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Ph.D., Finance and Accounting (IIT Roorkee)

Master of Commerce (M.Com.), Maharshi Dayanand University

Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (B.Com. Hons.), Maharshi Dayanand University

Dr. Simran

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Email simran1@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0009-0002-8068-7748
Key Expertise Financial Markets, Investment assets, Macro-economic influences

Ph.D., Finance and Accounting (IIT Roorkee)

Master of Commerce (M.Com.), Maharshi Dayanand University

Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) (B.Com. Hons.), Maharshi Dayanand University

Biography

Dr. Simran is an Assistant Professor at the Jindal School of Banking & Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University. She holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee. Her research explores the impact of economic policy uncertainty on financial markets, employing advanced econometric methods to analyse asset price dynamics and market volatility. She has published several research papers in reputed journals indexed in Scopus and listed in the ABDC journal quality list. She has also presented her work at leading academic conferences, including the PAN IIM Conference, PAN IIT Conference (ICFMCF), and the International Capital Markets Conference (NISM). During her doctoral studies, she also served as a Teaching Assistant for finance courses at IIT Roorkee in the Executive MBA program and for NPTEL online courses. She is a UGC-NET JRF awardee in Commerce, securing All India Rank 9 in June 2019. Her academic interests include financial markets, uncertainty modeling, and macro-financial linkages.

Financial Reporting and Analysis

Marketing Management

Second Best paper Award, International Capital Markets Conference organized by NISM, 2022

Qualified for UGC-JRF Fellowship, 2019

Simran and Sharma, A.K. (2025) “Role of Economic Policy Uncertainty in Forecasting Gold Futures Volatility: Evidence From India” Journal of Futures Markets, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Vol. 45 No. 8, pp. 1006–1022, doi: 10.1002/fut.22600. (SCOPUS, ABDC-A, SSCI indexed)

Simran and Sharma, A.K. (2024), “Asymmetric nexus between economic policy uncertainty and the Indian stock market: Evidence using NARDL approach”, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, Vol. 93 No. February 2024, pp. 91–101, doi:10.1016/j.qref.2023.11.006. (SCOPUS, ABDC-B, SSCI indexed)

Simran and Sharma, A.K. (2024), “Economic policy uncertainty and Indian equity sectors: a quantile regression approach”, Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Emerald Publishing, Vol. 16 No. 6, pp. 856–873, doi: 10.1108/JFEP-12-2023-0362. (SCOPUS, ABDC- B, ESCI indexed)

Simran and Sharma, A.K. (2024), “Volatility dynamics in energy and agriculture markets: An analysis of domestic and global uncertainty factors”, Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Emerald Publishing, Vol. 16 No. 5, pp. 580–600, doi: 10.1108/JFEP12-2023-0398. (SCOPUS, ABDC- B, ESCI indexed)

Simran and Sharma, A.K. (2023), “Asymmetric impact of economic policy uncertainty on cryptocurrency market: Evidence from NARDL approach”, Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Elsevier, Vol. 27, p. e00298, doi: 10.1016/j.jeca.2023.e00298 (SCOPUS, ABDC-B)

Simran and Sharma, A.K. (2024), “Impact of economic policy uncertainty on gold futures volatility in India: A GARCH MIDAS perspective”, 9 th PAN IIM World Management Conference, 22-24 January, 2024. Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur, Orissa India.

Simran and Sharma, A.K. (2023), “Impact of economic policy uncertainty on stock market : A sectoral analysis”, 5th International Conference on Financial Markets & Corporate Finance, 6-8 July, 2023. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India

Simran and Sharma, A.K. (2022), “Asymmetric nexus between economic policy uncertainty and stock market: Evidence from India”. Third Annual International Capital Markets Conference, 15-16 December, 2022. National Institute of Securities Markets, Mumbai, India. (Second Best Paper Award)
Email simran1@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0009-0002-8068-7748
Key Expertise Financial Markets, Investment assets, Macro-economic influences
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