Corporate Governance
Gender in Management
Corporate Finance
Finance & Economics
Deputy Chairperson, Fellow Programme & Research (FPR)
Arunima Haldar holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. She has over 16 years of experience with academic institutions as a core faculty in finance. She has passionately followed her research interests in corporate governance, corporate finance, and gender in management.
She has made significant intellectual contributions to renowned journal publications and conference presentations. Her research work has been recognized through various accomplishments and awards, including Outstanding Paper, Best Faculty Research, and Global Innovation, at varied academic and institutional platforms.
In addition to pursuing research enthusiastically, she also holds membership on editorial boards of leading finance journals and reviews their publications offering critical feedback.
Ph.D., 2014
Focus: Corporate Governance
Title: An empirical analysis of corporate governance practices in India
MBA, 2006
B.Com, 2004
Corporate Governance
Gender in Management
Corporate Finance
Gupta, A., Haldar, A. (2023). International Competitiveness of Business Schools: Enablers in Indian Context. International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42943-023-00072-4
Beloskar, V. D., Haldar, A., & Rao, S. V. D. N. (2023). Socially responsible investments: A retrospective review and future research agenda. Business Strategy and the Environment, 1– 20. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3396
Wani, T.A., Haldar, A. & Ganie, I.R. (2023). In What Contexts Institutional Investors Can Be Catalyst? The Moderating Role of Corporate Governance. International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42943-022-00069-5
Khanna, P. and Haldar, A. (2022). Will adoption of blockchain technology be challenging: evidence from Indian banking industry. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 361-384. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRFM-01-2022-0003
Gupta, A., Haldar, A. and Srivastava, S. (2022). Pandemic transitions: impact on business school campus recruitments. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-07-2022-3344
Ghalke, A., Haldar, A. and Kumar, S. (2022). Family Firms Ownership and Impact on Performance: Evidence from Emerging Market. Accepted in Review of Managerial Science (Impact Factor: 7.127). (Springer). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-022-00527-7
Haldar, A., Raithatha, M. (2021). Are internal governance mechanisms efficient? The case of a developing economy. IIMB Management Review. 33(3), 191-204 (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2021.08.004
Haldar, A., Dixit, J., Singh, P. (2021). Investor protection: effects of takeover convergence. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. (Emerald) https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-05-2021-2741
Sharifi, S., Haldar, A., Rao, Nageswara S. V. D. (2021). An empirical examination of the relationship between credit risk management, size, profitability, and ownership of Indian banks. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, 13(1), 80-94. (Inderscience). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMFA.2021.116229
Haldar, A., Dyondi, R., Jha, S. K. (2020). What constitutes a risk for a theatrical film distributor? Evidence from the Hindi film industry. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 29(2), 450-473. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-03-2020-2086
Haldar, A., Datta, S., Shah, S. (2020). Tokenism or realism? Gender inclusion in corporate boards. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 39(6), 707-725. (Emerald). http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/edi-04-2019-0126
Kumar, S., Pandey, N., Haldar, A. (2020). Twenty years of Public Management Review (PMR): a bibliometric overview. Public Management Review, 22(12), 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2020.1721122
Haldar, A., Baker, D. H. K., Pandey, N., Kumar, D. S. (2019). A bibliometric analysis of board diversity: Current status, development, and future research directions. Journal of Business Research, 108, 232-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.11.025
Haldar, A., Sharifi, S., Rao, Nageswara S. V. D. (2019). The relationship between credit risk management and non-performing assets of commercial banks in India. Managerial Finance, 5(3), 399-412. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-06-2018-0259
Haldar, A., Shah, R., Rao, Nageswara S. V. D., Stokes, P., Demirbas, D., Dardour, A. (2018). Corporate Performance: Does board independence matter? Indian Evidence. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 26(1), 185-200. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-12-2017-1296
Haldar, A. (2021) Paper review. Psychology of Women Quarterly.
Haldar, A. (2021). Paper review. Journal of Business Ethics.
