscience Institute at Georgia State University, as well as at the UGA Institute of Higher Education where he worked on an NSF-funded Science of Science & Innovation Policy grant studying the networks of university trustees of AAU institutions and their relationships to private firms. He contributed several articles for an upcoming textbook on stem cell technologies focusing on regenerative medicine. Shalin developed a better understanding of the university’s role in driving economic development when he interned with the Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity(CICEP) at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities(APLU) and through his current internships with the UGA Technology Commercialization Office and the Athens-Clarke County Office of Economic Development. Shalin serves as Advancement Associate for the </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Journal of Science Policy & Governance'</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">, a 501-c3 non-profit organization and electronic, open-access research journal aimed at publishing high quality articles Connect on a variety of science and technology policy topics[https://www.linkedin.com/in/shalinjyotishi LinkedIn]</span></span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><br/span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and'</span> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0verdana, 0geneva, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: presans-wrap; background-color: transparentserif;"></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">recently assisted authors Tobin L. Smith, Homer A. Neal and Jennifer B. McCormick in outreach and promotion efforts for the latest latest release of their book '</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Beyond Sputnik: UEmail at jyotishi@uga.S. Science Policy in the 21st Centuryedu</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">. Outside of science policy, Shalin is active with the University Economic Development Association and with the International Economic Development Council where he is developing strategies to connect students with university-led economic development. Passionate about student engagement, Shalin has served as a founder or co-founder of a total of six student organizations and two honors societies during his four years as a student. He is currently the Founding President of the UGA Student Council on Economic Development & Innovation, a student task force housed under the Vice-Presidents for Research and Public Service & Outreach, a member of the inaugural student editorial board for the </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Education Law & Policy Review </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and serves as a freelance writer for the </span> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Georgia Political Review</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">. Shalin is a 2014 Stanford-VentureWell University Innovation Fellows candidate and excited to work with faculty, students and administrators across the nation in growing and cultivating a stronger ecosystem for innovation & entrepreneurship in the United States.</span></span>