Dr. Rakesh Kumar is currently working at the capacity of Assistant professor in Department of Management Studies, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (University of Delhi), New Delhi. He holds M.A. (Economics) from Kurukshetra University, MBA (Finance) from MDU Rohtak and PhD (Finance) from FMS, University of Delhi. His doctoral research explores the risk and return trade off, and effect of diversification of risk, by utilizing Capital Asset Pricing Model and Mean-Variance model in Indian stock market. His area of research is volatility in stock market, risk-return relationship, impact of energy price on the developing stock markets, and spillovers of regional trade partnership on economic welfare of the people.

He has demonstrated research publications which explores the impact of trade relations on financial and trade integration while focusing the South Asia region, and impact of oil price in international market on the volatility of stock markets. He has published more than twenty research papers in top rated national and international journals in the field of International finance and economics. Some of the journals where his research papers are published are Vikalpa (IIM A Journal), Global Business Review, South Asian journal business studies, Journal of financial economic policy, Journal of International trade and economic development, and Singapore economic review. He has presented more than twenty papers in national and international conferences in India and abroad.

1. Teacher Incharge, Department of Managemnet Studies since March 2022
2. Member Academic Development Committee, Since March 2022.
3. Member Grievence Committee of the college Since 2022
4. OBC Liaison officer from 2015 till date.
5. Alternate officer –Disater Managemnet from 2015 till date
6. Finance Club: Convener/Co-convener, 2015-till date
7. Magazine Committee: member, 2012, 2013
8. Eco Club: member, 2010
9. Adventrue Club: Convener and member, from 2014-till date
10. Admission Committee: Convener OBC Cell, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. 2020, 2021, 2022
11. Examination Commetee, member 2015

Portfolio optimization under the risk and Uncertainty; Monetary and Real Variables and Stock Market Volatility in developing countries; Volatility Transmission, Risk Diversification-market risk and Investors risk-return trade off, Regional Geopolitics in South Asia and Implication of trade. 

Financial Management, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management,  International Finance, Financial Risk Management

