Dr.

Sharon Sophia
S-11, Plot No -5, Vesta’s Sovereign,
Madavelli Street, Puzthivakkam, Chennai – 600091
Email: drsharonsophia@gmail.com, sharon.sophia@vit.ac.in
Contact No: 9789925011, 22420838
Office No: 39931022

OBJECTIVE

Aspiring to work for an institution that looks forward to impart industry relevant knowledge to the
students and enhance the learning based research culture at the institution.

ACADEMIC PROFILE

 Ph. D., (FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING), Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA),
[2007 - 11]. “An Enquiry into the Credit Risk Management of Commercial Banks in Chennai”.
http://liba.edu/course/our-courses/doctoral-programme/doctoral-programme/
 M. Phil., (Commerce), Alagappa University, Karaikkudi, [2002-03]
 P.G.D., (Portfolio Management), Pondicherry University, [2002-03]
 M.Com, (Commerce), University of Madras, Chennai, [2000-02]
 FDP – IIT – M, Enhancing research skills in finance, [2013]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 Assistant Professor (2012 till date)

o Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT B-School Chennai Campus)
o Subjects – All core Finance and Accounting – MBA, MCA, LAW and B .Tech
o Research Coordinator for PHD programmes.
o Project Coordinator for MBA programmes.
o MCA, M.TECH and B.TECH Interdisciplinary project guide.
o Workshop Guest Speaker on Financial Analytics using Time Series.
o Guiding Research Students.
 Visiting Faculty for PGDPM and MBA (2007 – 2012)
o Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) ,
o Subjects - Quantitative Techniques
o Management Development Programme – For Corporate Executives
 Subjects handled - Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Derivatives, Quantitative
Techniques, International Financial Management, Banking Financial System and Credit Risk
Management for Banks.
  Executives from Technip, ABN AMRO, RBS, CITI GROUP, E- Serve, RR Donnelley and
Maveric.
 Lecturer (2002 – 2007)
o Loyola College
o Subjects - Finance and HR All UG courses.

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Proficiency Test
BAT SCORE – Bloomberg International

Technical Skills
Adept knowledge of SPSS 19, R Studio, Weka, E-views and CMIE Prowess, NUMXL,XLSTAT, XL Tool
Box, UNISTAT, SIGMAXL, Meaning Cloud, Lexalytics (for text mining data) (Advanced Excel Tools).

Analytical Skills
o Research Assistant - FICCI
o Event Study of Stock Market.
o Time series using stochastic and hybrid model.
Reviewer
o Annals (Springler)
o Athenaeum 2016 through 'easychair.org' in BIM, Trichy.
o Amity Journal of Finance.
o Emerald – International Journal of Emerging Markets
o LIBA – Management Matters
o Co – Chair in SET Conference VIT Vellore.

Association and Membership

 Indian Economic Association.

ICSSR Project
 EU-India Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities (EqUIP) on “Financial Sustainability,
cultural difference in financial markets, Financial inclusion and exclusion in society”.

Projects Undertaken
 “What do Corporate Inc look in for new MBAs” – FICCI.
 Street Children – A Wasted Human Resource – Auxalliam College, Vellore.

Ph. D guidance
 1 Student awarded – “Impact on Acquisition announcement on Acquirers Operation and Market
Performance in India.”

Expert Opinion for Ph. D Thesis

 Loyola College

Thesis Evaluation
 Bharathiar University
Board of Studies
 Loyola College

Conference
 SET Conference in VIT Chennai – 2 papers in November 2016
 SET Conference in VIT Chennai – 4 papers in May 2017

Other Events
 TECHNOVIT Coordinator
 Chennai International Youth fest Coordinator.

Publications

1. Sharon Sophia(2005), Gender Role Orientation and Leadership style, “Synthesis”, June 2005, Volume 2,
No. 2, pp. 95-103.

2. Sharon Sophia(2005),Managing the complexity of Diversity, “MBA Review”, June 2006, pp. 60-62.

3. Sharon Sophia(2005),Quality Standards, “HRD Times”, Dec 2005, volume 7, pp.37-38.

4. Sharon Sophia(2005),Predictive power of cash flow ratios in identification of financial distress,

“Management Matters”, August 2009, No12, Vol.1, pp. 62-68.

5. Sharon Sophia(2005),Cash flow is king, “International Review of business and finance, Vol., 1, Number
1-2, Jan – Dec, 2009, pp. 25-39.

6. Sharon Sophia(2005),Credit Risk Management in Banks - http://ssrn.com/author=1789442.

7. Sadagopan, S; Sophia, S & Jucunda, ME (2015). Portfolio Optimization for CNX IT (NSE) on the Basis
of an Event Study. The International Journal of Business and Management, Vol.3, Issue.1, 187 – 201.
(Impact Factor: 0.733).
8. Kumar, DB, Sophia, S & Jucunda, ME (2015). Empirical Study on Effects of the Lok- Sabha Election
on Stock Market Performance (BSE SENSEX). Research Journal of Management Sciences, Vol.4, Issue.
2, 1-7.
9. Jucunda, ME & Sophia, S (2014). ‘Do Acquisitions Add value to Acquirers in India: Sensitivity of the
stock market and acquirer returns’, Indian Journal of Finance, Vol.8, Num. 5, 5-18. (Scopus Indexed;
Impact factor: 0.5236; IC Value: 6.76).