Haldar, A. (2021). Paper review. Journal of Small Business Management.
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), “Institutional Investors: The Reluctant Activist or Enthusiastic Contributor”, Third SEBI-NISM Research Conference 2022, National Institute of Securities Markets, February 25, 2022
Datta, S. (Author & Presenter), Shah, S. (Author), Haldar, A. (Author), 79th Academy of Management and Annual Meeting Program, “Tokenism or realism? Gender inclusion lens for corporate boards & ownership structure in India,” Boston. (August 11, 2019).
Haldar A. (Author), Datta S. (Author & Presenter), and Shah S. (Author), “Role of Human and Social Capital in Appointment of Women on Corporate Boards in India.” Proc. of 3rd Annual Conference of Aston India Center for Applied Research, August 2019, Birmingham
Datta, S. (Author & Presenter), Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Shah, S. (Author & Presenter), EURAM 2019, “Does ownership structure drive women representation on corporate boards – evidence from India,” Lisbon. (June 26, 2019)
Haldar A. (Author), and Das, D. (Author & Presenter). “Relationship between Corporate Governance and Performance: Two Stage Data Envelopment Analysis.” Accepted for presentation at the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) 2019, International Conference, Brighton, United Kingdom, September 2019.
Dwivedi S. (Author & Presenter), and Haldar A. (Author), “Does individual attitude and affinity with numbers influence financial literacy?” Accepted for presentation at 12th Annual ISDSI Conference, SPJIMR, December 27-30, 2018.
Haldar, A. (Author), Das, D. (Author & Presenter), ISDSI, “An examination of Governance – Performance Relationship using Technical Efficiency Measures,” SPJIMR, Mumbai. (December 30, 2018).
Shekhar, V. (Author & Presenter), Haldar, A. (Author), ISDSI, “Regionality of Financial Sentiments and Words,” SPJIMR, Mumbai. (December 30, 2018).
Haldar, A. (Author), Sheth, H. (Author & Presenter), ISDSI, “Transparency in financial reporting: Challenges faced by non-profit sector,” SPJIMR, Mumbai. (December 30, 2018).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Momaya, K. S. (Author), Seventeenth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, GLOGIFT 17, “Flexibility in corporate governance and export competitiveness: Evolving a different perspective,” GLOGIFT, DTU, Delhi. (December 2017).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Jha, A. K. (Author), 48th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institutes 2017, “Board Interlocks: Evidence on board decisions about sustainability,” Washington D. C., USA. (November 18, 2017).
Sharifi, S. (Author & Presenter), Haldar, A. (Author), & Rao, Nageswara S.V.D. (Author), “Relationship between growth of Non-Performing Assets and Credit Risk Management practices in Indian banks.” Proc. of 19th International Conference on Finance, Banking and Insurance, New York, USA, June 2017
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Chaturvedi, D. (Author), 48th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institutes 2017, “Independent directors: Challenges in boardroom decisions,” Washington D. C., USA. (November 18, 2017).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Dey, S., 26th Annual Conference of National Academy of Psychology, “Examining attitude towards luxury brands consumption among affluent young Indians,” IIT Madras, Chennai. (December 29, 2016).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Shah, S. (Presenter), Datta, S. (Presenter), 26th Annual Conference of National Academy of Psychology, “Social Psychology of Corporate Governance in India: Implications for diversity,” IIT Madras, Chennai. (December 29, 2016).
Haldar, A. (Author), Rao, S. (Author), Sharifi, S. (Author & Presenter), International Conference for Business and Economics, “Credit risk management practices in Indian Banks,” University of London, London. (November 8, 2016).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Manna, M. (Author), SPJIMR – POMS India Chapter Conference, “Corporate Governance and Firm Efficiency in Indian Listed Firms,” SPJIMR, Mumbai. (July 29, 2016).
Haldar, A. (Author), Sharifi, S. (Author & Presenter), Rao, S. V. D. N., SPJIMR – POMS India Chapter Conference, “Process Improvement Through Credit Risk Management: Evidence from Indian Commercial Banks,” SPJIMR, Mumbai. (July 29, 2016).
