Dr. Amitabh Gupta

Position Held
Reader

Email
amitabh@mfc.edu

Specialisation
Mutual Funds
Emerging stock markets
Stock Market Efficiency

Educational Qualifications
M.Com., M. Phil., MFC, Ph.D. from University of Delhi

International Assignment
Visiting Fellow at the Maison des Sciences de l' Homme, Paris under the Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme in Social Sciences, May-June, 2003.

Major Research Project Undertaken

• He has recently completed a research project on "Buy Back of Shares: An Empirical Investigation" under UGC(SAP)

• Completed a Research study entitled 'Performance Evaluation of Indian and French Mutual Funds: A Comparative Study' under the Indo-French Exchange Programme

• Working as a Co-Investigator on a major UGC sponsored Research Project entitled "Stock Market Reaction to Accounting Information "

• Participated in a Programme on " Derivatives for Hedging and for Investment " conducted by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, October 6 to 12, 2003 .

• Participated in a one-week programme in " Internet and its Applications "    conducted by Computer Center , University of Delhi , February 14 - 18, 2000 .

Participation in International Conferences

• Presented a paper entitled "Semi-Strong Efficiency of Indian Stock Market: An  Empirical Study" (co-authored) at the Fifth AIDEA Giovani International  Conference held from 3-4 July at Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.

• A paper entitled "Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds: The Indian Experience" was accepted for presentation at the IX Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Finance Association Tokyo, July 14-17, 2002.

• A paper entitled "An Empirical Study of Market Timing Abilities of Indian   Mutual Fund Managers" included in the proceedings of the VIII Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Finance Association held at Bangkok, July 22-25, 2001.

Publications

Books

• Mutual Funds in India- A study of Investment Management, (2002) Anmol Publications, New Delhi

• Indian Capital Market: An Empirical Study, co-edited, Anmol Publications, New Delhi , 2003.
  
  

Research Papers

• Presented a paper entitled " Mutual Funds: Agenda for Transparency and Disclosures " at the Two-Day National Seminar on "Corporate Governance: The Emerging Dimensions" organised by the Department of Financial Studies under UGC -SAP, March 19-20, 2004 .

• ' Stock Price Reaction to Information Release: Evidence from Rights Issues' , (Co-authored), The ICFAI Journal of Applied Finan ce, Volume 10, No. 2, pp. 33-42, February 2004.

• ' Disclosure Requirements of Mutual Funds: An Evaluation" , Indian Accounting Review , Volume 7, No.2, December 2003, pp-55-66.

• 'Anomalous Price Behaviour on Indian Stock Market' sent for publication.

• 'Performance Evaluation of Select Mutual Funds Schemes', Indian Journal of Finance and Research, Vol 13, No. 1&2 pp. 15-30, Jan & July 2003 .

• Presented a paper entitled "Disclosure Practices of Indian Mutual Funds: A Critique" in the Sixth International Accounting Conference on "Changing Dimension of Accounting and Finance: Issues and Strategies" organised by Indian Accounting Association Research Foundation, 11-12 January, 2003, Taj Bengal, Kolkata.
  
  
• "Finance Research in India: A Survey" included in the proceedings of Two-Day Workshop under UGC-SAP on Emerging Issues in Accounting and Finance Research in India organised by the Department of Financial Studies, September 30 and October 1, 2002.

• " Research Methodology for Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds" in Research Methodology in Management: Theory & Case Studies by Arya, P.P. and Pal, Yash, Deep & Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi , 2001.

• " The Art of Mutual Back- Scratching" Business Standard November 6, 2001 .
  
  
• "Mutual Funds: Where's the Public Money? " Business Standard November 5, 2001
  
  
• "Mutual Funds in India : A study of Investment Management " abstract of Doctoral dissertation, Finance India , Journal of Indian Institute of Finance, September 2001.

• Presented a paper " Mutual Funds in India " in Refresher Course in Commerce conducted by CPDHE, University of Delhi from September 17- October 6, 2001 .
  
  
• " An Empirical Study of Market Timing Abilities of Indian Mutual Fund Managers" (co-authored), included in the proceedings of the VIII Annual Conference of Asia Pacific Finance Association held at Bangkok , July 22-25, 2001 .
  
  
• " Investment Performance of Indian Mutual Funds: An Empirical Study" Finance India , Journal of Indian Institute of Finance, September 2000.
  
• " Market Timing Abilities of Indian Mutual Fund Managers: An Empirical Study", ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance , April 2000 and also in Indian Capital Market: An Empirical Study ed. Rathore, S., Muneesh Kumar, and Gupta A., Anmol Publications, New Delhi, 2003.
  
  
• " CAMEL Approach - A Case Study of SBI ", 'Pranjana' , Vol. 2, Jan-Jun.1999.

• Presented a paper entitled " Depositories - A Conceptual Frame Work " in Refresher Course in Commerce conducted by CPDHE from May 5- May28, 1998.
  
• " Mutual Funds - Problems and Prospects " in the Souvenir brought out by Hindu Institute of Management, Sonepat on the occasion of its Annual Convention, January 1996.
  
  
• " Regulating Insider Trading" in the Souvenir brought out by Master of Finance and Control, University of Delhi, South Campus on the occasion of its Annual Convention, January, 1992.
  
  
• " A Survey of Weak Level Efficiency Tests in India ", Finance India , December 1991.
  
  
• " Credit Rating - A Welcome Step " , in the Souvenir brought out by Master of Finance and Control, University of Delhi, South Campus on the occasion of it's Annual Convention, December, 1991.

• Presented a paper " Guidelines for the Issue of Bonus Shares " in the National Seminar on 'Indian Securities Market: Thrust and Challenges' organised by Department of Commerce, University of Delhi, South Campus, March 24 - March 26, 1988.

Discussant

Acted as a Discussant at the Fifth AIDEA Giovani International Conference held from 3-4 July at Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Milan , Italy.