1. Rakesh Kumar, 2023 “Economic growth, structural changes and employment linkages in India” Review of Economics and Political Science, Ahead of print, ISSN: 1026-4116. (UGC, Listed in Scopus).
2. Rakesh Kumar, 2022 “Policy challenges and testing the scope for regional trade integration- A case of South Asia” Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Ahead of print, ISSN: 1026-4116. (UGC, Listed in Web of Science).
3. Rakesh Kumar. 2022.“India-China: Changing bilateral trade and its effect on economic growth” Singapore Economic Review (World Scientific Publication, Singapore) Vol. 67 (2), 567-586. ISSN 0217-5908, https://doi.org/10.1142/S021759081950005X (UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed).
4. Rakesh Kumar. 2021 “South Asia: Multilateral trade agreements and untapped regional trade integration” International Journal of Finance & Economics, (Wiley Publication) Vol. 26 (2), 2891-2903. ISSN:1099-1158, Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijfe.1941, UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed)
5. Rakesh Kumar.2020. “Does trade interdependency lead linkages between stock markets? A case of South Asian countries” International Journal of Emerging Markets (Emerald Publication, UK) Vol. 15(3), 490-506 ISSN 1746-8809 (UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed).
6. Rakesh Kumar. 2020.“India & South Asia: Geopolitics, regional trade, and economic growth spillovers, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development (Taylor & Francis Publication, Australia) Vol. 29 (1), pp. 69-88 ISSN 0963-8199.(UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed).
7. Rakesh Kumar 2018.“Risk, Uncertainty, and predictability of stock returns-A case of emerging equity markets” Journal of Financial Economic Policy (Emerald Publication, UK), vol. 10 (4), 438-455 ISSN 1757-6385 (UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed).
8. Rakesh Kumar and Raj S. Dhankar.  2017 “Financial Instability, Integration, and Volatility of Emerging South Asian stock markets”, South Asian Journal of Business Studies (Emerald Publication UK), vol. 6 (2), 177-190, ISSN 2398-628X. (UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed
9. Rakesh Kumar 2017“Integration of Stock Returns and Volatility of Emerging Equity Markets: A Study under Risk and Uncertainty” Review of Market Integration (Sage Publication, India), Vol. 8 (1&2), 79-102, ISSN 0974-9292,(Peer Reviewed).
10. Rakesh Kumar. 2017. “Examining the Dynamic and Non-Linear Linkages between Crude Oil Price and Indian Stock Market Volatility” Global Business Review (Sage Publication, India), Vol. 18 (2), 388-401, ISSN 0972-1509 (UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed).
11. Rakesh Kumar and Raj S Dhankar. 2012. “Empirical Analysis of the Causality between Indian and U.S. Stock Markets ‘Conditional Volatility: Some Further Evidence, Capital Markets Review (Malaysia Financial Association Publication, Malaysia), Vol. 20 (1), 65-75, ISSN 1823-4445. (Peer Reviewed).
12. Rakesh Kumar and M. Tamimi 2011. “Impact of Crude Oil Price Volatility on World Equity Markets Behaviour”, Journal of Applied Research in Finance, Vol. 3 (2),  236-248, ISSN 2066-5482 (Peer Reviewed).
13. Rakesh Kumar and M. Tamimi 2011. “Economic Growth, Expected Stock Returns and Volatility-A Case of Indian Stock Market”, International Journal of Applied Economics and Finance, Vol 5 (4) 257-248, ISSN 1991-0886 (Peer Reviewed).
14. Rakesh Kumar and Raj S Dhankar 2011. “Non Linearity and Heteroskedasticity effect on Stock Returns- A Study of U.S. Stock Market”, Global Business Review (Sage Publication, India), Vol 12 (2), 319-329, ISSN 0972-0664 (UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed).
15. Rakesh Kumar and Raj S Dhankar 2011. “Distribution of Risk and Return in Indian Stock Market-A Test of Normality” South Asian Journal of Management, Vol 18 (1), 109-118, ISSN 0971-5428 ((Peer Reviewed)
16. Rakesh Kumar and Raj S Dhankar .2010. “Empirical Analysis of Conditional Heteroskedasticity in time series of Stock Returns and Asymmetric effect on Volatility”, Global Business Review (Sage Publication, India), Vol. 11 (1), 21-33, ISSN 0972-0664 (UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed).
17. Rakesh Kumar and Raj S Dhankar .2009.“Asymmetric Volatility and Cross-correlation in Stock Returns under Risk and Uncertainty”, Vikalpa (Sage Publication, India), Vol. 34 (4), 25-36, ISSN 0256-0909 (UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed).
18. Rakesh Kumar and Raj S Dhankar .2008. “Portfolio Performance in Relation to Risk & Return, and Effect of Diversification:  A Test of Market Efficiency” The IUP Journal of Applied Finance, Vol14 (4),  48-57, ISSN 0972-5105 (Peer Reviewed)
19. Raj S Dhankar and Rakesh Kumar .2007.“Portfolio Performance in Relation to Price Earning Ratio: A Test of Efficiency under different Economic Conditions” The IUP Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 13 (1), 37-48, ISSN 0972-5105 (Peer Reviewed)
20. Rakesh Kumar 2007. “Economic Growth and Volatility in Indian Stock Market: A Critical Analysis” South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 14 (2), 47-59, ISSN 0971-5428 (Peer Reviewed)
21. Raj S Dhankar and Rakesh Kumar.2007. “Relevance of CAPM to Indian Stock Market” The IUP Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 13 (9), 76-89, ISSN 0972-5105 (Peer Reviewed)
22. Raj S Dhankar and Rakesh Kumar .2006. “Assessment of Risk and Return: An Indian Experience” Prajnan-Journal of Social and Management Sciences, Vol. 36 (3),  36(3), ISSN 0970-8448 (UGC Care List)
23. Raj S Dhankar and Rakesh Kumar.2006. “Risk-Return Relationship and Effect of Diversification on Non-Market Risk: Application of Market Index Model in Indian Stock Market” Journal of Financial Management and Analysis. Vol. 19 (2), 22-31, (ISSN 0970-4205. (UGC Listed; Scopus Indexed)
24. Raj S Dhankar and Rakesh Kumar.2006. “Mean-Variance Approach in Portfolio Selection: A Test of Optimization under Different Economic Conditions” Asia-Pacific Business Review (Sage Publication, India), Vol. 2 (2), 13-24, ISSN 0973-2470  (UGC Care List)

