Dr.Umer Mushtaq lone

Specialization Areas:Accounting, Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Financial Markets and Financial Risk Management

Dr. Umer Mushtaq Lone is an Assistant Professor at VIT-AP School of Business (VSB), VIT-AP University, Amravati. He has done his BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) and MFC (Master of Finance and Control) from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and was awarded a university gold medal for securing first position at the master’s level. He also has an M.Com (Master in Commerce) and PGDIBOs (Post-Graduate Diploma in International Business Operations) from IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University). He has done his internship in the Deposit Account Department (DAD) at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), New Delhi Zonal Office on the topic entitled “Payment and Settlement System Applications in India”. He has obtained his doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in the area of Financial Economics from the Department of Management Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K for his research work entitled “Economic Forces and Stock Market Performance: Evidence from BRICS Economies”. He has qualified UGC-NET (Commerce) in 2012 and was awarded the UGC-MANF fellowship by the UGC to pursue his doctoral research. His teaching interests include accounting, finance, financial markets, and financial risk management. He has more than 6 years of teaching experience and has worked in various reputed institutions in his native state of Jammu and Kashmir, including the Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, Pulwama; Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Hawal, Srinagar and the University of Kashmir, Srinagar. He has been the faculty adviser of the winning team (North Zone) from the University of Kashmir (North Campus, Delina, Baramulla) at the zonal round of the RBI Policy Challenge, 2023.

Dr. Umer Mushtaq Lone has attended conferences and workshops at state, national and international levels and has authored several research publications published in Scopus and ABDC-indexed journals. His research area comprises Asset Pricing, Market Efficiency, Corporate Finance, Personal Finance and Behavioural Finance.

Research Publications:

☆ Lone, U.M., Darzi, M. A., and Islam, K. U. (2023). Macroeconomic variables and stock market performance: a PMG/ARDL approach for BRICS Economies, Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Taylor and Francis. ISSN: 1752-0843 (ABDC “C” Category).
☆ Bhat, S.A., Islam, S.B. and Lone, U.M. (2023). Antecedents and consequences of online buying behavior: a mediation study. South Asian Journal of Business Studies, 12(1), 54-78, Emerald Insights Publishers. ISSN 2398-628X. (ABDC “B” Category).
☆ Lone, U.M., & Bhat, S.A. (2022). Impact of Financial Literacy on Financial Well-being: A Mediational Role of Self-efficacy, Journal of Financial Services Marketing (online first), Springer Nature. ISSN: 1479-1846 (ABDC “B” Category).
☆ Lone, U.M.,Darzi, M.A., and Bhat, S.A. (2021). Macroeconomic State Variables and Stock Market Performance: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda, FIIB Business Review (online first), Sage Publishers. ISSN: 2319-7145 (ABDC “C” Category).