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• Professor Prashant Sharma is an Associate Professor at the Jindal School of Banking & Finance (JSBF), O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat. Prior to joining JSBF, he was associated with Jaipuria Noida as Associate Professor and Chairperson (Admissions), IIHMR University Jaipur as Associate Professor and Coordinator (PhD Programme), Jaipuria Institute of Management Jaipur as Assistant Professor (Finance) and Programme Director (PGDM & FPM), and the National Institute of Financial Management (An institute of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India) as a full-time research fellow. At NIFM, he was part of the study team that conducted research on “Unaccounted Income and Wealth in India and Abroad,” popularly known as the Black Money Project, sponsored by CBDT, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. With close to 10 years of teaching and research experience, Professor Sharma is a Fellow of the National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad. He has completed a postgraduate degree in finance specialisation from the School of Management, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, and graduated in the field of Mathematics from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra. He is a keen researcher, experienced trainer, and dedicated teacher who has an interest in and expertise in the fields of finance and data analytics. He has expertise in various computational tools such as R, SPSS, E-Views, Python, etc. Apart from data analytics, his areas of research and teaching are asset pricing dynamics, corporate finance, capital markets, and econometrics. He has published numerous papers in Scopus and ABDC-indexed journals and also contributed significantly to various sponsored research projects funded by agencies of repute, including CBDT, the Airport Authority of India, and ICSSR. Prof. Sharma has also presented research papers at various national and international conferences and has been shortlisted to participate in various workshops sponsored by the Government of India, AICTE, ISI Calcutta, etc. He is also the recipient of various awards, such as the Best Faculty Award and the Best Research Methodology Award, for his contributions to teaching and research.