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Around seven years of teaching experience to management students in Amity University, Asia Pacific Institute of Management, and International School of Business & Media.

Present Teaching Engagements:

• Asst. Professor (Finance), Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida, India. (Since 2nd June, 2014)

Present Projects Engagement and Grants Received:

• Received a grant of INR 300,000 from National Foundation for Corporate Governance (www.nfcgindia.org) for a project titled ‘A Study on Corporate Governance practices in MSME sector in Delhi NCR region’ in the year 2015-16.

Present Editorial Engagements:

• Editor: Business Perspectives (ISSN 0972-7612): Business Perspectives (BP)is a bi-annual double blind peer review international research journal in the area of business management published by BIMTECH.

Past Editorial Engagement:

• Founder Editor: Asia-Pacific Finance and Accounting Review (ISSN 2278-1838):  Asia-Pacific Finance and Accounting Review (AFAR) (ISSN 2278-1838) is committed to publish high quality empirical and theoretical research papers in the area of finance, accounting, and allied areas. The Mission of AFAR is to publish prominent research papers and case studies in the area of finance and accounting, which will enrich, extend, and build the theoretical framework as well as application of knowledge. AFAR gets published four times a year. The journal is also accessible at www.asiapacific.edu/far. AFAR is listed in Ulrich’s.
• Editor: Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Innovation and Research (ISSN 2319510X): Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation (APJMRI) is quarterly international research journal in the area of business management. APJMRI is exclusively published and marketed by Sage Publishing (India). (http://apjmri.sagepub.com)
• Editor: Management Cases: A Treatise (ISBN: 978-93-82062-94-3): Published a compilation of case studies with contributions from India and Pakistan. The compilation is a result of collaboration between Asia-Pacific Institute of Management and PHD Chamber of Commerce, New Delhi. India. (http://excelpublish.com/EIP/editedbooks.php)

Previous Full Time Teaching Engagements:

• Asst. Professor (Finance), Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi, India from Sept, 2010 to March, 2014.
• Asst. Professor (Finance) , Amity Business School, Amity University, Rajasthan, India from October, 2009 to Sept, 2010
• Faculty (Finance & Insurance) and Chairperson – PGPMI, Intenational School of Business & Media, Kolkata, India, June, 2007 to September 2009.

Previous Visiting Teaching Engagements:

• Visiting Faculty, Fore School of Management, New Delhi (2014-15)
• Visiting Faculty, International College of Financial Planning Ltd., Kolkata  (2008-2009)
• Visiting Faculty, Institute of Business Management, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (2008)
• Visiting Faculty, The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, Kolkata (2005)

• 2nd International Conference on Business Intelligence, and Management held on 9th – 11th January, 2014 at National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India. Title of the paper is ‘A Study on Carhart Four-Factor Model in the Perspective of Indian Market’.
• 3rd IIMA International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence held on 13th – 15th April, 2013 at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Title of the paper is ‘An Experiment on Anchoring Bias in Financial and Economic Decision Making’. The abstract of the Paper may be viewed at http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/icadabai2013/ under the sub-head ‘Conference Abstracts’.
• National Conference on Paradigm of Sustainable Business held on 8th – 9th March, 2013 at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Title of the paper is ‘Hindsight Bias in Financial and Economic Knowledge – A Study’.
• International Conference on ‘Changing Dynamics in The Global Village’, 2013, held on 5th January – 6th January, 2013 at India International Centre, New Delhi. The conference is organized by Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida. The title of the paper is ‘Factors Influencing Adoption of Recent Technology by Indian Business Enterprises – An Exploratory Study’
• International Conference on Facets of Business Excellence, 2012, held on 29th November– 1st December, 2012 at Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. The title of the paper is ‘An Experiment on Effect of Anchoring Bias in Financial Decision Making’.
• Third International Case Conference, 2012, held on 29th November– 1st December, 2012 at Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur. The title of the case is ‘Airtel Money’.
• International Conference on Facets of Business Excellence, 2011 held on 4th – 7th November, 2011 at Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. The title of the paper is ‘The Impact of e-Readyness on e-Commerce Success in India: Some Firm Level Evidence’.
• 3rd Conference on Excellence in Research and Education held on 13th – 16th May, 2011 at Indian Institute of Management, Indore. Title of the paper is “Do People Really Sale Winning Stocks Early?”.
• 2nd IIMA International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence held on 8th – 9th Jan, 2011 at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Title of the paper is ‘The Effect of Weather on Indian Stock Market – An Empirical Study’. The abstract of the Paper may be viewed at http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/icadabai2011/ under the sub-head ‘Conference Abstracts’.
• International Conference & Colloquium on Research and Education held on 25th – 28th Sept, 2010 at Indian Institute of Management, Indore. Title of the paper is “Usefulness of Internet in enhancement of learning – A study of students’ perception”.