Joshi R. (Author), Haldar A. (Author), “The Impact of Management Education in Effective Implementation of CSR Programmes.” Accepted for presentation at 2nd Global Summit on Corporate Social Responsibility, IIM Raipur and IICA, New Delhi, September 2016.
Haldar, A. (Author), Dey, S. (Author), Shahid, S. (Author), LVMH-SMU Asian Luxury Branding Research Conference, “Attitude of youth towards luxury goods: Evidence from India,” LVMH – SMU, Singapore. (June 2016).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Dey, S. (Author), 12th International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation & Knowledge Management, “Empirical study on the predictive power of bankruptcy models: Evidence from Indian companies,” Monash University, Australia. (February 2016).
Dyondi, R. (Author), Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), 12th International Research Conference on Quality, Innovation & Knowledge Management, “Role of market knowledge in aiding long term sustainability of film studies: Evidence from Hindi film industry in Mumbai,” Monash University, Australia. (February 2016).
Haldar A. (Author), Haldar S. (Author), and Momaya K. (Author), “Workplace Wellness in India: Case of Tata Consultancy Services” Accepted for presentation at Fifteenth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management 2015.
Haldar A. (Author), Shah R. and Rao, Nageswara S.V.D. (Author), ” Gender Diversity: Evidence from Indian Corporates” Accepted for presentation at International Journal of Arts & Sciences’ (IJAS) International Conference for Business and Economic, Harvard, Boston, May 2015.
Shah R., Haldar A. (Author), and Rao, Nageswara S.V.D. (Author), “Is economic value added a better corporate performance measure? Evidence from India” Accepted for presentation at International Journal of Arts & Sciences’ (IJAS) International Conference for Business and Economic, Harvard, Boston, May 2015.
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Kamat, V. (Author), Fore International Finance Conference, “Unconventional Working Capital: A Study of the FMCG Sector in India,” Delhi. (November 2014).
Haldar A. (Author & Presenter), Rao, Nageswara S.V.D. (Author), Momaya K. (Author), “Corporate Governance and International Competitiveness: Findings from case of select industries in India,” Proc. of Fourteenth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, Glogift 14 & the 7th ICCB Symposium, Singapore, ISBN 978-93-83893-01-0, p. 131-143
Shah R., Haldar A. (Author & Presenter), and Rao, Nageswara S.V.D., “Gender Diversity: A Case for Board Room Flexibility” Proc. of Fourteenth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, Glogift 14 & the 7th ICCB Symposium, Singapore, ISBN 978-93-83893-01-0, p. 654-660.
Sharifi, S. (Author & Presenter), Haldar, A. (Author), Rao, S. (Author), 14th Finance, Risk and Accounting Conference, “Analysis of Operational Risk Management Practices in Indian Banks,” University of Oxford, UK. (September 2014).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Shah, R. (Author), Rao, S. (Author), Corporate Governance Conference, “Corporate Governance, Board Diversity and Firm Value: The Indian Experience,” IIM Trichy. (June 2014).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Shah, R. (Author), Rao, S. (Author), Annual Conference on Government, Corporate Governance and Growth of Capital Markets, “Board Room Diversity and Firm Value: Evidence from India,” Indian Institute of Capital Markets, Mumbai. (April 2014).
Dey, S., Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference of Emerging Markets Conference Board, IIM Lucknow, “Drivers of eWOM adoption in online shopping of Cosmetics: Generation Y Women”,” IIM Lucknow. (January 2014).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Shah, R. (Author), Rao, S. (Author), XII Capital Markets Conference, “Does Board Independence Matters? Evidence from India,” Indian Institute of Capital Markets, Mumbai. (December 2013).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Rao, S. (Author), XII Capital Markets Conference, Indian Institute of Capital Markets, Mumbai, “Corporate Governance Index for Indian Listed Companies,” Indian Institute of Capital Markets, Mumbai. (December 2013).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Rao, S. (Author), Annual Conference on Governance and Capital Markets, Indian Institute of Capital Markets, “Corporate Governance in India,” Mumbai. (September 2013).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), Rao, S. (Author), 3rd IIMA International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence, IIMA, India, “An Empirical Analysis of Governance Practices of Indian Firms.” (April 2013).
