• Ph.D.
• UGC-JRF
• M.Com

• Financial and Managerial Accounting
• Financial Services
• Investment Banking

• Associate Professor, IIFT, New Delhi - March 2019 - Till Date
• Assistant Professor, IIFT, New Delhi - December 2004 - February 2019
• Academic Consultant, Department of Commerce, Osmania University - July 2003 - November 2004
• Junior Research Fellow, Department of Commerce, Osmania University - June 1998 - April 2003
• Lecturer, St Pious X Degree College, Secunderabad - June 1997 - April 1998

Has more than two decades of teaching experience in the field of finance with specialisation in Financial Accounting and Control and Financial Services. Before joining IIFT, Jacqueline Symss was associated with the Department of Commerce at the University College of Commerce and Business Management, Osmania University, Hyderabad as a research fellow for four years and thereafter on completing her Ph.D had a short stint of one year as an academic consultant at the Department, teaching postgraduate students in Commerce. Soon after completing her Post Graduation and just prior to enrolling for her research, she worked as a full-time lecturer at a private degree college in Hyderabad for about a year, teaching undergraduate students in commerce.

Has also handled several academic and administrative assignments at IIFT which includes programme directorship for executive, masters and certificate courses at IIFT. Have been part of the team which successfully completed and secured the AACSB accrediation for IIFT in November 2021. I have also been part of several research project teams that worked on research projects related to enhancing export businesses for various sectors in India.

Research Papers Published

1.     Joshi, R.M., Symss, J., & Taneja, R. (Sept 2017), “GST: Implications for Indian Textiles”, India Investment Journal, pp. 34-35.

2.     Symss, J., Saradhi, V.R. & Nehra, P. (July 2018), “Determinants of Non-Performing Assets in Indian Banking Sector”, The Management Accountant, ICMAI, Vol. 53(7), pp. 91-98

3.     Joshi, R.M., Symss, J., Mulchandani, P. & Yadav, D. (Sept 2018), “Forecasting India’s Export Performance in Textile and Apparel for the next five years (2018-22)”, SS International Journal of Economics and Management, Vol. 8 (5), pp. 81-101.

4.     Symss, J., Joshi, R.M., Majumder, P., & Mehta, U., (Jul-Sept 2018) “Trend Analysis of India’s Leather and Leather Product Exports – Lessons and Recommendations”, Management Today, Vol. 8 (3), pp. 255 – 265.

5.     Saradhi, V.R., Symss, J., & Ghosh, T.P., (Oct-Dec 2018), “Impact of Financial Indicators on the Growth of Life Insurance Business in India”, Management Today, Vol 8 (4)

6.     Neetu, & Symss, Jacqueline., (Feb 2023, Early Cite), “Can Cryptocurrency Solve the problem of cash constraint in Corporates? – A Literature Review and Theoretical Perspective”, Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, (ABDC – B), doi : 10.1108/QRFM-12-2021-0215

7.     Gupta, Ritika & Symss, Jacqueline., (March 2023), Does Corporate Governance Impact Risk Disclosure? – An Empirical Analysis in Indian Context.”, Indian Journal of Corporate Governance, doi:10.1177/09746862231170428journals.sagepub.com/home/ijc

8.     Kumar, N. and Symss, J. (2024), "Corporate cash holding and firm’s performance in times of Ukraine war: a literature review and way forward", Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, https://doi.org/10.1108/JCEFTS-10-2023-0053

9.     Kushwaah, P., & Symss, J. (2024). “Asymmetric Return Connectedness Among Indian Equity Sectors:  Insights From Recent Global  Disruptions”. Global Business Review, https://doi.org/10.1177/09721509241257111

10.  Kushwaah, P., & Symss, J. (2025), “Asymmetric Connectedness Between Economic Policy Uncertainity of Selected Countries and Indian Equity Market”, Journal of Financial Economic Policy, https://doi.org/10.1108/JFEP-10-2024-0299

11.  Kushwaah, P., & Symss,J. (2025), “Extreme Quantile Connectedness across Indian Equity Sectors amid Black Swan events” Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, https://doi.org/10.1080/17520843.2025.2533001

12.  Kumar, Neetu & Symss. J. (2025), “Nexus between Firm Performance and Cash Holding Adjustment – An Insightful Analysis using Dynamic Panel Data Regression”, Accounting Research Journal, Paper Accepted on November 3^rd, 2025

