Jainendra Shukla is founder and director of the Human-Machine Interaction research group and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in joint affiliation with the Department of Human-Centered Design at the IIIT-Delhi. He is also associated with Infosys Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Centre for Design and New Media.

He is experienced in human-robot interaction and affect recognition using physiological signals. He enthusiastically investigates how social robots and empowering machines with adaptive interaction ability can improve the quality of life in health and social care. His research has been disseminated in several journals and conferences of international reputation, including IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, International Journal of Social Robotics, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. He is an active reviewer for several reputed conferences and journals in the field. He has work experience in India, Mexico, and Spain and can speak Hindi, English, and Spanish.

He received the B.E. degree in Information Technology from the University of Mumbai in First Class with Distinction in 2009. He pursued his M.Tech. degree in Information Technology with Specialization in Robotics from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A) in 2012. He received his Ph.D. in excellent grades with Industrial Doctorate Distinction and International Doctorate Distinction from Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Spain in 2018.