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Dr. Nupur Gupta is a passionate academician and an avid researcher with a doctorate in Business Management (Finance area) from BIT, Mesra. She was featured in the list of India’s Best finance teachers for the year 2021 by the Association of India’s Wealth Management of India now (Equalify). She received the best women faculty award in 2022 by DKIRF, the Global faculty award in 2023 by AKS Foundation, the Prof. Y.K.Bhushan award for most influential professors by the World Education Congress in 2023, and the Madhya Pradesh Woman Leader ward by the World Women Leadership Congress in 2024.

Prior to joining Jaipuria Institute of Management, she worked at the School of Business Management - NMIMS, University, Navi Mumbai as an Assistant Professor in Finance (2019-2022). Her other teaching engagements include- teaching at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany (visiting professor, in 2018 ), KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (2013-2017); Vivekanand Education Society’s Institute of Management (2007-2013) and Sadhana Centre for Management & Leadership Development (2007) as core faculty.

She is an economics graduate from Delhi University and MBA (Finance), ICFAI Business School, and has a CFA charter from ICFAI (India). Her areas of teaching include Corporate Finance, Wealth Management, Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management, Financial Markets & Institutions, and Fixed Income Securities.

Prior to joining academia, she had worked with HDFC Bank on the retail front as a Relationship Manager for HNI clients. She started her career as a management trainee in Mutual Funds advisory with SKP Securities, Ltd.

She has authored more than 20 research papers, in Scopus indexed and ABDC list of journals. She has participated in numerous national and international conferences to present her research work. Most of her research is empirical in nature, in which she has used statistical and econometric methods to address the research problem.

Currently, She is working as an Associate Professor with Jaipuria Institute of Management, which is one of the best PGDM/MBA colleges in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and provides MBA equivalent PGDM courses in different streams.

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PhD (Management), CFA (ICFAI), MBA (Fin), BA(H) Economics, German B2

Total - 18 years (As of October 2024)
Academics - 15 years
Industry - 3 years

Papers Published in Peer Reviewed Journals (ABDC, SCOPUS, and WoS)

Gupta, N., Mitra, P., & Supra, B. (2023). Enhancing portfolio resilience during crisis periods: Lessons from BRICS indices and multi-asset strategies. Investment Management and Financial Innovations, 20(4), 99-111. doi:10.21511/imfi.20(4).2023.09

Gupta, N., Mitra, P. & Banerjee, D. (2023). Cryptocurrencies and traditional assets: Decoding the analogy from emerging economies with crypto usage. Investment Management & Financial Innovations, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.21511/imfi.20(1).2023.01

Gupta, N.  & Dalal, Y. (2022). Reconnoitering price discovery and market efficiency process among Indian HRITHIK stocks using VAR causality and VECM tests. Indian Journal of Finance, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.17010/ijf/2022/v16i2/162434

Conference Proceedings

Gupta, N. & Dalal, Y. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on volatility clustering in futures and spot market: Evidence from HRITHIK stocks. 8th Indo-American International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research and Review, ISBN No. 978-920-5-20222-8, Page No. 102-111, June 2022, Princeton Press, USA.

Conference Papers Presented

Gupta, N. and Dalal, Y. (MBA Student Mentee) (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on volatility clustering in futures and spot market: Evidence from HRITHIK stocks. 10th International Finance Conference, K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra [January 2021]

Gupta, N. and Dalal Y. (MBA Student Mentee) (2021). Reconnoitering the impact of the futures market on price discovery and market efficiency on HRITHIK stocks. International Conference on Changing Business Paradigm, Management Development Institute, Murshidabad, West Bengal [March 2021]

Roy, N. C. and Gupta, N. (2022). Impact of geopolitical crises pertaining to wars on the global energy commodity market: Longevity analysis, instrument design and instrument effectiveness for investment planning. 11th India Finance Conference, IIM Calcutta, West Bengal [December 2022]

Gupta, N. and Mitra, P. (2023). Do multi-asset portfolios deliver superior risk-adjusted returns during crisis periods? Evidence from BRICS markets. International Finance and Accounting Conference, IFAC 2023, IIM Jammu, J&K [September 2023]

Gupta, N. and Agrawal, A. (PGDM Student Mentee) (2024). Rethinking multi-asset portfolio optimization for a turbulent business environment. 9th Pan-IIM World Management Conference 2023, IIM Sambalpur, Odisha [January 2024]

Gupta, N. , Sachdeva, J. K. and Mishra, A.K. (2024). Unravelling energy commodity prices during war. 9th Pan-IIM World Management Conference 2023, IIM Sambalpur, Odisha [January 2024]