Biography

Nilotpal Sarma is a Lecturer at the Jindal School of Banking & Finance (JSBF), O.P. Jindal Global University, Haryana, India. He is currently pursuing a PhD in finance from the Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM), IIT Kharagpur. His research focuses on Commodity derivatives and risk management. 

His research has led to three publications on the price co-movement of commodity derivatives, and he has presented his work at reputed national and international conferences, including the India Finance Conference, Pan-IIM World Management Conference, and Eurasian Business and Economics Conference. Over the past four years, he has been a Teaching Assistant for the NPTEL course Commodity Derivatives and Risk Management.  

Prior to his doctoral studies, Nilotpal earned his Master of Commerce (M.Com.) degree from Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, specializing in Finance and International Business, and he earned his B.Com. (Honours) from Tezpur University, Assam, where he graduated with a gold medal. He has qualified for the UGC-NET twice, securing a Junior Research Fellowship.