• PhD (awarded) from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur, West Bengal, India (an ‘Institute of National Importance’ under MHRD, Govt. of India). Submission at 2017. Thesis title: A Study on Predictability of Stock Returns and Behavioral Biases
• Fellowship awarded by The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (FCMA) (Known as ICWA earlier) (2009).
• Awarded CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERCM (CFPCM) charter by Financial Planning Standards Board, India (2009).
• MBA awarded by Mahatma Gandhi University (2014)
• Qualified UGC – NET (2014)
• NISM certifications on AMFI (Advisors) module in 2010, and Capital Market (Dealers) module in 2005
• Graduated in Commerce from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal in 1993.

IT Skill:

• Excellent proficiency in MS-Excel. Introduced and taught a course titled ‘Financial Modeling using MS-Excel’ as Finance-Elective for PGDM students at Asia Pacific Institute of Management.

• Around 11 years (1996 – 2007) of industrial experience in the area of finance and accounting, where I dealt with maintenance of books of accounts, finalization of Balance Sheet, liasioning with banks, taxation and audit.
• Ex. Editor of ‘Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation’ (APJMRI) (ISSN 2319510X).  APJMRI is exclusively published and marketed by SAGE Publication (India). For details please refer http://apjmri.sagepub.com
• Taken a lead role in forging alliance between BIMTECH and National Foundation for Corporate Governance (www.nfcgindia.org). Received grant from NFCG for conducting FDPs on Corporate Governance during 2012-2013. Also played a key role conducting FDPs in association with PHDCCI. In 2015-16, received a grant of INR 300,000 from NFCG to conduct a project titled ‘A Study on Corporate Governance practices in MSME sector in Delhi NCR region"
• Conducted several corporate trainings in the areas of Finance and Accounting. The companies include Principal MF, Kotak Mutual etc. Conducted faculty development programmes in the area of Research Methodology and Case Research Metodology.
• Attended several conferences at reputed institutions e.g. IIM, Ahmedabad, IIM, Indore
  etc. and presented research papers. The abstract of my paper titled “The Effect of
  Weather on Indian Stock Market – An   Empirical Study”, and “An Experiment on Anchoring Bias in Financial and Economic Decision Making” presented at IIM, Ahmedabad  may be viewed at www.iimahd.ernet.in/icadabai2011/, and www.iimahd.ernet.in/icadabai2013/ respectively  under  the sub-head ‘Conference Abstracts’.  I also attended workshops at IIT, Kharagpur, and National Insurance Academy, Pune.
• Apart from work, my hobbies include trekking and adventure sports. I was a member of ‘National Himalayan Trekking Expedition – 2001’.

Other Professional Engagements

• Examiner, “Capital Market Analysis & Corporate Laws”, ICWA (Final), The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India ( Since June 2009)
• Examiner, MBA, West Bengal University of Technology (2009)
• Examiner and Project Guide, MBA, Jadavpur University (2008)
• Examiner & Paper Setter,MBA, University of Kalyani (2004-2007)

Selected Organisational Activities:

• Chairperson – PGPMI, International School of Business & Media, Kolkata (July 2008-Sept 2009). Post Graduate Programme in Management & Insurance (PGPMI) is an unique industry-academia partnership run in collaboration with ICICI Prudential life Insurance Company.
• Life Member, Indian Accounting Association, India

Selected Corporate Trainings:

• Trained officers of Indian Navy at a programme conducted by The Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
• Trained executives on Advanced Corporate Finance courses at Genpact Ltd.
• Trained middle level executives on Personal Financial Planning and Investment Management at Principal Mutual Fund, and Kotak Securities Ltd.

