Dr. Pradeep Kumar Gupta holds a PhD degree with several professional certifications. He has more than 20 years of teaching, research, consultancy and industry experience in education, commodity market, accounting and auditing field. His research interest is in the area of corporate governance, CSR, Value relevance research, Leverage analysis, and Investment strategies. He has published several research papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings of international standing and presented research articles at the conferences of International and National levels. He is a trained professional in leading national and international accreditations and rankings. He has been serving as the expert member of various committees and board of studies for several educational institutes and visited more than 10 countries (USA, UK, Japan, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia, Germany, etc.) for collaborations, conferences, and accreditation.