Educational Qualification

• Ph.D. (Finance) - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2023)
• PGDM (Finance) - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2004)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Actuarial Science) - University of Kerala (2001)

Work Experience (Research /Teaching)

• Assistant Professor – School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2013-2025)
• Chief Manager - Risk Management Department & Accounts Department (2009-2013)
• Regional Accounts Manager – Reliance General Insurance Co. Ltd. (2006-2009)
• Management Trainee – Reliance Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (2004 -2005)

Consultancy

• Financial Consultant, Navigator Technical Services
• Financial Consultant, Amrita Hospital, for setting up a CAR T-cell therapy facility
• Resource Person, Development and Facilitation Office, Ministry of MSME, GOI

Journal Publication

• Gopikumar, V., Nair, S., (2024). SEBI’s Proposals to Limit Speculative Trading. Economic and Political Weekly, [SCOPUS & ABDC – B]
• Gopikumar, V., Nair, S., & Sisodia, G. S. (2023). The Effect of Financial Reporting Quality on Institutional Ownership. Applied Economics Letters, 30(15), 2020-2023. [SCOPUS & ABDC – B]
• Nair, S., Gopikumar, V., Viswanathan, P. K., Gopakumar, S., & Gil, M. T. (2020). A Contingency Model of Board Characteristics and Foreign Institutional Investor Ownership: the Moderating Role of Firm Size and Market Valuation. Cogent Economics & Finance, 8(1), 1739465. [SCOPUS & ABDC – B]
• Gopikumar, V., Nair, S., Sreevathsava, S., & Sreedharan V, R. (2019). Financial Strength Information and Institutional Investor Demand: Evidence from India. Cogent Economics & Finance, 7(1), 1623751. [SCOPUS & ABDC – B]
• Nair, S., Gopikumar, V., Ajith, A., & Sreedharan V, R. (2019). Exploring Bequest Intentions of Indian Households. Cogent Economics & Finance, 7(1), 1637592. [SCOPUS & ABDC – B]
• Gopikumar, V., Nair, S., Chakraborty, A., & Antony, J. (2018). Assessment of Critical Failure Factors (CFFs) of Lean Six Sigma in Real-life Scenario: evidence from manufacturing and service industries. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 25(8), 3320-3336. [SCOPUS & ABDC – B]
• Nair, S., Amrutha, S., Gopikumar, V., & Sandhya, G. (2017). Religious Affiliation and Bequest Behavior. PURUSHARTHA-A Journal of Management, Ethics and Spirituality, 10(2), 36-45. [SCOPUS]

Paper Presentation

• “Earnings Quality and Bank Lending”, Journal of Accounting & Economics (JCAE) 2025 Annual Symposium and Doctoral Consortium, MAHE, Bengaluru.
• “Investor Response to Innovation Expenditures”, 2nd International Conference on Advancing Sustainable Futures (ICASF 2024), Abu Dhabi University
• “Asset Growth and Investor Preferences Across Firm Life Cycles: Indian Evidence”, 11th International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence, IIM, Bengaluru
• “The Effect of Banking Relationships on Borrower Default”, 3rd International Research Conference on Insolvency and Bankruptcy, ISB, Hyderabad
• “Banking Relationships and Default Probability: Evidence from India”, India Finance Conference 2023, N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research
• “Religious Affiliation and Bequest Behaviour”, 4th International Conference on Spirituality & Skills for Leadership and Sustainable Management. SMS Varanasi
• “Business Models and Performance: An Indian Banking Industry Perspective”, 52nd Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES) organized by IIM, Kozhikode
• “Income Diversification and Risk Adjusted Performance: An Indian Banking Sector Perspective”, 2015 IMRA - IIMB International Conference, IIM Bengaluru.
• “Loan Loss Provisions and Earnings Management By Indian Commercial Banks", 2015 IMRA - IIMB International Conference, IIM Bengaluru.
• “Measuring and Explaining Efficiency of Indian Banking Sector”, 12th AIMS International Conference on Management, IIM Kozhikode.

Professional Memberships

• Indian Institute of Banking & Finance - Membership No: 500206319
• The Indian Econometric Society - Membership No: L/2646/15-16