The SAJA now boasts more than 700 members in North America, with strong satellite chapters in the Bay Area, Washington, D.C., and the Midwest. For many, SAJA has become an indispensable resource for accurate and fair coverage of South Asia. In addition to its monthly meetings and frequent speaker panels, the organization holds an annual conference and awards ceremony recognizing excellent reporting on South Asia.

Before joining Time Inc in March 2000, Jyoti wrote about Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the world, for the Times/Ledger Newspapers. In the initial years, she covered a lot of crime and New York City politics. But then she wound up doing only tech reporting.

She has a special interest in immigration and education and has written on those topics extensively. She has been honored by the Suburban Newspaper Association and the Inland Press Foundation for her work.

A series she directed on the impact of school overcrowding on education in Queens won first place for in-depth reporting from the New York Press Association.

Jyoti maintains an interest in the political economy and religions of South Asia. Occasionally, she gets back to New Haven, most recently to deliver a speech on "The Future of South Asian Political Participation in New York City" as part of the South Asianist Lecture Series at Yale.