Dr. Shikha Gupta is an accomplished Associate Professor and Programme Coordinator in the Management Department of the Management Education and Research Institute. With expertise in Finance and Accounting, she is also serving as the SPOC for the Swayam Local Chapter. Dr.Gupta has authored a book titled “Capital Market” and is the chief editor of the “Marketing Quest” magazine. She has 15 years of experience in the areas of academics, consulting industry projects and counselling students.

Dr. Gupta has actively worked as an AICTE Reviewer in the SLA(Student Learning and Assessment) Program. She has her undergraduate degree in commerce from Delhi University and a master’s in finance from GGSIP University, where she was the university topper in Financial Management. Thereafter, she cleared the UGC-NET in management, securing the 4th All India rank. She has completed a PhD in finance from B.R. Ambedkar University.

Dr. Shikha has published and presented more than 20 research papers in journals and conferences of repute. She has also conducted numerous finance seminars, book launches and other activities as the Literary Club head. She has been involved in guiding postgraduate students for dissertations and research projects, as well as acting as UR and IR. Dr. Gupta is also working on many international financial projects as a freelancer.

Management Education

What is your philosophy of leadership and how would you describe your leadership style? 

One thing that I have learned over the years that you should not be a manager rather you should be a leader. You must lead the team, which is what companies also look for. Sometimes there's no fixed style of leadership and it's not like a rule of thumb that everybody should follow; rather, I always prefer to have a leadership style that changes according to the situation. Sometimes you are dealing with students, so you have to be autocratic. On the other hand, when you are talking with your team and your class coordinators, you have to adopt the laissez-faire leadership style.

How does the curriculum of your college ensure the best practice of the industry?

In our curriculum, one thing that I love the most about MERI is that, apart from just book learning, we prepare our question papers on an open book system. There are no direct questions taken from the book and students have to apply themselves to clear the exam. Apart from that, we always ensure that our students are registered in at least one club. This ensures there is overall development in the students and they learn how to develop different soft skills.

What do you see as the college's greatest strength?

For our institute, the greatest strength is that new ideas are always accepted and promoted by our VP, Professor Lalit Aggarwal Sir. He is always ready to welcome faculty members who come up with new solutions. He is not the kind of leader who pushes his theory or his ideas for others to follow. We are greatly inspired by his actions and have started adopting his methods in our daily work as well.

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What are the most important functions in the role that you play in your college?

 As the programme coordinator for BBA, there are many things I have to do. All our actions and decisions are targeted towards the betterment of the entire management department. One of our recent activities was the Art Integrated Learning Program, wherein we gave projects to the students where they had to pick any concept of accounting as a finance faculty. They have to use their creativity to present that concept and are allowed to make use of art as well. Apart from that, we have also done MOOT courts for law students so that they can see what the real court functions like.

What is the motto of your department?

The motto in my department is for every teacher to promote experiential learning for the students so that proper education is provided to every student. This will ensure that the students can grow and achieve success in their lives. The aim is to provide holistic development for the students.

Any suggestions that you would like to give to the current youth? 

I would advise students not to run after marks but to shape their personalities and develop soft skills as well. This will matter when you are going for interviews and you need to speak well about your skills to the interviewer. You need to keep learning to be competitive.