Prof. Archana Singh is a faculty of Finance and Accounts at Delhi school of Management, Delhi Technological University. She obtained her Ph.D from University School of Management Studies, GGSIPU, Delhi. She has 2.5 years of industry experience in NBFC and more than twenty years of experience in teaching and research ( including 5 years as Guest faculty in ABS, Noida. Her major areas of academic interests include Accounting, Corporate Finance, Investment management and Financial Risk management. She is an avid researcher and has published various research papers in national/International Journals of repute. Twelve scholars have been awarded Ph.D degree under her guidance. She has shared her knowledge and expertise as a Resource person in a two-week Faculty Development Program sponsored by NSTEDB, GOI and organised by NAFEN. (2012 and 2013) and also in a “Two day In House training program on finance for Non-Finance Executives” organised by Delhi Productivity Council for employees of IGPCL, Delhi. (2013). She is also involved in consultancy assignments of NIELIT, an autonomous scientific society of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, GOI and has completed two projects for them.

 

Former HoD-Delhi School of Management

Former Associate Dean ( International Affairs)

Current : Associate Dean ( Academics UG)

Industry : 2.5 years

Teaching and Research: 20 + years

Financial management

Financial Accounting and Cost Accounting

Investment Manangement

Derivatives and Risk Management

Mergers and Acquisitions

Financial Statement Analysis

Fundamentals of Management

All India Management association, Delhi

Research Publications ( 2020-2025)

1. Aggarwal, P., Singh, A., & Malhotra, D. (2025). ESG Implementation in Indian NIFTY 500 Companies: A Comprehensive Multi-case Analysis of Strategy, Implementation, and Value Creation. South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/22779779251392865
2. Jain, Divya & Maheshwari, Girish & Singh, Archana. (2025)."Unveiling the Drivers of Mergers and Acquisitions : The Mediating Role of Access to Resources. Indian Journal of Finance. 19. 37. 10.17010/ijf/2025/v19i5/175043.
3. Jain, Divya & Maheshwari, Girish & Singh, Archana. (2024)"Economic Determinants' Influence on the Scale Effect of Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: A Comparative Study on Advanced and Developing Economies, Vol.11, Issue 2 UGC care listed Journal
4. Jain, Divya & Maheshwari, Girish & Singh, Archana (Feb 2024)"Catalysts of Success: Analyzing the Mediating Role of Audit Committee Effectiveness in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions for Firm Performance Enhancement" Empirical Economics Letters, Vol.23, No.2,ISSN 1681 8997.
5. Jain Divya, Maheshwari, G. C., & Singh, A. (2023). Global ambitions, local expertise: The role of board characteristics in post-acquisition performance in financial services. *Asian and Pacific Economic Review*, 16(1), December 2023. ISSN: 1000-6052.
6. Aggarwal, P., Singh, A., & Malhotra, D. (2024). Linking sustainable finance and environmental, social, and governance (ESG): A systematic literature review & sentiment analysis. *Academy of Marketing Studies Journal*.
7. Chaturvedi, A., & Singh, A. (2023). Examining the interconnectedness and early warning signals of systemic risks of shadow banks: An application to the Indian shadow bank crisis. *Kybernetes*, 52(10), 3938–3964. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-12-2021-1280
8. Beniwal, M., Singh, A., & Kumar, N. (2023). A comparative study of static and iterative models of ARIMA and SVR to predict stock indices prices in developed and emerging economies. *International Journal of Applied Management Science*, 15(4), 352–371.
9. Beniwal, M., Singh, A., & Kumar, N. (2023). Forecasting long-term stock prices of global indices: A forward-validating genetic algorithm optimization approach for support vector regression. *Applied Soft Computing*, 145, 110566.
10. Sharma, C., Singh, A., & Yadav, R. (2023). Impact of competition in credit rating industry: Evidence from India. *SAGE Open*. https://doi.org/10.1177/215824402211351
11. Sharma, C., Singh, A., & Yadav, R. (2023). Market warnings: Learning from the short-term impact of COVID-19 on stock market constituents. *Indian Journal of Finance*, 17(4). https://doi.org/10.17010/ijf/2023/v17i4/170094
12. Kukreja, S., Maheshwari, G. C., & Singh, A. (2023). Interplay of cross country distance with cross-border M&A performance: An institutional perspective. *Review of International Business and Strategy*.
13. Singh, A., Sharma, C., & Yadav, R. (2023). Bank ownership and asset quality in Indian banking: Is there a link? *International Journal of Economics and Accounting*, 12(1), 33–42. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEA.2023.135580
14. Beniwal, M., Singh, A., & Kumar, N. (2023). Alternative to buy-and-hold: Predicting indices direction and improving returns using a novel hybrid LSTM model. *International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Tools*, 32(7). https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218213023500288
15. Kaur, A., Maheshwari, G. C., & Singh, A. (2023). Unveiling the alliance between corporate board composition and earnings management through meta-analysis. *Corporate Ownership & Control*, 20(3), Special Issue.
16. Kaur, A., Maheshwari, G. C., & Singh, A. (2023). Dropped out of grace: A case of Kingfisher Airlines. *Emerging Economies Cases Journal*. https://doi.org/10.1177/25166042231204468
17. Kaur, A., Maheshwari, G. C., & Singh, A. (2023). Modelling the association between corporate governance and earnings management through panel estimation. *Asian and Pacific Economic Review*, 16(1).
18. Manaswi, K., Singh, A., & Gupta, V. (2023). Is ESG the way forward? Exploring investors’ dilemma towards sustainable investments. *Asian and Pacific Economic Review*, 16(1).
19. Manaswi, K., Singh, A., & Gupta, V. (2023). Building a better future with sustainable investments: Insights from recent research. *Indian Journal of Human Development*. https://doi.org/10.1177/09737030231194836
20. Aggarwal, P., Singh, A., & Malhotra, D. (2023). Unlocking the hidden value: A novel approach to assess the relationship between environmental, social and governance (ESG) and firm performance through systematic review and bibliometric analysis. *Asian and Pacific Economic Review*.
21. Chaturvedi, A., & Singh, A. (2022). Examining systemic risk using Google PageRank algorithm: An application to Indian Non-Bank Financial Companies (NBFCs) crisis. *International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences*, 7(4), 575–588. https://doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2022.7.4.037
22. Kukreja, S., Maheshwari, G. C., & Singh, A. (2022). M&A performance in emerging markets: Do they behave in unison or otherwise? *International Journal of Emerging Markets*.
23. Beniwal, M., Singh, A., & Kumar, N. (2022). Predicting long term prices of Nifty index using linear regression and ARIMA: A comparative study. *International Journal of Accounting, Business and Finance*, 2(1), 31–41. https://doi.org/10.55429/ijabf.v2i1.96
24. Malik, S., Maheshwari, G. C., & Singh, A. (2021). Determinants of demand for credit by poor: Evidence from urban slums of Mumbai. *International Journal of Financial Services Management*, 11(1).
25. Malik, S., Maheshwari, G. C., & Singh, A. (2021). Formal vs informal demand for credit by women in urban India: A comparative study in slums of Delhi and Mumbai. *Gender in Management: An International Journal*, 36(1), 131–148. https://doi.org/10.1108/GM-06-2019-0087
26. Kharbanda, V., & Singh, A. (2020). Hedging and effectiveness of Indian currency futures market. *Journal of Asia Business Studies*, advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/JABS-10-2018-0279

