Grade "A+" Accredited by NAAC with a CGPA of 3.46
Grade "A+" Accredited by NAAC with a CGPA of 3.46

Narander Kumar Nigam, Ph.D.

Areas of Expertise

  • Financial econometrics
  • Derivatives
  • International Finance
  • Statistics with SPSS, Eviews and Stata

Narander Kumar Nigam, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Growth is Life

Biography

Dr. Nigam is Assistant Professor of Finance at Department of Management Studies, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, University of Delhi. Hestarted his career in the corporate world after finishing graduation. He has more than10,000 hours of Professional Experiencein the field of stock market particularly in NYMEX, COMEX, LME, SHFE, DGCX, USE, NCDEX, MCX-SX, MCX etc. after which he pursued post-graduation from Department of Commerce, Delhi University. He switched his line from corporate to academics and began his teaching career from Shri Ram College of Commerce. He was actively engaged in extracurricular activities and was the recipient of numerous medals in sports at the college as well as school level. He has held various positions of responsibility in the Students’ Union of his college and received the prestigious Principal Madan Mohan Medal (SRCC) for all round excellence in college. His specialisation is finance and he has published research papers on contemporary issues in reputed journals.

Education

  • PhD, Finance (Strategy), Department of Finance and Business Economics, University of Delhi.
  • Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF-UGC) Commerce
  • M.Com. Department of Commerce, University of Delhi.
  • B. Com (H), Shri Ram College of Business Studies, University of Delhi.

Publications

  • Negatively Related Diversification, Positively Related Diversification and Firm’s Performance: Measurement and Application.”along with Prof. C.P. Gupta, published in Global Business Review,2019, Ranked C in ABDC Journal Index
  • “Correlation based Diversification and Firm Performance: Empirical investigation of India along with Prof. C.P. Gupta, published in Global Business Review’18, Ranked C in ABDC Journal Index. The paper was awarded best paper at IISc, Bangalore (COSMAR-18).
  • “A Meta-study of the Measures of Corporate Diversification, with Prof. C.P. Gupta published in Business Analyst’18
  • Financial Literacy Amongst Indian Higher Education Institutions: A Study of University of Delhi’s Students, along with Asst. Prof. Saumya Jain, published in Business Analyst, 2018
  • “Behaviour and Determinants of Implied Volatility in Indian Market” (2016), with Asst. Prof. Narain and Asst. Prof. Piyush in Journal of Advances in Management Research, Emerald Journal, Vol 13 (3), pp 271-291. The paper was Highly Commended paper in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence.
  • “Negatively Related Diversification, Positively Related Diversification, and Firm’s Performance: Measurement and Application.” (2023). Global Business Review, Sage Publication, Ranked C in ABDC Journal Quality List, and SCOUPS listed.
  • Impact of gender diversity in the boardroom on risk-return profile of Indian corporates. (2022) Journal of Indian Business Research, Emerald Publication, Ranked C in ABDC Journal Quality List, and SCOUPS listed
  • “Correlation-based Diversification and Firm Performance: Empirical investigation of India.” (2021) Global Business Review, Sage Journal, Ranked C in ABDC Journal Quality List, and SCOUPS listed.
  • Test of capital market integration using Fama-French three-factor model: Empirical evidence from India. (2020). Investment Management and Financial Innovations, Business Perspectives Publication, Ranked B in ABDC Journal Quality List, and SCOUPS listed.
  • Do Women Directors Impact Financial Outcomes? The Indian Evidence. (2020). Indian Journal of Corporate Governance, Sage Publication, Ranked C in ABDC Journal Quality List, and SCOUPS listed.