Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi
Core Faculty :: ::

Prof. Sanjay Sehgal, Ph.D. (Finance),
Head of Department

Prof. Sehgal is a Ph.D. Finance from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi and has done Post Doctoral research on "Multi Factor Asset Pricing" from Department of Accounting and Finance, London School of Economics, (U.K.). He has completed two major research projects on Mutual Funds Performance Evaluation and Asset Pricing. He has authored a book entitled "Asset Pricing in Indian Stock Market" and written about 40 research papers which have been published in leading finance journals. He has acted as a resource person in EDP Programmes for leading business organizations. His areas of specialisation are Investment Analysis, Portfolio Management, and Financial Econometrics.

Prof. Muneesh Kumar, Ph.D. (International Business)

Prof. Muneesh is an M.Phil and a Ph.D. from University of Delhi. He has teaching and research experience of over three decades. He has authored three books and edited two books. More than 35 of his articles have been published in journals of international repute. He is a regular contributor to several international journals on information systems. He is also on the editorial boards of international journals such as International Journal of ICT and Human Development, Perspectives in Management, etc. A couple of his research papers have been awarded prizes for their outstanding contribution by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He is presently supervising the research work of eight Ph.D. students. More than 10 M.Phil Dissertations have been completed under his supervision. He has presented papers at several national and international seminars/ conferences. He has been a visiting Fellow under the Indo-French Cultural Exchange Program during September-October 2001. His areas of special interest are: Financial and Management Information Systems and Management of Bank Funds. He is member of the expert committee of Ministry Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, for automation of Post Offices. He has also been a member of the Accounting Standard Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also life member of Computer Society of India.

Dr. V. K. Vasal, M.Phil. (Finance) Ph.D. (Accounting)

Dr. Vasal is a Ph.D. (Accounting) from University of Delhi. He has been actively associated in recent years with research in the area of corporate accounting and reporting practices. In his teaching and research career spanning over 20 years he has contributed more than 35 articles in reputed journals and has made presentations at many national and international conferences. He has conducted workshops and delivered special lectures at various Universities in Canada, Continental Europe, the U.K. and the U.S. He has the distinction of winning the inaugural `Young Researcher’s Gold Medal’ and four `Best Paper Presented’ awards of the Indian Accounting Association. He has also acted as a resource person for several leading professional management institutes and companies in their executive development programs. His areas of special interest are Strategic Financial Management, Financial Accounting and Corporate Reporting.

Dr. Nidhi Jain, M.Phil. (Marketing), Ph.D. (Finance)

Dr. Nidhi, a gold medalist of University of Delhi. A Ph.D from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi she has post-graduate teaching experience of seventeen years. She has authored a book entitled, "Restructuring Indian Financial System in Response to Financial Flows". She has completed a UGC sponsored major research project on "Developing MIS for Foreign Exchange Exposure Management" and a UGC sponsored Minor Research Project on "Implications of International Financial Flows for Restructuring of Indian Financial System". She has contributed several papers in leading national journals. Her areas of interests are Services Marketing and Business & Corporate Laws and Management Accounting.

Dr. Amitabh Gupta, Ph.D. (Finance)

Dr. Amitabh Gupta is an M.Com., M.Phil., M.F.C., and Ph.D. from the University of Delhi. He has the distinction of standing first in M.Com. at the South Campus and securing 3rd position in MFC. He has teaching and research experience of over 17 years. In addition, he has experience of working in the financial services industry. He has authored a book and has also co-edited a book. He has published 23 research papers in journals of repute. He has also presented two research papers at international conferences. He was a visiting Research Fellow at the Maison des Scienes de l' homme, Paris under the Indo-French cultural exchange programme during May-June 2003. He has completed a research project on "Buy Back of Shares: An Empirical Investigation" under UGC (SAP) and is currently working on a Major UGC sponsored research Project on "Stock Market Reaction to Accounting Information." He is a life member of Indian Accounting Association and its Research Foundation. His areas of academic research are Mutual Funds and Stock Markets.