SUMIT KULSHRESTHA

Learner, academician and mentor with experience of 17+ years in academics, startup mentoring, accreditation and ranking advisory, and research, including primary and secondary data, fundamental research, financial valuation, modelling and investment analysis.

• Certificate of Participation from Institute of Actuaries of India on “Microsoft Excel Macros and Excel VBA” of 22.5hr from 25thApril 2ndJune2022.
• Certification in “Financial Modelling” with Certification No: 201601FM2586, Date: Jan 05, 2016fromEdu-pristinePvt.Ltd.
• Student member of Institute of Actuaries of India’ membership id: IAI-22267.
• STATA-13, SYSTAT-12&E-views: 9.
• NCC ‘C’ Certificate

• Invited Session Chair at “International Conference on Management, Business & Economy (ICMBE)” at DMS, SKIT-NAAC A++, Jaipur on 02nd December, 2025.
• Jury member at Smart India Hackathon Sep-2025 held at Jk Lakshmipat University, Jaipur
• Delivered a Session on “Angel Investment: Insights for early-stage startups” under the Institution Innovation Council (IIC) - JK Lakshmipat University, on 26 August 2025.
• Delivered a Session on “Understand Sustainable Finance” for industry professionals under the Young Professional Program by Sussrtad Advisory Pvt Ltd, Pune, on 8th June 2025.
• Official Mentor at MAARG with mentor Id: M8efd12, initiative by DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. Of India from July 2023
• Panel member and Jury member at National Level Events” KHOJ” on Startup Pitch deck/Business plan presentation at BITS Pilani under collaboration with Venture Catalysts and PIEDS-BITS Pilani, held on 12 Nov 2022.
• Initiate and develop MoU with istart, Rajasthan, initiative by D.o.IT, Government of Rajasthan in 2019, and PIEDS-BITS Pilani in 2022 for Mody University of Science and Technology.
• Subject Matter Expert with AICTE-PARAKH 2021-22 in Management (MBA Program.)
• Evaluator with Toycathon (Startup Ideathon-AICTE-2021)
• Setup Center of Excellence: Women Entrepreneurship in 2019 at School of Business, Mody University.
• Joint Organising Secretary (2016): National Conference on,” New paradigm shift in Business management, Economics and Commerce, “Organized by ICSSR-COBMEC, Mody University of Science and Technology.
• ‘Resource Person’ on five (5) Days FDP on “Teaching Methodology” organised by Mody University of Science and Technology from 19th to 23rd Sep, 2016

• Paper accepted for presentation with Topic, “SRI Indices and Risk Hedging in India: Promise or Illusion” at IIM Calcutta Finance Research Conference-2025 on 26-28 December 2025.
• Presented Paper at International Conference on Application of Recent Technologies in Science, Engineering, and Management for Societal and Industrial Development (ICASEM 2024) organized by MNIT-Jaipur, Mody University of Science and Technology, Lakshmangarh & University of Mauritius from 11-13 Jan 2024.
• Paper Presented at International Finance and Accounting Conference, IFAC-2023 hosted by IIM, Jammu from 08-09th September 2023.
• Paper Published in a print journal listed with UGC CARE with title “Corporate Governance and Insurance Companies: Review Study on Emerging Economy” in Anvesak: Journal of Sardar Patel Institute of Economic & Social Research with ISSN No: 0378-4568 Jan –June: 2023.
• Paper Presented at International Conference on “Neo-Business Practices” Organized by LJ University, Ahmedabad from 27-30 April 2023.
• Paper Presented at International Conference on “Re-Imagineering Business & Management: The Emerging Landscape,” at ICFAI University, Jaipur from 23-24 March 2023.
• Paper published in print journal listed in UGC CARE with title, “An Empirical Study on Service Convenience & Customer Loyalty in Telecommunication Sector in India.” MP-ISSR, Vol no: 27, No: 9(I), September 2022, ISSN: 0973-855X.Impact factor: 5.3.
• Paper Published on topic “A study on the New Development Bank: reorientation of International Development Architecture, Pragya-Journal of Management, Vol: 5 Issue: 2 July-Dec2016.ISSN:0975-9603.

• Completed Online training programme on concepts and applications of algorithmic trading of 16 hours on 22,23, 29, & 30 March 2025, organized by NSE academy.
• Completed two days 27-28 Feb 2025 Advance Online MDP Workshop on Carbon Accounting for the BFSI Industry & Recent Changes in BRSR Regulations organized by NISM & SEBI under capacity building initiatives.
• Participated in Two Days FDP on 26 and 27 November 2022 on “Workshop on Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric analysis” organized by XISS, Ranchi.
• Attended Online Conference on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development”, organized by TIIC-ABV-IIIT Mon 27-28 Feb, 2021.
• Attended virtual L&D ELYSIUM 2021-International Summit & awards on 16-20th Feb 2021, by India Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), as Consulting and knowledge partner-SOB, MUST
• Attended Online FDP on “Time Series analysis using E-views” “from 04/01/2021 to 08/01/2021 organized by GRGSMS, Coimbatore and AICTE.
• Attended Online FDP on, “Multivariate Data Analysis” from 20/12/2020 to 24/12/2020, organized by ABVIITM, Gwalior and AICTE.
• Participated in Two (2) week‟s Faculty Development Program jointly organized under NIMAT-DST Project 2019-20, EDI- Ahmadabad and Mody University, Lakshmangarhfrom2thmarch, 2020 to14th march2020.
• Attended 7thIndian Management Conclave (IMC) at IIM-Afor 5-6th August, 2016- and One-day Workshop on “Case Writing methodology” on 4th2016 at IIM-Ahmedabad.
• Participate in Two days FDP on “Advances in Finance” at Fore School of Management, New Delhi on 14-15 May2015
• Attended 2-week ISTE workshop on “Introduction of Research Methodologies “conducted by IIT Bombay under National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD, GOI)25 June-July2012.

• Minor Project:
• As CO-PI in DST-NIMAT Project 2019-20 with ref.no: EDII/DST-NIMAT/19-20/RLS-I/323/25/09/2019.

• Book chapter in Scopus Indexed book, “Higher Education and SDG10” with title “Changing Role of Higher Education in Reducing Social Inequalities in Developing Countries”, Emerald Publications, Pg. no: 31-48, September 2025
• Book Chapter accepted in Scopus-Indexed book, “Empowering Change through SDG-Driven Innovation: Insights from Case studies” with the Title, “Empowering Higher Education Institutions towards Sustainability: Investigating Teaching Practices & Organisational Impact in Private Higher Education Institutions”. Nova Publications.