Dr Nupur Gupta

Advisor, RCSS

Associate Professor (Accounting & Finance) | Researcher | Reviewer | Executive Education Leader

Dr. Nupur Gupta is an Associate Professor in the Accounting & Finance area at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore, an AACSB-accredited business school, where she also serves as Chair of Executive Education and Consultancy. With nearly two decades of experience spanning academia and the financial services industry, she has established herself as a scholar, mentor, and practitioner who bridges the worlds of research, teaching, and corporate training.

Her academic journey reflects consistent excellence and breadth. She earned her Ph.D. in Finance from BIT Mesra, holds an MBA in Finance from ICFAI Business School, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (India). She has worked in the Financial services Industry for three years. Over the last 16 years in academia, she has taught at leading institutions including NMIMS Navi Mumbai, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management, VESIMSR (Under Mumbai University), and the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany. At Jaipuria, she teaches advanced finance courses such as Corporate Finance, Fixed Income Securities, Equity & Portfolio Analysis, Wealth Management, and Investment Banking. She has consistently earned outstanding faculty evaluations, often ranking among the top quartile of teaching faculty across institutions.

Dr. Gupta’s research expertise spans asset pricing, financial markets, portfolio management, and sustainable finance. She has published more than 25 research papers, including 8 in ABDC-listed and 7 in Scopus-indexed journals, as well as multiple book chapters with international publishers such as Springer and Bloomsbury. Her recent work examines war-induced volatility in energy commodities, portfolio resilience during crisis periods, crypto adoption in emerging economies, multi-asset optimisation in turbulent markets, and the integration of ESG and sustainability considerations in finance. She is also exploring the role of generative AI in business education, including its impact on students’ quantitative and analytical capabilities. She has presented at prestigious forums including the PAN-IIM World Management Conference, the India Finance Conference (IIM Calcutta, Indore, Sambalpur), and the International Finance and Accounting Conference (IIM Jammu).

Her contributions extend beyond research to editorial and peer-review service. She has served as a reviewer for leading journals, including Financial Innovation (Springer, Scopus Q1), Business Perspectives and Research (SAGE, Scopus Q2, ABDC-C), and the Journal of Global Economy. She was also the co-editor of conference proceedings in finance and frequently serves as a session chair, panellist, and jury member at national and international research conferences. In addition, she actively supervises doctoral scholars, guiding research on sustainable investment strategies and finance-health linkages in hybrid work models.

Complementing her academic contributions, Dr. Gupta has developed a strong portfolio in executive education and corporate interface. As Chair of Executive Education at Jaipuria, she has designed and delivered Management Development Programs (MDPs) for leading organisations such as AU Small Finance Bank, VIVO India, HPCL, Engineers India Ltd., National Fertilisers Ltd., and the Institute of Company Secretaries (Indore Chapter). These programs have covered topics such as leadership, financial acumen, team building, and managerial economics, equipping executives with applied skills and actionable insights. Her ability to translate research into practice has made her programs highly valued by industry stakeholders and has deepened academia-industry linkages.

Dr. Gupta’s contributions have been widely recognised through awards such as India’s Best Finance Teachers (Equalifi, 2021), the Best Woman Faculty Award (DKIRF, 2022), the Global Faculty Award (AKS Foundation, 2023), and the Most Influential Professor Award (World Education Congress, 2023). In 2024, she was honoured with the Madhya Pradesh Women Leaders Award by the World Women Leadership Congress.

Profiles:

• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xbwBSBcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

• ORCID: 0000-0003-1111-3572

• Scopus ID: 57209931857

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-nupur-gupta

At RCSS, Dr. Gupta brings to the Advisory Board a rare combination of scholarly rigour, editorial experience, and industry interface. Her strong research record, international exposure, commitment to mentoring doctoral scholars, and extensive engagement with executive education make her uniquely positioned to contribute to the journal’s mission of advancing high-quality scholarship that is both academically rigorous and practically relevant.