Haldar, A. (Author & Presenter), 3rd International Conference on Corporate Governance, “Corporate Governance Practices in India,” SRCC, India. (March 2012).
Haldar A. (Author & Presenter), Rao, Nageswara S.V.D. (Author), “Evolving a Governance Culture in India.” Proc. of International Conference on Decision Sciences in Managing Global Services, MDI, India, December 2010.
Haldar A. (Author & Presenter), Rao, Nageswara S.V.D. (Author), Tayde M. (Author), “Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from India.” Proc. of 2nd annual general business conference, SHSU, Texas, US, April 2010.Received an honorable mention and was selected for journal publication.
Haldar A. (Author & Presenter), and Rao, Nageswara S.V.D. (Author), “Corporate Governance and Foreign Portfolio Investment: An Empirical Study of Indian Corporate Firms.” Proc. of 3rd International Conference on Global Interdependence and Decision Sciences, December 28-30, 2009, Hyderabad, India. Macmillan Publishers India
ISBN 978-0-230-32852-5.-2009, p.136-142.
Haldar A. (Author & Presenter), Rao, Nageswara S.V.D. (Author), and Tayde M. (Author), “Relationship between Corporate Governance and Foreign Portfolio Investment: Study of India Firms.” Proc. of the international conference of corporate governance for convergence norms, IITKGP and NFCG, India, September 2009.
Haldar A. (Author & Presenter), “Women in Nation Building.” Proc. of Women in Management and Development Conference, Banasthali University, Rajasthan, February 2006.
Book Review: The 5Gs of Family Business: Sustainability Mantras through Case Studies. https://www.moneylife.in/article/the-5gs-of-family-business-sustainability-mantras-through-case-studies/61442.html. September 8, 2020
Financial Accounting
Corporate Governance
Business Research Methodology
Women in Boards (MDP)
Best Paper Award for Innovative Research in 3rd Conference organized by Aston India Centre for Applied Research held at Aston University, Birmingham, England in 2019.
Global Innovation Award “Writing with Integrity”, conferred by Turnitin. (November 2017).
Best Faculty Research Output Award, NMIMS. (April 2015).
Outstanding Paper Award, Indian Institute of Capital Markets. (2014).
Outstanding Paper Award, Indian Institute of Capital Markets. (December 2013).
Honorable mention, Second Annual General Business Conference, SHSU, Texas, USA. (April 2010).
Gold Medal, Banasthali University. (2006).
University Scholarship, Banasthali University. (2006).
University Grants Commission’s Senior Research Fellowship (2010-2013).
University Grants Commission’s Junior Research Fellowship (2008-2010).
National Eligibility Test, University Grants Commission. (Dec 2006, June 2007).
Assistant Professor, SPJIMR. (October 2015 – Present)
Assistant Professor, NMIMS. (July 2013 – October 2015)
Lecturer, Wisdom, Banasthali University. (2006 – 2008)
Government, National Foundation of Corporate Governance (set up by Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India). (March 2016 – July 2017)
Conducted a Pre-conference workshop on Bibliometrics Analysis at KJ Somaiya’s 16th SGMC Global Marketing conference, April 2021.
Management/Executive Development, SPJIMR, 15 participants. (June 7, 2018 – June 8, 2018).
Conducted a Paper Development Workshop at 17th Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management 2017, Delhi Technological University, Dec 12, 2017.
Workshop, GLOGIFT 2017, Delhi Technical University. (December 2017).
Conducted FDP on “Finance Using Excel” at Faculty of Management Studies, Banasthali University, August 2013. Received a certificate of appreciation for conducting an excellent FDP.
