Ms. Merin Thomas, a Post graduate degree holder in Management from Rajagiri Business School is currently working as Assistant Professor at FISAT Business School. Prior to joining FISAT, she has worked for The South Indian Bank Ltd.as probationary officer and with Toc H Institute of Science and Technology as Assistant Professor . She has 7 years of experience encompassing academic and industry. Her research interests are equity valuation and financial derivatives.
- Presented the paper titled ‘Embracing Digitalisation – Exploring the Relationship Between Digital
Competence and Self-Efficacy of School Teachers’ at the International Conference AUN BE organized
by ASEAN University Network for Business and Economics (AUN-BE) on 2nd April 2021.
- Presented the paper titled ‘ Antecedents and consequences of behavioural biases in Indian Mutual
fund investors’ at the 2nd Rajagiri Conference on Economics and Finance organized by Rajagiri
Business School and Rajagiri College of Social Sciences held on 5th and 6th November 2020.
- Presented the paper titled ‘The best day to invest in Asia; an analysis of the day of the effect across
major stock indices in Asia.’ at the International scientific and practical conference on Topical Issues
of Economics, Accounting, Finance and Human Resources Management, organized by Uzhhorod
National University on 17th and 18th April 2020.
- Presented the paper titled ‘Wealth creation and economic value added- An examination from one of
the world’s largest growing economies.’ at the International scientific and practical conference on
Topical Issues of Economics, Accounting, Finance and Human Resources Management, organized by
Uzhhorod National University on 17th and 18th April 2020.
- Received the Best Paper award in the 9th International Conference on Business and Information for
the paper ‘A study on export competitiveness of Indian Industries.’, organized by the Faculty of
Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka in collaboration with Toc H
Institute of Science and Technology, Kerala, held on 1st November 2018
FDPs:
- Attended a two-week faculty development program on OBE in Management (AICTE sponsored) conducted by Saintgits , Kottayam from 16th to 28th November 2020.
- Attended a six-day faculty development program on Neuroscience of Learning in Digitized Learning
Environment organized by SCMS Cochin School of Business from 14th to 19th September 2020
Published paper titled ‘Multidimensional evaluation of mutual funds using performance ratios: a
critical examination of technology sector mutual funds in India’ in International Journal Vallis Aurea,
Vol. 5 No. 1, 2019.