Rate My Professor Sanjay Sehgal

Professor Sanjay Sehgal is a Senior Professor in the Department of Finance and Business Economics, South Campus, University of Delhi. He earned his B.Com. in 1986, M.Com. in 1988, M.Phil. in 1991, and Ph.D. in 1996 from the University of Delhi, complemented by Post-Doctoral research on the Multi-Factor Asset Pricing Model at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Beginning his career as a Lecturer in the Department of Financial Studies in 1988, he advanced to Reader (Associate Professor) in 1996, Professor in 2003, and Senior Professor. He has taught subjects including Investment Analysis, Portfolio Management, Financial Econometrics, and Corporate Finance. Administratively, he served as Head and Dean multiple times, from July 2007 to July 2010, February 2018 to June 2020, and September 2020 to September 2023. He has supervised 24 Ph.D. scholars to award and currently guides nine more, completed six major research projects, and authored a research book.

Sehgal specializes in Investment Management and Corporate Finance, with 123 research papers published in refereed international and national journals. Select publications include 'Stock market integration dynamics and its determinants in the East Asian Economic Community Region' (Sehgal, Pandey, Deisting, 2018, Journal of Quantitative Economics), 'Information transmission between mature and emerging equity markets during normal crisis periods' (Sehgal, Jain, Deisting, 2018), 'Business Cycle and Financial Cycle Interdependence and the Rising Role of China in SAARC' (Ahmad, Sehgal, 2017), 'Investor sentiment and its role in asset pricing: An empirical study for India' (Pandey, Sehgal, 2019), and 'Who leads in intraday gold price discovery and volatility connectedness' (Sehgal et al., 2021). His Scopus profile shows an h-index of 15 and 894 citations, contributing significantly to empirical finance in emerging markets. He has been on editorial boards of leading finance journals, served on the SEBI committee on Investor Education and Protection, and received the Commonwealth Fellowship (2001), Indo-French Social Sciences award (2007), and Shri Ram College of Commerce Illustrious Alumni award (2008).