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Prof. (Dr.) barkha goyal
Dr. Barkha Goyal is a dedicated and accomplished scholar in the field of economics. She earned her Ph.D. in Financial Economics from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. Her doctoral research focuses on “Corporate Governance, Competition, and Risk-taking Behavior of Insurance Firms in India,” reflecting her profound interest in the dynamics of corporate governance within the financial sector.
Dr. Goyal holds an M.Phil. in Economics from the Central University of Haryana, where she graduated with honors, and received a Gold Medal for her thesis on “Economic Growth and Regional Convergence in India: An Inter-State Study.” She also completed her M.A. in Economics from the same institution and a B.Com. from Maharshi Dayanand University. She has qualified the National Eligibility Test for Lectureship conducted by the University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi. Beyond academia, Dr. Goyal has contributed to policy work through her internship at the Ministry of Home Affairs, where she was involved in a project related to gender budgeting.
Her research interests encompass corporate governance, market structure, efficiency analysis, insurance, applied econometrics, and statistics. These interests are reflected in her various publications (ABDC-ranked), including a notable article on corporate governance and risk-taking, published in the International Journal of the Economics of Business, and a paper on financial reporting quality, featured in The Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance.
Dr. Goyal has actively participated in numerous conferences and workshops and has been awarded the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Conference on Revisiting Business and Corporate Governance, organized by the Global Research Foundation of Corporate Governance (GRFCG), New Delhi. She is proficient in statistical tools such as STATA, SPSS, DEAP, and Excel.
Prof. (Dr.) Barkha Goyal
Ph.D. in Financial Economics, IIT Roorkee
barkha.goyal@dsb.edu.in