Savitri Pandey is an experienced text mining specialist with several years of experience in applying natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning techniques. She is skilled in several programming languages, including Python, Java and R. Savitri has an MSc in Mathematics from Banaras Hindu University and an MSc in Computer Science from the University of York, and was previously a research associate at Amity University in India and at University of York. She enjoys the challenge of applying novel text mining and machine learning techniques in the context of health care innovations at the NIHR Innovation Observatory, having joined the new centre as a Text Mining Specialist in March 2017