1) Institutional Distance in Cross-Border M&As: Indian Evidence :Sakshi Kukreja, Girish Chandra Maheshwari, and Archana Singh: "Advances in Manufacturing & Engineering" ICAPIE proceedings 2019, Springer

2) Exploring Alternative Financial Route in Private Investor Capital : A case of Gramiksha : Bhawna Mehta & Archana Singh : Asset Analytics, P. K. Kapur et al. (Eds): Decision Analytics Applications in Industry, 978-981-15-3642-7, 491324_1_En, (17) Springer Nature.

 

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Commendable research award granted by DTU in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS
• “Training of women in Delhi for Creating Women Entrepreneurs/Data Entry Operators with Exposure to Tally, to Promote Awareness and to Enhance
Vocational Skills of Women”, NIELIT.(2017)
• Impact Analysis for NIELIT O & A level courses and certificate course in Office Automation (CCOA), (2020)
• Impact Analysis of the Project, “Enhancement Livelihood activities for SC candidates of Delhi/NCR through capacity building using ICT”, (2022)
 

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Submitted one course: approval awaited

Several Long term and Short term courses attended. some of them are :

1. Attended Online webinar on “The Top Job skills for 2023: A discussion with learning leaders”, organized by Coursera 
2. Participated in a pre-conference workshop on the theme of Applied Time Series using R,IIM Bodh Gaya
3. Participated in an Online certificate programme on data analysis using SPSS &AMOS,ASBM University, Odisha
4. Participated in a 3 day FDP organized by NTTR, Chennai on NBA Accreditation Procedures,DTU

 

Mentor to students.

Expert Lectures:

• Resource person in a “Training Programme on Financial Management in Scientific Organizations for Scientists and Technologists organized by IIPA,New Delhi (2023).
• Delivered an Expert Lecture in e-workshop on “Applications of Financial Mathematics in Stock Market” organized by NIT Hamirpur, HP (2022).
• Resource person in a “Training Programme on Financial Management in Scientific Organizations for Scientists and Technologists organized by IIPA ,New Delhi (2021)
• Invited as a resource person in FDP by NCERT in Dec.2016
• Resource person in a “Two week Faculty Development Program” sponsored by NSTEDB, GOI and organised by NAFEN. (2012 , 2013 and 2014)
• Resource person in a “Two day In House training program on finance for Non-Finance Executives” organised by Delhi Productivity Council for employees of IGPCL, Delhi. (2013).
•  Invited as a Resource person in BIMTECH , Patna (June 13)