TESXT/REFERENCE BOOKS

1. Kumar, Rakesh and Harjit Singh (ed.) “Geo-Economics in South Asian Environment” to be published by World Scientific publication, Singapore (Ahead of print).
2. Kumar, Rakesh and Harjit Singh “Geo-Economics in South Asian Environment: An Introduction” In : Kumar, Rakesh and Harjit Singh (ed.) Geo-Economics in South Asian Environment, by World Scientific publication, Singapore (Ahead of print)
3. Kumar, Rakesh “Regional Geopolitics and Economic fallout of COVID-19: Policy options for India ” In : Kumar, Rakesh and Harjit Singh (ed.) Geo-Economics in South Asian Environment, by World Scientific publication, Singapore (Ahead of print)
4. Kumar, Rakesh, “India-ASEAN Economic engagement: Challenges and new lessons for trade integration” In: S. Dadwal, P. Kumar, R. Verma, G. Singh (ed.) Opportunities and Challenges of Business 5.0 in Emerging Markets, ISSN2327-3429, IGI Global USA (2023).
5. Kumar, Rakesh “Digitalization in Rural India: A step towards socio-economic transformation amid pandemic” In: Pettinger, R., Gupta, B.B., Roja, A. Cozmiuc, D. (ed.) Handbook of Research on Digital Transformation Management and Tools, ISSN 284-298  IGI Global USA (2022).
6. Kumar, Rakesh “Economic fallout of Covid-19 and state policy response for labour force protection” In: Kumar, V. and Malhotra, G. (ed.) Stakeholder Strategies for Reducing the Impact of Global Health Crises, 40-52, IGI Global, USA (2021).
7. Book Chapter “Dynamc Interaction of Indian stock market to International crude oil price volatility”   in  edited book “Emerging Trends in Business and Management-Shaping the Future” pages: 27-34,  published by Anamika Publication, New Delhi (ISBN 978-81-7975-663-8) (2015).
8. Editor of a book titled “Emerging Issues in International Trade and Finance in Post Recession Period” published by Shivalik Prakashan, New Delhi (ISBN 978-93—85144-80-6) (2016).

1. Presented a paper titled “Digital Identity and target social welfare distribution amid Covid-19 disruption” in the International Conference on Advances in IoT, Security with Artificial Intelligence 2023, organized by Department of Electronics, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, during March 24-25, 2023
2. Presented a paper titled “India-ASEAN engagement: Challenges and Opportunities for economic cooperation” in the 8^th International Commerce Conference, organized by Department of Commerce, University of Delhi, New Delhi, during January 11-12, 2023.
3. Presented a paper titled “India & South Asia: Geopolitics, Trade linkages, and growth spillovers” in International conference on Analytics for Economics and Management 2018, organized by St. Petersburg School of Economics and Management, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia during September 21-22, 2018.
4. Presented a paper titled “South Asia: from trade to peace” in International conference on Analytics for Economics and Management 2018, organized by St. Petersburg School of Economics and Management, National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia during September 21-22, 2018
5. Presented a paper titled “Causal nexus between trade integration and economic growth-A case of India and China at 54^th Annual conference of The Indian Econometric Society at Sri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra J&K, during March 7-9, 2018
6. Presented a paper titled “How far regional trade integration has achieved in South Asia? An empirical study” at International Conference on Emerging Disclosures in Social Sciences and management, organized by Society for Policy Research and Empowerment, New Delhi during January 19-20,2018.
7. Presented a paper titled “Risk, Uncertainty and Stock Returns of Emerging Equity Markets 14^th International Conference on Developments in Economic Theory and Policy jointly organized by University Del Pais Vasco, Spain, and University of Cambridge UK during June 29-30, 2017.
8. Presented a paper titled “Dynamic Linkages of Indian stock market with the world equity market-An empirical study” in the National conference organized by Galgotias University, Greater Noida during April 27-28, 2017.
9. Presented a paper titled “Does Oil price shocks lead volatility in stock markets? –A Case of Asian economies” in National Research Conference on Managing Indian Economy-Challenges for Future organized by DDU College (University of Delhi) on January 11, 2017
10. Presented a paper titled “International Energy Price Spillover and behaviour of Emerging Stock Markets” in International Conference on Finance and Economic Issues organized by YMCA University, Faridabad, INDIA on December 26-27, 2016.
11. Presented a paper titled “Micro Finance and Empowerment in Household spending-An exploratory study” at the National Research Conference on Emerging Issues in Marketing and HR in Current Corporate Scenario organized by DDU College (University of Delhi) on November 8, 2016.
12. Presented a paper titled “Foreign Institutional Investment and Stock Market Integration” in UGC Sponsored National Conference “Sustainable Business Models: Innovative Strategies & Practices” organized by Shyam Lal College (University of Delhi) during March, 16-17, 2016.
13. Presented a paper titled “Impact of World Equity Market Volatility on Emerging South Asian Stock Markets-Some Empirical Evidence” in UGC Sponsored National Conference “Emerging Issues in International Trade and Finance in Post Recession Period” organized by DDU College (University of Delhi) during February, 22-23, 2016.
14. Presented a paper titled “Size Effect, Risk-Return Relationship and Stock Market Efficiency” in UGC Sponsored National Conference “Emerging Challenges & Opportunities in Business and Economic Environment” organized by Zakir Husain College (University of Delhi) during November, 3-4, 2015. The same paper is published in conference proceedings with (ISBN 978-93-85000-45-4). 
15. Presented a paper titled “Energy Shocks and Investment Activities in Emerging Stock Markets” at the 8^th International Finance Conference, organized by ISC Business School, Paris, France on March 13-14, 2015.

