Biography

Diksha Lalwani is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the Jindal Global Business School (JGBS), O.P. Jindal Global University, India. She holds a PhD in Finance from the Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi. She has also completed the Centre for Asian Business and Economics (CABE) PhD Master Class organised by the University of Melbourne, Australia. She earned her Master of Commerce (M.Com) from Hansraj College, University of Delhi, and her Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com Honours) from Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi.

Her research interests include earnings management, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, working capital management, and climate finance. She has published her research in reputed peer-reviewed ABDC-listed journals, including the Journal of Accounting Literature (ABDC-A) and the International Journal of Accounting, Auditing, and Performance Evaluation (ABDC-C). She has presented her research at international conferences across the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam. In addition, she has contributed to a sponsored government research project in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Government of India.

Alongside her research, Diksha has close to two years of teaching experience in finance and accounting at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Before joining JGBS, she served as an Assistant Professor of Finance at IILM University, Greater Noida. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked as a Guest Lecturer at NCWEB and the School of Open Learning (SOL), University of Delhi, and as a Faculty Member and Content Developer (Accounting) at D&G Academy, Delhi.