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Mr. Narain is a Professor of Financial Economics at the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, where he currently teaches papers on Financial Management for Healthcare Managers, Financial Risk Management, Fixed Income Securities, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management. He is a dedicated teacher, astute researcher, corporate consultant and management trainer. His areas of interest are Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, Financial Econometrics, and Financial Analytics. A recipient of Highly Commended Paper (2017) from Emerald, he has published several research articles in refereed International and National Journals of repute. He has attended numerous workshops at various fora including IITs and IIMs. He has also participated in various national and international conferences, delegations, seminars and actively contributed to various committees at the administrative levels. He has been invited as a resource person for innumerable workshops, Faculty Development Programmes and Management Development Programmes.

B.Com. (Hons.): SRCC, Delhi University [2002];
M.Com.: Commerce Deptt., Delhi University [2004];
B.Ed.: CIE, Delhi University [2005];
Chartered Accountancy (P.E.-II): ICAI, NRC, DELHI [2006];
M.Phil.(Commerce): Commerce Deptt., Delhi University [2011];
Ph.D.(Finance): Deptt. of Financial Studies, Delhi University [2020].

I have been actively engaged in Teaching & Research since December 2005. Beginning my career as Lecturer in Commerce at PGDAV College (DU) from December 2005 to July 2006, I served as Lecturer in Commerce at Shri Ram College of Commerce (DU) from July 2006 till May 2008. Currently, I am serving as Professor of Financial Economics at Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.
||Subjects Taught: Income Tax & Sales Tax, Direct Tax Planning & Management, Corporate Tax Planning, Business Tax Procedures & Management, Macroeconomics, Financial Management, Financial & Management Accounting, Security Analysis & Investment Management, Portfolio Management, Management of Financial Institutions, Treasury Management, Accounting for Managerial Decisions, Managerial Finance, Strategic Financial Management, Financial Modelling & Business Forecasting, Fixed Income Securities, Financial Risk Management.
||Courses Taught: B.Com.(Pass), B.Com.(Hons.), MBA(Full Time), MBA(MS), MBA (Part Time), Executive MBA & Executive MBA (Health Care Administration) and PhD Programme.

Financial Economics

(1) Narain. (2008). The Impact of Single Stock Futures’ Listing on the Markets for Underlying Stocks. Business Analyst, Vol.3, no.1: 21-43
(2) Rani, A.; Narain; Dhawan, S. (2016). Determinants of Leverage Decision of Indian Firms: An empirical study. Business Analyst, Vol. 37, no. 1: 19-30.
(3) Narain; Nigam, N. K.; Pandey, P. (2016). Behaviour and Determinants of Implied Volatility in Indian Market. Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. 13, no. 3: 271-291.
(4) Narain; Jain, H. C. (2017). Spill over of Demonetisation: Implications for shareholders' wealth. Journal of Modern Management & Entrepreneurship, Vol. 7, no. 2: 9-15
(5) Narain; Rani, A. (2017). The Stability of Indian Stock Market after Demonetisation. Business Analyst, Vol. 37, no. 2: 39-56
(6) Narain; Gupta, C. P. (2018). Special Dividend Announcement by Indian firms. Business Analyst, Vol. 38, no. 2: 3-25
(7) Narain; Rani, A. (2019). Informational Content of Indian Demonetisation for Sectoral Indices. Journal of Commerce & Accounting Research, Vol. 8, no. 3: 1-8
(8) Chaudhary, P.; Narain (2021). Impact of Corporate Governance on Dividend Policy in India. Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting, Vol. 11, No. 3: 337-352
(9) Kumar, N.; Vij, M.; Narain (2021). Bank Monitoring as an Alternative Corporate Force and its Impact on the Value of Borrower Firm. Business Analyst, Vol. 42, No. 2: 43-64
(10) Kumar, S.; Jain, R.; Narain; Balli, F.; Billah, M. (2023). Interconnectivity and investment strategies among commodity prices, cryptocurrencies, and G-20 capital markets: A comparative analysis during COVID-19 and Russian-Ukraine war. International Review of Economics & Finance, Volume 88: 547-593

My areas of research interests include the economics of making the investments, staying invested and the decisions as to divestment. In particular, corporate finance decisions, the microstructures of regulatories, personal investment decisions of the investors, among others.
Softwares knowledge: Advanced Excel, Crystal Ball, @Risk, EndNote, SPSS, Minitab, Microfit, Stata, EViews, WinRATS, Gretl, AMOS, R, Python, Matlab.