16. Presented a paper titled “Asymmetric Energy Shocks and its Impact on Investors’ Activities-An Empirical Study” for presentation in International Finance Conclave organized by CMS, Jamia Millia Central University, New Delhi on Feb 28, 2015.
17.  Presented a paper titled “Dynamic Interaction of Indian Stock Market to International Crude Oil Price Volatility–An Empirical Study” in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business and Management-Shaping the Future organized by Department of Management Studies, DDU College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, on 6th & 9^th February 2015. Pp. 27-34. (ISBN 978-81-7975-663-8).
18. Presented paper entitled “International Oil Price Volatility and World Equity Markets’ Behaviour-An International Evidence” at International Conference on Empirical Issues in Trade & Finance organized by IIFT, New Delhi, held on 16-17 Dec 2010.
19. Presented paper entitled “Efficient Capital Markets and Investors’ Preference for Returns under the Condition of Risk” at International Conference on Issues in Finance and Economic Development in Developing Countries during Globalization Era, at Shriram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, Delhi, held on Nov 6-7, 2009.
20. Presented paper entitled “Investors’ Risk Perception for Various Stock Sizes: Some Evidence from Indian Stock Market” at International Conference on Finance and Economics-2008, jointly organized by ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad and Bentley College, the USA during January 11-12,2008 

RESOURCE PERSON

1. Session Chair in the International Conference on Advances in IoT, Security with Artificial Intelligence 2023, organized by Department of Electronics, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, during March 24-25, 2023.
2. Co-Chair in the 8^th International Commerce Conference, organized by Department of Commerce, University of Delhi, New Delhi, during January 11-12, 2023.
3. Co-Chair in Inernational conference on International Conference on Emerging Disclosures in Social Sciences and management, organized by Society for Policy Research and Empowerment, New Delhi during January 19-20,2018.
4. Co-Chair in Inernational conference on XX Annunal Internatioanl conference on Global Vision 2030: Challenges and opportunities, organized by Delhi School of Professional Studies and Research, New Delhi during January4-5,2019.
5. Deliverd a talk in One Week Faculty Development Programme organized by Banarsidas Chandiwala Insitute of Professioanl Studies, New Delhi during December 19-24, 2019

Emerald Literati Award 2019 awarded by Emerlad Publicaiton UK for publishing highly commanded paper in Journal of financial economic policy

Currently I am working in the reviewer panel of following top tier International journals:

1. Journal of financial economic policy (published by Emerald, UK)
2. International Journal of emerging markets (published by Emerald, UK)
3. International journal of finance and economics (published by Wiley, USA)
4. South Asian journal of business studies (published by Emerald, UK)
5. Review of market integration (published by Sage, India)
6. Journal of economic studies (published by Emerald, UK)
7. Communications in Statistics – Case Studies and Data Analysis.
8. Economic research-Published by Taylor and Francis, UK)
9. Journal of International Trade and Economics Development (Published by Taylor and Francis, UK)

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