Policy Work: Examples include

• Representing UK Young Academy (UKYA) at a DSIT roundtable chaired by Sir Patrick Vallance to discuss working with DSIT to improve innovative research culture, entrepreneurship, ECR job precarity, and talent retention

• Subject matter expert participation in workshop at the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) involving DSIT, NHS and Sir Chris Whitty on the “future of neighbourhood health for coastal communities”, which helped identify key technologies, policies and upskilling needed for this task

• Through National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC), was paired as a systems thinking and engineering expert with a senior civil servant (RAEng policy fellow), to collaborate, learn and inform policy fellow’s work in sottish civil service

• Contributing to government policy consultations through the IET, including as an Executive Committee Member (2017-22) of Healthcare Technology Technical Professional Network of the IET, especially in the areas of emerging technologies and research and science capabilities

• Active participation in policy dialogue as a subject matter expert/collaborator through National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) of the Royal Academy of Engineering, covering areas such as multimorbidity, ageing population, healthcare service delivery

• Sponsored on the Royal Society Science policy primer workshop to gain foundational knowledge on how science policy making works

• Representing RAEng at European science policy (ALLEA/SAPEA) meeting, as a voice of the UK’s mid-career academics, advocating and learning about greater involvement of early to mid-career academics in European level science policy making, including inter academy collaborations within European academies

• Working with the Royal Society on issues of refugee/at risk scholars, including visa, migration, precarious funding/short term contracts and academic freedom

• Currently leading a project (through UKYA) to support at-risk researchers in the UK to address issues on migration, barriers for research/progression, lack of access to information/upskilling

Science Communication and Public Engagement: Examples include

• The above mentioned project work for at-risk scholars appeared as a blog, in collaboration with the Royal Society, on the Refugee Day- https://ukyoungacademy.org/blog/uk-young-academys-reflections-for-world-refugee-day/

• Delivered a keynote presentation on ‘Transforming lives with wearable technology” at a high-profile University Hertfordshire, Festival of Ideas, https://www.herts.ac.uk/ideas

• Impact blog highlighting my research on Neurotechnology appeared on the Academy of Medical Science's website: https://acmedsci.ac.uk/more/news/improving-lives-through-neurotechnology 

Video (Improving lives through neurotechnology): YouTube Link

• Selected as British Science Association's (BSA) 2022 award lecturer in the 'Engineering, technology and industry category'  https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/award-lectures-british-science-festival-2022  

• Interview given to YouthSTEM2030.org for aspiring engineers and scientists. The Interview appeared originally appeared in the first print edition of YouthSTEM2030 magazine, co-sponsored by the IET; soft copy of the interview can be found here

• Board of Governor's member as a governor for RSA Academy school, https://www.ststephensfirstrsa.co.uk/ 

• Active STEM ambassador (STEMNET) since 2008- involved in various science/engineering communication/engagement activities in the form of hands on workshops, presentations, one to one mentoring etc. 

• Was actively involved in organising and delivering ‘great bones’ annual workshop supported by University of Leeds. Targeted at engineering specialist schools in West-Yorkshire.  

• Was selected in the first ever 'I am an engineer get me out of here' (Royal Academy of Engineering sponsored), online STEM engagement outreach to interact with school children of various levels. https://healthm12.imanengineer.org.uk/profile/amitpujari 

• Also participated in subsequent outreach activities of I am an engineer/scientist careers zone outreach engagement. https://careers.imascientist.org.uk/profile/amitpujaricareers/