Dr Swaranjeet Arora, Professor and Head of the Department, School of Management & Liberal Studies, The NorthCap University, Gurugram

Dr Swaranjeet Arora is faculty in the finance and accounting area with more than twenty years of work experience. Currently, she is Professor and Head of the department at the School of Management, The NorthCap University, Gurgaon. Prior to this she has served in Prestige Institute of Management, Indore; SVIM Indore and IIM Indore. She has done her doctorate in management and postgraduation in finance from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore. She is also a qualified Certified Management Accountant (CMA) from the Institute of Management Accountants, USA and UGC-NET (Management). Her doctoral work was in the area of risk management systems in banks. Her doctoral dissertation has been published by the Journal of Finance India. She is a recognized PhD guide in the faculty of management at DAVV, Indore; ITM Raipur; Pacific University, Udaipur and The NorthCap University, Gurgaon.

 

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