13. Gupta, Ritika & Symss J. (2025), "Corporate Governance and Risk Disclosure : An Integrative Review From an Institutional Perspective", Journal of Marketing & Social Research, Paper Accepted on December 10th, 2025

Conference Papers

• Conference paper on “Emerging Issues of Financial Market” at VIPSAR, Indore, India on December 1^st, 2012, on the theme “Paradigm Shift in Innovative Business Management”
• Conference paper on “Cross Country Experiences in the development of Corporate Bond Market with special emphasis on ASEAN”, at Pondicherry University, India, on January 23^rd -25^th, 2014, on the theme “International Conference on Debt and Debt Derivative Markets”.
• Conference paper on “A Decadal Study on Impact of Monetary Policy on Food Inflation: An Overview and Future Direction.” at 1^st Rajagiri Management Conference, Kochi, October 15-16, 2020.
• Conference Paper on “Can Cryptocurrency solve the problem of cash constrained in corporates during unprecedented times: A Literature Review and Theoretical Perspective”, at EIITF Conference, Kolkata, December 16-17, 2021
• Conference paper on “Connectedness and Volatility Spillover between Green Bond Market and other Financial Markets: Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Agenda”, at ICSG (2022), IIM Bodh Gaya, September 16-17, 2022.
• Conference Paper on “Does Speed of Adjustment impact Firm Performance? – An Empirical Investigation of Firms in an emerging market” by Neetu Gupta and Jacqueline Symss, at IIM Amritsar, January 20-22, 2023.
• Conference Paper on “Does Corporate Governance influence corporate risk disclosure practices? – Evidence from Indian Listed Companies”, at Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi, February 16-17, 2023.
• Conference Paper on “Quantile and Asymmetric Return Connectedness among NSE Equity Sectors: Insights from Covid-19 Health Crisis and Russian Ukraine Feud”, at 4^th Annual International Conference on Capital Markets, NISM, Mumbai, Dec 14-15, 2023
• Conference Paper on “Analysis of Dependence Structures and Hedging Among Metal and Agricultural Commodity Futures in India” at IIM Jammu, IFAC-2023, Sept 8^th - 9^th, 2023
• Conference Paper on “Extreme Quantile Connectedness between Crude Oil and Indian Equity Sectors: A Portfolio Hedging Analysis”, IIT Dhanbad, July 6^th -7^th, 2024
•  Conference Paper on “Asymmetric Time Spillover between Economic Policy Uncertainties and Indian Equity Sectors “at IIM Jammu, IFAC 2024, Dec 12^th – 13^th, 2024

Research Projects Completed

• Joshi, R.M., Nag, B., Symss, J., Taneja, R., & Yadav, D., “Challenges and Strategies to promote India as a Sourcing Destination”, submitted to the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, September 2017.
• Joshi, R.M., Symss, J., Majumder, P., & Mehta, U., “Detailed Project Report (DPR) for setting up a Centre of Excellence in International Business and Trade Analytics at FDDI, Bannur”, submitted to FDDI, Noida, February 2018.
• Joshi, R.M., & Symss, J., "Rationalization of Export Promotion Councils", submitted to the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Trade, Government of India, New Delhi, October 2019.
• Joshi, R.M., Symss, J., & Rana, Arunima, "Roadmap and Strategies to Promote Export of Dairy Products for the Organised Dairy Sector", submitted to NDDB, Anand, Gujarat, March 2020.

Training Programs Attended

• FDP on Nuturing Future Leadership Programme, 1 -5 December, 2025, SPJIMR, Mumbai
• FDP on Advanced Panel Data Analysis, 28 -30 May, 2025, IIFT New Delhi
• FDP on Research Tools for Scholarly Publishing, 7 -9 April 2023, Jindal Global Business School, OP Jindal Global Univeristy, Sonipat
• FDP on Multivariate Data Analysis, 9-10 May, 2019, FORE Campus, New Delhi.
• Workshop on "R" and Econometric Tools, 5-9 March, 2019, Department of Humanities, Delhi Technological University.
• Workshop on Advance Research Techniques using Panel Data, 25-27 October, 2018, FIIB, New Delhi.
• Workshop on Research Methods and Data Analytical Tools, 26-28 March, 2018, AIMA, New Delhi.
• Global Colloquium on Participant Centered - Learning, 25 July - 5 August, 2010, Harvard Business School, Boston, USA. The GCPCL is an executive education program conducted by Harvard for faculty representing various disciplines selected from some of the top Business Schools of several countries to explore, deliberate, and emulate the global leader's style in Case Teaching and Writing.