July 18, 2015
Dr. Shikta Singh has a great passion for Teaching & Research. Presently she is serving as an Associate Professor in KIIT School of Management, KIIT University, an institution of eminence. She was also the Head of Finance & Economics Area (2022-24) & MBA Chairperson of Healthcare Management at the Institute. She is a successful corporate trainer, training industry people on finance & technical skills. She has been an alumnus of Utkal University, Ravenshaw University, and Pune University. She has completed her PhD in the area of Applied & Analytical Economics and has completed the advanced Program in Applied Finance from IIM Calcutta. She brings with her more than 14 years of rich teaching experience in Universities like-KIIT University, Utkal University, Abhinav Institute of Management & Research, Pune. She is also a Visiting Professor to a few reputed institutions of Odisha & Outside. Her current research interest lies in various Macro Economic issues, Behavioural Finance, International Financial Management, Industrial Economics and Development Economics. She has authored around 30 research papers of national and international repute in the area of macroeconomics, industrial economics, behavioural finance, Stock market dynamics, and management as published 7 Book chapters and Two Books. She has been guiding research scholars, of which six scholars have been awarded. She is also the Editor of Parikalpana- Imagineering Business- A UGC Care Journal. She is the recipient of multiple awards and is a gold medallist.
She has worked on two research projects for RBI Bulletin and on Health care for a Consultancy. She has been Resource Persons and Keynote Speaker to some of the reputed institutions in the country and state as well. She is a regular panellist for Budget discussions and other economic discussions on Kalinga TV, News 18, DD Odia, Ten News channel. Going by the current scenario she is well versed with blended- learning techniques and taking up sessions on online platforms. She is well versed in designing e-contents for e-learning platforms. Her MOOCs in Behavioural Finance is active in the Swayam Portal with enrolled participants of more than 5500. She has conducted multiple webinars, ATAL FDPs, MDPs and online research workshops, international conferences crowding masses of more than 3000 participants from various universities and corporates from India and abroad and also have trained faculties on using techniques for online teaching. She also has written blogs on economic significance, news columns. She has successfully bagged various projects approved by ATAL, AICTE, ICSSR & MHRD, Swayam GOI. Presented papers in various International Conferences viz. in Singapore 2014, ERAZ Conference held at Belgrade 2017, and ICOM 2017 Conference at Abu Dhabi, ICOM 2019 MICA, and IMC 2020 held at Delhi, Singapore & Nottingham University UK in 2024. She has been a position holder in her 12th, Post graduate and M.Phil level and has received gold medal for the same. Apart from that she has got 0.1 merit certificate and Gold medal for being the All India Topper in Economics during 12th board.
She believes in a society where everyone has a standard of living that enables one to realise one’s potential. Dr. Shikta stands for smartly using resources towards addressing economic & social issues. Very recently she was awarded with the APJ Abdul Kalam teachers excellence award from AICTE GOI for her contribution in the field of education by honorable education minister of State Shri Subhas Sarkar at the Constitution club of India, New Delhi IN 2021 and also was awarded with the Bharat Samman Niddhi Purushkar held in Delhi Vidhan Sabha in 2024.
