Dr. Riya Mehta

Dr. Riya Mehta is a Post-Doc Fellow of Adani University specializing in Finance. She has completed her Ph.D. from the Institute of Management Nirma University in Value and Size Anomalies: A Study of the Indian Stock Market. She has done her MBA with a specialization in Finance from Gujarat Technological University.

Financial market analysis, capital market, security analysis, portfolio management, shareholder value creation, and financial reporting and analysis among others.

• Ph.D. (Finance) , Nirma University (2022)
• GSET (Management) 2017
• MBA in Finance (2016)
• BBA in Finance (2014)

She has worked as a visiting faculty at Amity Global Business School, Ahmedabad as well as at GLS University, Ahmedabad teaching different courses in graduate and post-graduate programs.

Journal Publications:

• Jhaveri, C., Sood, G., & Shah, R. (2021). Efficiency Assessment of Indian Textile Units Using Data Envelopment and Regression Analysis. Indian Journal of Finance, 15(5-7), 9-25.
• Danak, D., & Shah, R. (2020). Size Effect in Indian Equity Market: Discriminant Analysis. SCMS Journal of Indian Management, 17(4), 106-122.
• Danak, D., & Shah, R. (2020). Value Anomaly or Value Premium? An Innovative Approach to Examining Risk-Return Profiles Using Discriminant Analysis. Pacific Business Review International, 12(12).
• Shah, R., & Shome, S. (2019). Platform Economy: Evidence from Indian Market. SCMS Journal of Indian Management, 16(1), 23-32.
• Shah, R. (2018). The Determinants Shaping Inward FDI in Indian Economy. International Journal of Management Studies, 5(4), 132-141.doi:10.18843/ijms/v5i4(9)/18.

Book Chapters:

• 2019: Testing the Causal Relationship between Energy Sector and Indian Stock Market by Himalaya Publishing House. ISBN: 978-93-5299-654-4
• 2019: The Reaction of Stock Market on stock split: A Literature Review by Excel India Publishers. ISBN: 978-93-8823-762-8
• 2018: Are Shareholders in Small Companies Exposed to Higher Risk? by McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited. ISBN: 978-93-87572-22-5
• 2018: The Long-Run Price Behaviour of Market and Securities: Empirical Evidence on Efficiency of Indian Capital Market by Excel India Publishers. ISBN: 978-93-8672-470-0
• 2018: Link between Human Capital and Foreign Direct Investment in India: Empirical Evidence from Time series data by Excel India Publishers. ISBN: 978-93-8672-469-4
• 2017: Features Exploration: Analysis of Literature on Search Engine Optimization by Excel India Publishers. ISBN: 978-93-86256-32-4
• 2017 Searching Habits: An Exploratory Study of Ahmedabad Internet Users by Himalaya Publishing House. ISBN: 978-93-5262-686-1
• 2017: Portfolio Risk and Return analysis using the Efficient portfolio frontier – An Empirical Study by Excel India Publishers. ISBN: 978-93-8625-675-1

Distinctions & Awards:

• Awarded “Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Sanman-2012” as a meritorious student of Ahmedabad.
• Awarded “The Best Student of the Year” 2011-2014 of GLS Institute of Business Administration.
• Having cleared the Gujarat State Eligibility Test (GSET) for Assistant Professor in Management subject in 2017.
• Awarded “Best paper” in National Youth Summit 2017 for the paper titled “Searching Habits: An Exploratory Study of Ahmedabad Internet Users”
• Awarded ICSSR Centrally Administered Full-Term Doctoral Fellowship in the Year 2019-20.