Educational Qualification:

• MBA, NET in Management
• M.Com, NET in Commerce

Work Experience: 7 Years (completed years)

Specialization:

• Finance 
• Marketing

Areas of interest:

• Finance, Marketing and Human Resource

Areas of Research:

• Financial management
• Marketing Management

Research Publications:

• Financial Inclusion: A Key to Micro Finance. Indian Journal of Applied Research, ISSN: 2249555X. Vol. 4 issue 11, November, 2015
• Nishant Thard & Dr. Pratim Barua -- Paper published in “International Journal of Multifaceted and Multilingual Studies” titled “Identifying Variables Impacting Investment Behaviour: A Study Based on Review of Literature” having IMPACT FACTOR: 4.205; ISSN NO: 2394-207X (July 2016)
• Jagwinder Singh & Nishant Thard-- Paper published in “International Journal of Multifaceted and Multilingual Studies” titled “Ethics and Its Importance in E-Marketing - An Empirical Study” having IMPACT FACTOR: 4.205; ISSN NO: 2394-207X (May 2016)
• Nishant Thard & Jagwinder Singh-- Paper published in “INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH” titled “Corporate Social Responsibility: An Evaluation of CSR Activities of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)” having IMPACT FACTOR: 3.919; Volume:6; Issue:9; ISSN - 2249-555X; IC Value : 74.50 (September 2016)
• Paper published in “INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH” titled “Globalization and Indian Market: A Swot Analysis” having IMPACT FACTOR : 5.215; ISSN NO: 2250-1991
• Paper published in “INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH” titled “A Comparative Study on Investment Behaviour of University Teachers: A Case Study of Gauhati University and Tezpur University” having IMPACT FACTOR : 2.173; ISSN NO: 2455-8834, Volume: 04, Issue: 05 "May 2019", pp. 3587- 3596.

Workshop/Seminar/Conference:

• Attended 3 days Workshop on the topic “Curriculum Design, Preparation of ICT enabled course plan and teaching plan for student centric learning”.
• Attended ICT based one week short term training programme on the topic “E-Governance, Eco-Preneurship and Green IT in Technical Institutions”.
• Paper presented in a National Seminar organized by Centre for management Studies, Dibrugarh University on the topic- “ Ethics and its importance in E-marketing- An empirical Study”
• Attended 3 days Workshop on Entrepreneurship Awareness camp and also delivered a lecture on the same.
• Acted as an expert member on the interview board of Kendra Vidyalaya, Dibrugarh.
• Attended 3 days Workshop at AIMA (All India Management Association), New Delhi on the topic ‘ Workshop on Advances on Research Methods & Data Analysis Tools”
• Paper presented in a National Seminar organized by Department of Economics in collaboration with: INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)”, Silapathar Town College, Dhemaji with paper titled “Financial Inclusion: A key to Micro finance”.
• Attended one week Workshop on the topic “Use of statistics in Commerce, Economics and Management Research” organized by Centre for Management Studies, Dibrugarh University.
• Participated in one day “ Thinking Social Seminar- Connecting Youth to Social Enterprise” organized by Tata’ Social Enterprise Challenge- a joint venture with IIM Calcutta Innovation Park and in association of Dibrugarh University.
• Participated in 3 days National Workshop on “Management of University Administration” organized by Association of Indian Universities in collaboration with Dibrugarh University.
• Participated in Two days National Workshop on Research paper and project proposal writing organized by DURSA, Dibrugarh University.
• Participated in Two days Management Development Program organized by Centre for Management Studies, Dibrugarh University on “Leadership Development for Mid career professionals and its significance in Modern Business Organisational Context”.
• Participated in Faculty Development Programme on GST and Students Employability organized by Dibrugarh University in association with ICA Edu Skills Pvt. Ltd.
• Paper presented in 1^st National Conference of North East India Commerce and Management Association (NEICMA) on the topic “Challenges of Tourism in North Eastern region of India – A SWOT Analysis”.
• Presented a Paper in the UGC sponsored National Seminar organized by Department of Banking, CKB Commerce College, Jorhat, Assam on the title “CSR and Green Banking: A Paradigm Shift”.
• Acted as the Chief Coordinator of a National Seminar held by Centre for Management Studies, Dibrugarh University on the topic “Demonetisation and Indian Economy”.
• Presented a Paper in the UGC sponsored National Seminar on “ Sustainable Development in India: Issues and challenges with special reference to NER-India” in academic collaboration with North East Economic Association(NEEA), North East India Commerce and Management Association (NEICMA), Society for Extension Education, Agra (SEEA) and Association of North East India Studies (ANEIS) on the topic “ Sustainable Development of CBCS programme in course curriculum of Dibrugarh University: A study from the lenses of the post graduate students of Dibrugarh University”.
• Participated in One Day workshop on “Business Sustainability, Financial Policy, E-Banking, Digital Banking and Financial Inclusion” held on 31^st May, 2017; organized by Dibrugarh University.
• Acted as the Chief Coordinator for 2 days programme organised by Centre for Management Studies in collaboration with Carpe-Diem- 2017-18 IIM Calcutta on the topic “Logistic and Supply Chain Management held on 21^st and 22^nd September, 2017.
• Participated in two Day workshop on “Workshop on case Methodology and Case writing” held on 4^th & 5^th May, 2018 at Tezpur University.
• Presented a paper on 3^rd national conference of North East India Commerce and Management Association (NEICMA) on “Emerging Trends in Commerce & Management” on the topic “Brand Preference and Brand Loyalty of Customers towards mobile phones- A case study of Dibrugarh Town” held on 5^th and 6^th October, 2018 at J.B. College, Jorhat.
•  Acted as the coordinator of the 13^th Management Development Programme held on the Topic “Leadership” organised by Centre for Management, Dibrugarh University on 15^th and 16^th November 2018. (Participated in the same)