Sandhya Prakash

Professional Summary

An academic professional having over 25 years of experience in teaching, research and working with international partners in India. I have experience in setting up and scaling up higher education institution at IILM, India,  built deep expertise in successfully forming and managing international collaborations, leading college management operations and conducting research in the area of finance and education.

Skills

Work History

Adjunct faculty| 04/2020 to till date

SP Jain School of Global Management & MDIS, Singapore

• Working as Adjunct faculty and teaching courses on Business Statistics using Excel, Business Analytics through Excel and SPSS Corporate Finance through Excel, Strategic Finance, Research Methodology, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, and other courses related to research like Marketing Analysis through SPSS.
• Training Faculty and PhD students on Excel and SPSS
• Mentoring Ph D students from UK Universities.

Associate Professor | 04/2018 to 09/2019 

IILM University - Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Working as Dean- Undergraduate Program which envisaged setting up a new university and working on the curriculum development; faculty recruitment and courses allocation.
• Heading Undergraduate Program and International office- working with International partners, managing incoming and outgoing exchange students; faculty exchange and exploring new international partners.
• Taught Subjects include – Financial Management, Strategic Financial Management, Banking, Math, Statistics, Data Analysis.
• Mentoring of students and interaction with parents.

Associate Professor | 04/2006 to 03/2018 

IILM Institute for Higher Education - Gurgaon, Haryana, India

• Taught courses at both undergraduate and Post graduate level.
• Subjects included- Financial Management, Contemporary Issues in Accounting, Quantitative Methods, Banking and other financial Services
• Held Administrative posts as Dean Undergraduate Business School and worked closely with the international partners.
• Held a position in the International office focussing on student exchange and faculty exchange.
• Represented IILM at EAIE conference to explore international collaborations across the world.

Assistant Professor | 06/1996 to 10/2006 

IILM Institute for Higher Education - New Delhi, India

• Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement.
• Performed academic background reviews to develop tailored lessons based on student needs.
• Evaluated and supervised student activities and performance levels to provide reports on academic progress.
• Actively participated in development and implementation of curriculum and instructional modules to help streamline incoming students 
• Held classes for students to manage the gap between Indian and UK education system 
• Close interaction with University of Bradford, UK on the course delivery; assessment and grading.
• Represented IILM at the exam board of University of Bradford.
• Attended AACSB_EFMD conference on assessment and curriculum.

Education

Ansal University - Gurugram, Haryana, India| Ph.D. 

Microfinance , 2017

• Thesis: Measuring Financial Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in India

Institute of Business Management - Kanpur University, Kanpur, India| MBA 

Finance, 1995

Hindu College University Of Delhi - Delhi, India | Bachelor of Science 

Mathematics, 1992

Publications

·      Paper titled “Return on Assets as a measure of Financial sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in India” has been  published in the “Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Vol.16, No.2 (2016).

·      Paper titled “Microfinance-A comprehensive review of Literature”has been published in “Indian Journal of Economics and Business ; Vol 16; Number 1 (2017).

·      Paper presented at SUSCON V conducted by IIM Shillong (March, 2016) “Measuring Financial sustainability of Microfinance institutions in India” proceedings have been accepted to be published in Emerald.

·      Paper presented in  International Conference on Sustainability and Business [SUSBUS 2018] at IIM Calcutta “ Financial Sustainability Index of Microfinance Institutions in India”

.           Newspaper article on Virtual Classroom in COVID time-Challenges and Opportunities published in Education Times, Times of India.

            .           Paper titled “Virtual Classroom in COVID time-Challenges and Opportunities” published in Journal of Sambodhi (ISSN-2249-6661). issue Vol- 44,No.1,(IX) July to September2021.

Certifications

         SPSS, NVIVO, Metanalysis

Adjunct faculty| 04/2020 to till date

SP Jain School of Global Management & MDIS, Singapore

• Working as Adjunct faculty and teaching courses on Business Statistics using Excel, Business Analytics through Excel and SPSS Corporate Finance through Excel, Strategic Finance, Research Methodology, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, and other courses related to research like Marketing Analysis through SPSS.
• Training Faculty and PhD students on Excel and SPSS
• Mentoring Ph D students from UK Universities.

Associate Professor | 04/2018 to 09/2019 

IILM University - Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Working as Dean- Undergraduate Program which envisaged setting up a new university and working on the curriculum development; faculty recruitment and courses allocation.
• Heading Undergraduate Program and International office- working with International partners, managing incoming and outgoing exchange students; faculty exchange and exploring new international partners.
• Taught Subjects include – Financial Management, Strategic Financial Management, Banking, Math, Statistics, Data Analysis.
• Mentoring of students and interaction with parents.

Asociate Professor | 04/2006 to 03/2018 

IILM Institute for Higher Education - Gurgaon, Haryana, India

• Taught courses at both undergraduate and Post graduate level.
• Subjects included- Financial Management, Contemporary Issues in Accounting, Quantitative Methods, Banking and other financial Services
• Held Administrative posts as Dean Undergraduate Business School and worked closely with the international partners.
• Held a position in the International office focussing on student exchange and faculty exchange.
• Represented IILM at EAIE conference to explore international collaborations across the world.

Assistant Professor | 06/1996 to 10/2006 

IILM Institute for Higher Education - New Delhi, India

• Built strong rapport with students through class discussions and academic advisement.
• Performed academic background reviews to develop tailored lessons based on student needs.
• Evaluated and supervised student activities and performance levels to provide reports on academic progress.
• Actively participated in development and implementation of curriculum and instructional modules to help streamline incoming students 
• Held classes for students to manage the gap between Indian and UK education system 
• Close interaction with University of Bradford, UK on the course delivery; assessment and grading.
• Represented IILM at the exam board of University of Bradford.
• Attended AACSB_EFMD conference on assessment and curriculum.

Ansal University - Gurugram, Haryana, India| Ph.D. 

Microfinance , 2017

• Thesis: Measuring Financial Sustainability of Microfinance Institutions in India