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Dr.Shaiku Shahida Saheb is an Associate Professor at VSB in VIT-AP University. He had a Doctorate degree in Financial Management along with Master of Philosophy, Master of Business Administration and Master of Commerce. Qualified UGC NET in Management and Commerce, AP SET in Commerce.

He was started his teaching career as lecturer at Dr.Zakir Husain College of Arts and Science in the year 2000, He had 20 years of teaching experience in National and International Institutions including 7 years of International teaching experience. He worked at Ethiopian Civil Service University, Addis Ababa Ethiopia and in Maldives. He also served at engineering institutions and universities named National Institute of Technology, Srinagar and Lovely Professional University, Punjab.

He was trained in case study of method of teaching and his teaching pedagogy includes blended learning of Practical, Case Study and outcome based teaching methods. Experienced in modular system of teaching with European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) at Ethiopia.

Acted as a chairperson for curriculum development. Trained in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Public Sector accounting standards (IPSAS). Trained and taught Civil Servants as part of foreign assignment. Taught specifically Accounting, Finance and Research courses at under graduate and post graduate levels in India and aboard.

Published research papers in International Journals including Scopus Journals. Published books on Public expenditure management and Value added taxes. His interests area of research is Financial Reporting, banking, risk management, auditing, and corporate governance. He received best research paper award in international conference at NIT, Srinagar and nominated for the best expatriate recognition award in Ethiopian Civil Service University.

He has guided more than 100 Master level thesis and projects in his career at institution in India and abroad. He was acted supervisor for Ph.D students at Lovely Professional University, Punjab. He was a co-guide to a Ph.D scholar at Ethiopian Civil Service University.

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Dr. Kashif Beg is Assistant Professor (senior grade 1) of Accounting & finance at School of Business (VSB) VIT AP, University. The topic of his research work is “A critical appraisal of Microfinance Institutions in India. A case study of Andhra Pradesh.” His area of specialization is Accounting and Finance specifically Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Management Accounting and Financial Management. He was awarded Travel Grant by University grant commission to attend international conference titled “Global conference on Economics and Management Science (GEMS-2015)” held at Penang, Malaysia. He has qualified UGC NET examination in commerce. He is passionate about quality research and committed to delivering results that will be beneficial for humanity.

• ★ Beg K. & Bashir H. A. (2017). An Empirical Analysis of Factors affectingthe Loan Repayment Performance of Microfinance institutions. PacificBusiness Review International. 10 (2) 144153.Indexed in ESCI by Web of Science, UGC Care II.
• ★ Beg K. (2016). Determinants of Financial Self Sufficiency of Andhra Pradesh Microfinance Institutions. Journal of Business and Financial Affairs 5: 209. doi: 10.4172/2167- 0234.1000209
• ★ Beg K. (2016). Role of Microfinance in Eradication of Poverty: An Empirical Analysis from Uttar Pradesh. International Journal of Innovative Research and Development ISSN 2278–0211, 5(3).
• ★ Beg K. & Khan M. Q. (2015).A Critical Appraisal of Microfinance institutions in India, e-Proceedings of the Economics and Management Science, 2015. (E-ISBN 978-967-0792-05-7).
• ★ Beg K. (2018). Impact of Accounting Information System on the Financial Performance of Selected FMCG Companies, Asian Journal of Applied Science and Technology 2(3) 08-17.
• ★ Beg K. (2019). A Review of existing Literature on Sustainability, Mission Drift and Loan Defaults, International Journal of Science and Management studiesE ISSN 2581- 5946 2(5) 7-16.

 

• Conference Presentations
  • At Abroad: Presented paper entitled “A critical appraisal of microfinance institutions in India” in the “global conference on economics and management science (gems-2015)” Penang MALAYSIA.
  • Within India: Presented paper entitled “Role of Microfinance in poverty alleviation” inthe international conference on educational awareness for social sector issues in India held at times Institute of Management and engineering, Aligarh on 24 July, 2011.

