Having taught a number of courses over the last 40 years: which includes Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, International Economics, Indian Banking and Financial System in India, Indian Economy, International Economic Cooperation, Managerial Economics, International Trade, International Economic Environment, Indian Financial System, Trade Policy, Trade Aid and Development, International Organization and Regional Cooperation, Urban Economic Development, Urban Mobility. She has also Conducted Management Development Programs which includes: Godrej (Mumbai), Zensar (Pune), Kalyani Semco (Pune), WNS (Pune), Mphasis (Pune & Bangalore), Cognizant (Pune), K Element (Chennai), Wipro (Belapur& Mumbai), Sahara Group (Amby Valley), EXL Services (Pune), Intel, Aztec, HP (Bangalore), Deloitte (Hyd) and Deutsche Bank (Bangalore & Mumbai), Continum Solutions (Delhi, Hyd) Dr Reddys (Thane, Indore), John Deere (Pune).

Over the course of her career she has had the privilege to be a member of the Forum for Development Cooperation (FIDC) and a member of the Steering Committee for University Connect for G 20.She has been invited by Macquarie University as a short term Fellow in the summer of 2018, Niti Aayog as a member of the Working Group on "City Governance and Smart Cities" (2017), invited to the 5th ASEM Rectors’ Conference, as a Mentor for the Students’ Forum (ARC5), organized by Charles University and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) at Prague (2016), appointed as a member of the Fourth Estate of the Manipur University (2016) and invited as a part of the Indian delegation to Pakistan for the Tenth South Asian Economic Students Meet (SAESM) at Lahore University of Management Sciences (2013). In 2015, Prof. Jyoti was conferred with the iCongo instituted Gold Karmaveer Chakra and Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship in Delhi, for her contributions to the field of education.

Research areas:

Prof. Jyoti research is presently focused on issues associated with Urban Economic Development (urban poverty, urban infrastructure, urban mobility, urban policy, etc.). Besides, she keenly studies and follows trends in International Development Cooperation – from the MDGs to the SDGs.

Prof. Jyoti has been presently working on Pune centric cases wrt urban and other development issues. She has also been guiding a number of PhD scholars at the University.

Prof. Jyoti has worked on a number of research projects and consultancy in collaboration with:

1) NABARD

● Rural Development Infrastructure Index: including Physical, Social and Institutional Dimension - 2018
● Sustainable Development Goals for Rural Maharashtra 2030: Achievements & Constraints- 2019
● Impact Evaluation Study on Long-term Refinance flowing to Self Help Groups (SHGs)-2022
● Impact Evaluation of Credit Utilisation and Outcome of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs): A Study of Select States of India- 2022
● Impact Evaluation Study of Geographical Indications (GI) Tagging on Artisans- 2023
● Jalgaon, Nanded, Gondia, Ahemadnagar, Bhandara, Satara, Chandrapur and Wardha District Strategic Plan- July 2023

2) ITDP

● Calculating Congestion Pricing for Western Express Highway, Mumbai

3) Sulochana Thapar Foundation

● Goa Governance Index

4) National Institute for Urban Affairs

● UNICEF - NIUA - SSE - Primary Health Care Services in Urban India: Assessment of the Governance, Institutional and Financing Challenges
● Sheffield- NIUA - Local Action for Climate Change
● World Bank - Growth Drivers: Pune Metropolitan Region

5) INHAF

● Maharashtra’s Smart City Programme: The way Forward

Dr. Kadlak is a prolific researcher, with a notable focus on sanitation community issues, the youth of sanitation workers, and their education. Her work has been published in esteemed national and international journals and edited books. Notably, her paper on women sanitation workers is preserved for study at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She's made significant international contributions, including participation in student exchange programs at Keel University in the UK in 2013, and an International Study Tour to Columbia University, USA, in 2015. She also served as an Independent Research Scholar at the Global Centre for Global Development and Sustainability (GDS) at Brandeis University, USA, in 2016. In addition to her research, Dr. Kadlak has reviewed papers for journals published by SAGE Publication and BMJ Global Health Journal. She is an Advisory Committee Member for the project "Global advocacy for health, safety, and dignity of workers in sanitation," initiated by SNV, WaterAid, ILO, WHO, and the World Bank since February 2021. Further, she has undertaken the role of Principal Investigator for the summer 2021 and 2022 semester research fellowship at the International Socioeconomics Laboratory Board, Harvard University, USA. She actively participates in academic conferences, often chairing sessions at different colleges and delivering lectures. She also conducts training sessions for community leaders to enhance their capacity.

Her primary research interests revolve around gender, education, intersectionality, intergenerational mobility, caste, and the impact of parents' occupation on their children.