10. Jucunda, ME & Sophia, S (2014). ‘The Influence of sentimental analysis on corporate event study’,

International Journal of Engineering and Management Research, Vol.4, Issue: 4, 10 – 16. (Impact Factor:

1.0807)

11. Jucunda, ME & Sophia, S (2014). ‘The factors that affect acquirers’ decisions in India- An analysis
through case studies’, The International Journal of Business and Management, Vol.2, Issue. 11, 63-67.

(Impact Factor: 0.733).

 12. Nandini, Sophia, S & Jucunda, ME (2014). ‘The Influence of sentimental analysis and portfolio
optimization on a political event study’, Global Journal of Management and Business Perspective, Vol.3,
No.5, 54-68.

13. Amos, Sharon, Anita, (2016) “Effect of Corporate Governance on Loan Loss Provision in Indian
Public Banks” Volume I, Issue 1, 2016 of “Amity Journal of Corporate Governance”.
14. H. Ramasubramanian and Sharon Sophia,(2017) “Relationship Between India VIX and other
VIX”, International Journal of Economic Research, Volume 17.
15. U Bhuvaneswari & Sharon Sophia, “A Study on Defaulter of Car Loan Repayment in Tamilnadu”, EPRA
International Journal of Socio-Economic and Environmental Outlook, Vol.4, 49 – 64 (SJIF Impact factor:
4.312). http://eprawisdom.com/article-archives?journal=10&year=2017&month=2
16. U Bhuvaneswari & Sharon Sophia , (2017) “Interest - Risk relationships in Luxury Car Credit Portfolio
in India”, International Business Management, Volume 11, Issue 08.
17. U Bhuvaneswari & Sharon Sophia , (2017), “Factors Influencing Premium Car Buying Behaviour In
Tamilnadu”, International Business Management, Volume 11, Issue 8, pp: 1669-1680
18. K. Tejashwini, B. Saleena, B. Prakash and Sharon Sophia (2017), “Analyzing the Stock Market
behavior Using Event Study and Sentiment Analysis on Twitter Posts” International Journal of
Pure and Applied Mathematics Volume 117 No. 15 2017, 387-396 ISSN: 1311-8080 (printed
version); ISSN: 1314-3395 (on-line version) url: http://www.ijpam.eu Special Issue

PERSONAL MINUTIAE

Name Sharon Sophia

Date of Birth 11th May, 1980
Gender Female
Marital status Married
Father’s Name A. Simson

Reference

1. Rev. Dr. Francis .M. Peter,

Professor and Head
XLRI, Jamshedpur - 35
petersj@xlri.ac.in
91-9771459477

2.Rev. Dr.N.Casimir Raj

Head and Founder of LIBA,
LIBA, Loyola College, Chennai
ncasimirraj@gmail.com.
91-9789095280

The above-furnished details are true to my knowledge.

Sharon Sophia
Chennai

ABSTRACT

Dr. Sharon Sophia is a highly efficient, innovative, methodical and analytical teacher and

researcher who has an extensive knowledge in field as well as in practice. She has extensive

experience of supporting research and teaching by reviewing, developing and defining present

market related changes and the application of accounting standards.

She has 15 years of teaching experience. Her blend of teaching includes research, analytics and

industry application is her greater credit. All her classes are embedded based that is every lecture

of hers will support a software tool or excel add – in. All the text mining done in modern

software is taught in excel add in shows her intellectually strong knowledge over the subject. She

is one of the most highly demanded faculty in VIT University for Accounting and Finance and

her slot will be always have waiting list. Students of M.Tech, MS by research, MCA and Ph.D

scholars of other department take her support for doing Stock market Modelling which her core

area of research. People from other institutes also visit her for getting Ph.D guidance.

Her teaching of finance and accounting is based on real market segment and industrial

application. Complicated thing made easy is her great strength. All her teachings are based on

Embedded software namely, SPSS, EVIEWS and different EXCEL ADD – INS. She has been

actively involved in corporate training for IT, ITES, Automobile, Telecom and Infrastructure

sector. Executives from TECHNIP, ABN AMRO, RBS, CITI GROUP, E- SERVE, RR
DONNELLEY and MAVERIC were part of this MDP held at LIBA. Prior to joining VIT

University, Chennai Campus she has worked with LIBA and Loyola College. She is the 1st Ph.D

of LIBA (http://liba.edu/course/our-courses/doctoral-programme/doctoral-programme/) and has

produced one Ph.D at VIT. Her current interest includes EVENT STUDY and TIME SERIES

MODELLING IN CROSS BORDER MARKETS. She is the also research Co-ordination for

Ph. D programme at VIT University. She also does interdisciplinary research with M. TECH,

MCA and B. TECH Students as their project guide.

She can relate well with people at all levels and has the flexibility of working well as part of a

team or individually.

She is comfortable working in a fast paced, hands-on, growth orientated work environment and

possessing a proven ability to ensure that standards and communications are understood and

implemented effectively.

Now looking forward to a making a significant contribution towards the academic excellence

that offers genuine opportunities for progression.