Other Non Academic Interests & Hobbies:

• Member of “National Himalayan Trekking Expedition – Sar Pass Trail” (2001)
• Member of Subarnarekha river rafting team organized by Tata Steel Adventure Foundation
• Member of Para Gliding team organized by Tata Steel Adventure Foundation

Publication of Book:

Authored a text book on Financial Management published by Oxford University Press in Oct, 2016. The book appeared under ‘Best Seller’ list under ‘financial’ category in www.amazon.com

Publication in Journals:

• ‘Momentum Effect, Value Effect, Risk Premium and Predictability of Stock Returns – A Study on Indian Market’, in Asian Economic and Financial Review (ISSN 2305-2147) (May 2018). Indexed in Scopus and ranked in ABDC master list of journals.
• ‘Impact of Demographic Profile on Investor Biases in India using OLAP and ANOVA’, in Research Bulletin (ISSN 2230-9241), journal of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (January, 2018). Listed under the list of UGC approved journals.
• ‘A Study on Behavioral Biases among selective Indian investors’, in Research Bulletin (ISSN 2230-9241), journal of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (April 2017). Listed under the list of UGC approved journals.
• ‘Wise Financial Planning’, in IMT Case Journal (ISSN 2229-6743). Case journal of Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Nagpur. (January 2013)
• ‘Factors Influencing Adoption of Recent Technology by Indian Business Enterprises: An Exploratory Study’, in Journal of Management Research (ISSN 2319-7552), journal of Symbiosis Center of Management Studies, Noida. (January 2013)
• ‘Sustainable Development – An Indian Perspective’, in The Management Accountant(ISSN 0972-3528), journal of The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (March 2012).
• ‘Financial Inclusion – An Overview’, in The Management Accountant(ISSN 0972-3528), journal of The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (January 2012).
• ‘Accounting for Intangible Assets in the light of IAS 38’, in The Management Accountant(ISSN 0972-3528), journal of The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (November 2009).

Sponsored Research Project

• 'A Study on the Corporate Governance Practices among SME sector in Delhi NCR Region' sponsored by National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG), INDIA. (www.nfcg.in) (2018). Maximum sponsorship value is Rs. 300000.

 Case Publication

• 'Financial and Qualitative Performance Analysis of Britannia Industries Limited' in The Case Centre, UK (Aug 2018) (https://www.thecasecentre.org/main/products/view?id=154101)

Publication in Edited Book:

• ‘Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics, and Intelligence’ (conference proceeding) published by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. (ISBN No.: 978-81-909529-2-7)
• ‘Paradigm for Sustainable Business: People, Planet and Profit’ (ISBN 978-93-81583-94-4) published by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee
• ‘Management Cases: A Treatise’ (ISBN: 978-93-82062-94-3) published by Asia-Pacific Institute of Management in association with PHD Chamber of Commerce, New Delhi.
• ‘Beyond Norms: Strategies For Excellence’ published by Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt Ltd. (ISBN: 978-93-82563-45-7)
• ‘Trends in Marketing Towards Business Excellence’ published by Macmillan Publishers India Ltd (ISBN: 978-935-059-028-7)
• ‘Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics, and Intelligence’ (conference proceeding) published by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. (ISBN No.: 978-81-909529-1-0)

Publication in daily Newspapers:

• ‘Online Education: How Prepared are we for Embracing the Revolution?’ published in The Free Press Journal, Mumbai on 13th Feb, 2012. The article can be accessed at http://epaper.fpj.co.in/epapermain.aspx?queryed=9&eddate=02%2f13%2f2012
• ‘How to Retain Talent at Workplace’ published in The Pioneer (Bhopal Edition) on 22nd Feb, 2012. The article can be accessed at http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/44627-how-to-retain-talent-at-workplace-.html
• ‘Retention Value’ published in The Tribune, New Delhi on 8th Feb, 2012. The article can be accessed at http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120208/jobs.htm

Papers to be presented/presented in conferences:

• Third International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence Indian Institute of Management Bangalore 17-19 December  2015 http://dcal.iimb.ernet.in/baiconf2015/pdf/Book%20of%20Abstracts.pdf
• 2nd International Conference on Business Intelligence, and Management held on 9th – 11th January, 2014 at National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India. Title of the paper is ‘A Study on Carhart Four-Factor Model in the Perspective of Indian Market’.
• 3rd  IIMA International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence held on 13th – 15th April, 2013 at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Title of the paper is ‘An Experiment on Anchoring Bias in Financial and Economic Decision Making’. The abstract of the  Paper may be viewed at http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/icadabai2013/  under the sub-head ‘Conference Abstracts’. 
• National Conference on Paradigm of Sustainable Business held on 8th – 9th March, 2013 at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Title of the paper is ‘Hindsight Bias in Financial and Economic Knowledge – A Study’.
• International Conference on ‘Changing Dynamics in The Global Village’, 2013, held on 5th January – 6th January, 2013 at India International Centre, New Delhi. The conference is organized by Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida. The title of the paper is ‘Factors Influencing Adoption of Recent Technology by Indian Business Enterprises – An Exploratory Study’
• International Conference on Facets of Business Excellence, 2012, held on 29th November– 1st December, 2012 at Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. The title of the paper is ‘An Experiment on Effect of Anchoring Bias in Financial Decision Making’.
• Third International Case Conference, 2012, held on 29th November– 1st December, 2012 at Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur. The title of the case is ‘Airtel Money’.
• International Conference on Facets of Business Excellence, 2011 held on 4th – 7th November, 2011 at Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. The title of the paper is ‘The Impact of e-Readyness on e-Commerce Success in India: Some Firm Level Evidence’.
• 3rd Conference on Excellence in Research and Education held on 13th – 16th May, 2011 at Indian Institute of Management, Indore. Title of the paper is “Do People Really Sale Winning Stocks Early?”.
• 2nd IIMA International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence held on 8th – 9th Jan, 2011 at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Title of the paper is ‘The Effect of Weather on Indian Stock Market – An   Empirical Study’. The abstract of the  Paper may be viewed at http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/icadabai2011/  under the sub-head ‘Conference Abstracts’. 
• International Conference & Colloquium on Research and Education held on 25th – 28th Sept, 2010 at Indian Institute of Management, Indore. Title of the paper is “Usefulness of Internet in enhancement of learning – A study of students’ perception”. 

Workshops Attended:

• ‘Summer School on Empirical Finance and Accounting’ from 1st May – 9th May, 2015 at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India.
•  Faculty development programme on “Case Method Teaching” on 24th April, 2015 at Birla Institute of Management Technology.
• Faculty development programme on “Pedagogy Tools in Management Education” from 9th – 11th Oct, 2009 at Amity University, Rajasthan.
• AICTE sponsored Short term course on “Equity Valuation and Emerging Trends in Indian Capital Market” during  September 6th to 10th , 2008 at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
• “Actuarial Appreciation Programme For Senior Executives (Life)” from 31-07-2008 to 02-08-2008 at National Insurance Academy, Pune.
• Two day workshop on “Technical Analysis” conducted by FT Knowledge Management Company (a sister concern of MCX) on March 6th & 7th, 2008.

Workshops Conducted:

• In Association with CII (through NFCG):
  Taken a lead role in forging the association between AIM and National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG). AIM became accredited as National Centre for Corporate Governance under the aegis of NFCG ( http://www.nfcg.in/nccg-page-3)
  In 2012-13, AIM received a grant of upto INR 100000 for conducting FDPs in the area of corporate governance.
  
  Conducted an international workshop in association with NFCG. The details are:
  
  

  Name	Date	Participant Profile
  International Workshop on Corporate Governance	29th – 30th March, 2013	Practitioners, Research Scholars, and Faculty members

• In Association with PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industries, New Delhi, India (PHDCCI):
  
  Conducted two international workshops in association with PHDCCI. The details are:
  
  

  Name	Date	Participant Profile
  International Workshop on Case Methodology	4th – 6th Oct, 2012	Faculty members from Pakistan, Nepal, and India
  International Workshop on Research Methodology	13th – 15th Dec, 2012	Faculty members from Pakistan, and India

  
  
  Published a book on case studies titled ‘Management Cases: A Treatise’ (ISBN: 978-93-82062-94-3) developed by participants of Case Methodology Workshop in association with PHDCCI.