Dr. Parvinder Arora

Areas of Competence and Interest
Management Accounting, Management Control Systems, Strategic Cost Management, Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation.

Education

• Ph.D., Activity-Based Costing: A Study with Reference to Selected Manufacturing Companies in India, Faculty of Business Administration, Punjabi University, Patiala (India), 2003
• M.Com, University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh (India),1993
• B.Com, Punjab University, Chandigarh (India), 1989

Fellowship and Awards

• Awarded Merit Scholarship by Punjab School Education Board 񢈿;;;;;;;;;-84) India.
• Awarded Junior Research Fellowship by University Grants Commission, India, 1993.

Corporate Experience

• Worked with Software Technology Group International Limited at its Chandigarh office as Sr. Manager for two years 2000-2002. Managed independently two STG software education centers in Chandigarh.
• Worked with Chawla Fuels Private Limited, Ludhiana, India 1989-1991.

Academic Experience

• • Associate Professor (Accounting and Finance), Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad (India). 2006- 2008. Also had the responsibility as Program Chair- Post Graduate Program (Executive) and Post Graduate Program (Part Time) and Placement Chairperson (Executive Placements).
• Reader (Accounting and Finance), University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh 񢉔;;;;;;;;;-2006).
• Lecturer, Punjabi University, Patiala 񢉌;;;;;;;;;-2004).

Research Experience

• Three years as Junior Research Fellow at University Business School, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India 񢉉;;;;;;;;;-96).
• Six months as Research Associate. Department of Evaluation, Govt. of Punjab, Chandigarh. India

Recent Publications

• Analysis of Indian Banks Using DEA, Under Review,
• Competitive Dynamics of Indian Housing Finance Industry, Paradigm (Accepted for Publication in January-June 2009 Issue)
• Profitability of Housing Finance Companies in India: A Bi-variate Analysis of Selected HFCs, Journal of Indian Management and Strategy (Accepted for Publication in forthcoming Issue)
• IPO Pricing in India. ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 14 No. 3, March 2008, pp. 33-42.
• Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review Article. In Twenty-First Century Challenges to Public Management (edited), 2007, Kalpaz Pub: Delhi.
• Analysis of the Asset Liability Management Practices of Commercial Banks in India. ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. 13 No. 10, October 2007, pp. 79-96.
• Efficacy of Integration of Corporate Social Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility and Procurement Strategy: A Case Study of Leading Cotton Textile Manufacturing Company in India. South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 14 No. 1, 2007, pp. 105-119.
• Service Quality in Telecommunication Sector in Punjab Telecom Sector, ICFAI Journal of Services Marketing, Vol. 5 No. 2, June 2007, pp. 19-40.
  

Recent Conferences

• Garg, Ajay and Parvinder Arora, Relevance and Suitability of Corporate Governance Reforms in India in light of Indian Corporate Structure, invited for presentation at the Symposium on Corporate Governance in China and India to be held on October 24-25, 2008, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.
• Arora, Parvinder and Anuj Gupta, Krishnapatn