Assistant Professor , Accounting & Finance
Assistant Professor , Accounting & Finance
inderjit.kaur@thapar.edu
PhD/FPM (Finance) (2015), Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad, India
MPhil (Finance) (2008), Choudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, India
MBA (Finance and Economics) (2001), Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, India
B.E. (Computer Science & Engineering) (1998), Madras University, India
“Finance seems to be number game but is the most basic necessity of human life and so for organizations. It is quintessential for survival. I am passionate about imparting this life saving skill to my students. I drive satisfaction from seeing my students getting matured in understanding of money matters with ethics.”
I had always been a meritorious student. I was in merit list of Punjab School Education Board for Matriculation and Senior Secondary, College topper in 7/8 semesters in B.E. (Computer Science & Engineering) from University of Madras, and Merit certificate holder in M.B.A (Finance & Economics) from Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana.
I did Fellowship Programme in Management (FPM) from National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad (under Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India). I was topper of my batch for the course work.
I pursued my doctoral research in Performance and its Determinants of Mutual Funds in India. The papers based on thesis have been published in ABDC ranked and Scopus listed journals.
Teaching Interests: Financial Management, Investment Analysis, Corporate Valuation
Research Interests: Portfolio Optimization, Asset Pricing, Inequality, Financial Inclusion, Exchange rate forecasting
UGC-NET qualified
Fellow of NIFM under Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India
Assisted Sponsored Project on, “Estimation of Unaccounted Income/Wealth within and outside India”, sponsored by CBDT, Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India. (June 2011-May 2012)