 

• Workshops and Training Programme Attended
  • ★ Participated in ten days Training Course in Research Methodology and Computer Applications in Commerce and Management Studies for Doctoral Scholars held at the Department of Commerce, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
  • ★ Participated in author workshop organized by Springer Nature, entitled How to write and get publish in scientific journals held at Maulana Azad Library, A.M.U. Aligarh.
  • ★ Participated in One Day workshop on “Introduction to Data Science using statistica” organized by Department of Computer Engineering, Z.H. Collegeof Engineering & Technology, A.M.U, Aligarh.
• Expertise
  • ★ Statistical Tools: Regression and Correlation, Pooled effect Regression model,fixed effect regression model and Random effect Regression model, Stepwise Regression, F test, Hausman test and Breusch pagan Test.
  • Software: Eviews, Gretl, SPSS, DEAP & Microsoft office
• Awards
  • ★ 2015 Awarded Travel Grant by Aligarh Muslim University to attend international conference titled “Global conference on Economics and Management Science (GEMS-2015)” held at Penang, Malaysia
  • ★ 2014 Qualified UGC NET (2014)
  • ★ 2013 UGC- PhD fellowship for four years

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Dr. Suhail Ahmad Bhat is assistant professor at the VSB, VIT-AP University, Amravati. His research interests include e-consumer behaviour, green marketing, social marketing, sustainable development, personal finance, CRM and different facets of CRM in the service industry. His qualifications include MBA, NET, M. Phil. Ph. D (University of Kashmir). He has more than 5 years of teaching experience and has previously worked in DMS, University of Kashmir. He has published 39 research papers and 2 book chapters in national and international journals such as International Journal of Bank Marketing, Online Information Review, Vikalpa, Decision, Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, Vision, Journal of Financial Services Marketing, International Journal of Tourism Cities, South Asian Journal of Business Studies, FIIB Business Review, Paradigm, LBS Journal of Management & Research, Abhigyan, Productivity, etc.He has presented papers in 21 national and international conferences and attended 10 workshops on research methodology.

Dr. Suhail has also worked as Co-Principal Investigator of a project on ‘Service Quality Management in Community Health Centres in Jammu and Kashmir- Issues and Strategies’ funded by RUSA (19.96 lacs). He is also serving as the reviewer of journals such as South Asian Journal of Business Studies (SAJBS), Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics (APJML), International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IJCHM), European Journal of Marketing (EJM), Sage Open, Journal of Financial Services Marketing, Journal of Knowledge Economy, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, FIIB Business Review, Journal of Business Administration Research, etc.

 

• Some of the recent publications in journals are given below:
  • ★ • Mir, A.A., Sevukan, R, Gul, S., & Bhat, S.A. (2023). Exploring the perceived behaviour of social media users about the Ukraine-Russia conflict through the naturalistic observation of tweets. Social network Analysis and Mining, (online first), Springer Nature. ISSN: 18695469 (SCOPUS).
  • ★ • Lone, Y.R., Shah, U.U., Bhat, S.A., Mushtaq, R. & Gul, S. (2023). How publication timelines effect the impact metrics: studying the influence of submission to first decision and submission to acceptance on impact factor and 5-year impact factor of journals. Global Knowledge Memory and Communication, (online first), Emerald Insights Publishers. ISSN: 0024-2535 (ABDC “B” Category).
  • ★ • Darzi, M.A., Islam, S.B., Khursheed, S.O. and Bhat, S.A. (2023). Service quality in the healthcare sector: a systematic review and meta-analysis, LBS Journal of Management & Research, (online first), Emerald Insights Publishers. ISSN: 0972-8031.
  • ★ • 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).
  • ★ • Shah, U. U., Mushtaq, R., Bhat, S.A. & Gul, S. (2022). Does publication history influence the integrity of the journals: Studying Publication Timelines and their Impact on Journal Metrics? Online Information Review, (online first), Emerald Insights Publishers. ISSN 1468-4527. Impact Factor- 3.45. (ABDC “B” Category)
  • ★ • Bhat, S.A., Mir, A.A. and Islam S.B. (2022). Scale Purification and Validation: A Methodological Approach to Sustainable Online Retailing. Vikalpa: /The Journal of Decision Makers, 47(3), 217-234. Sage Publishers. ISSN: 02560909. (ABDC “C” Category)
  • ★ • Bhat, S.A., Islam, S.B. and Sheikh, A.H. (2021). Evaluating the Influence of Consumer Demographics on Online Purchase Intention: An E-Tail Perspective. Paradigm, 25(2), 141-160, Sage Publishers. ISSN: 09718907.
  • ★ • 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).