Dr Jyoti Kumari specialises in asset price dynamics, behavioural finance, market microstructure, and financial econometrics. Her research primarily lies at the intersection of financial markets, corporate finance, and macroeconomics. Her academic publications have appeared in leading finance and economics journals, emphasising the role of sentiment and behavioural biases in asset price dynamics and volatility, the link between macroeconomic fundamentals and idiosyncratic volatility, and the underlying market microstructure of financial markets. She also engages in reconciling the debate between neoclassical and behavioural schools through time series analysis, particularly focusing on heteroskedastic approaches. Additionally, her general interest publications include opinion pieces on diverse topics in finance, investment, and policy in national dailies.

In addition to her research, Dr Kumari has taught advanced courses in Finance, such as Finance Theory, Financial Management, and Financial Derivatives, to MBA students and corporate executives. She also developed an elective course in Behavioral Finance and subsequently built electives in Advanced Fin-Tech and Finance Analytics, reflecting emerging trends in the finance field.

Dr Kumari gained extensive experience working at the Institute of Public Enterprises (IPE) Hyderabad, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Sambalpur, and IBS Hyderabad. She has also served as a visiting faculty member for regular and executive management education at XLRI, Jamshedpur, and has been active in delivering talks at various executive education programs.

She holds a PhD in Finance from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and an MPhil in Financial Economics from the University of Hyderabad.