Haldar A. (2020). Review of The 5Gs of Family Business: Sustainability Mantras through Case Studies by Walter Vieira and Mita Dixit. MoneyLife.
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Editor, Associate Editor, International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness. (April 30, 2021).
Editorial Review Board Member, Emerald Book Series: Management Accounting. (2016 – 2017).
Employee Relations
Management Decision (Emerald)
Pacific Accounting Review
International Journal of Law and Management
Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management
Journal of Governance and Regulation
Corporate Board: Role, Duties, and Composition
Corporate Ownership and Control
Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets and Institutions
Qualitative Research in Financial Markets (Emerald)
Journal of Business Ethics (Springer)
British Journal of Management (Wiley)
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (Elsevier)
Journal of Small Business Management (Taylor and Francis)
Pacific Accounting Review (Emerald)
Book Series: Management Accounting (Emerald)
Journal of Risk Finance (Emerald)
Baker H. K., Pandey N., Kumar S., and Haldar A. (2019). A bibliometric analysis of board diversity: Current Status, development, and future research directions. Journal of Business Research, 108, 232-246. (ABDC A journal)
Haldar, A., Datta, S., Shah, S. (2020). Tokenism or realism? Gender inclusion in corporate boards. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: An International Journal, 39(6), 707-725. (Emerald)
Financial Accounting
Corporate Governance
Women in Boards
Business Research Methodology
Lifetime Member, Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management. (2014 – Present)
Technical Committee member, 3rd SEBI-NISM Research Conference on “Investing in Recovery: Challenges and Opportunities for Indian Securities Markets”. To be held on 24-25 February 2022
Technical Committee member, 4th International Conference on “Financial Markets & Corporate Finance” SJMSOM, IIT, Bombay, To be held on 7-9 July 2022
Speaker, National webinar on Corporate Governance and Business Ethics, Banasthali Vidyapith, March 2021
Speaker, Nuts and Bolts of Collaborative Research, SPRING, SPJIMR, March 2021
Speaker, Corporate Governance at Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, December 2020
Resource person, Research Writing Workshop, Mindshare India, December 2020
Panel Member / Judge, Global Innovation Award conferred by Turnitin for three consecutive years (2018 -2020)
Chaired the panel discussion on “Driving research excellence through critical thinking and original writing” at Academic and Research Integrity Conclave 2018, Turnitin, May 2018
Technical Committee Member, IIT Kanpur, 3rd International Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Finance, Industrial and Management Engineering. (2018)
Program Coordinator, IJGBC Paper Development Workshop, Delhi, Delhi. (July 2017 – December 2017)
Technical Committee Member, IIT Kharagpur, International conference on financial markets and corporate finance, Kharagpur, West Bengal. (January 2017 – July 2017)
International Scientific Committee Member, Virtus Global Center for Corporate Governance, International conference on Corporate Governance: Research, Practices, Reforms, and Regulations, Rome. (May 2016)
International Scientific Committee Member, Virtus Global Center for Corporate Governance, International Conference on Corporate Governance, Accounting and Audit: Crisis Challenges. (November 2015)
International Scientific Committee Member, Virtus Global Center for Corporate Governance, International Conference on Corporate and Institutional Innovations in Finance and Governance, Paris. (May 2015)
Trainer, Banasthali University on FDP on Finance using excel. (August 2013)
Organizing Committee, 1st International Conference on Management of Intellectual Property and Strategy, SJMSOM, IIT Bombay, Mumbai. (February 2, 2012 – February 5, 2012)
Haldar, A. (Principal), “Senior Research Fellowship,” Sponsored by University Grants Commission, Federal. (July 2010 – June 2013)
Haldar, A. (Principal), “Junior Research Fellowship,” Sponsored by University Grants Commission, Federal. (July 2008 – June 2010)
Haldar, A. (Principal), “Role of Independent Directors: Evidence from India,” Private, $9,426.00. (January 1, 2016 – July 1, 2017).