Dr. N. Vijayakumar, Associate Professor, Department of Commerce has received Ph.D in Finance titled “An Empirical Study on Equity based Options market in India” from Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi. He served as Assistant Professor (SG) at PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore and ICFAI Business School Hyderabad. Before joining Pondicherry University, he was appointed as Assistant Professor through UPSC for the Government of Puducherry. He has published nearly 18 Articles and Research papers published in refereed Indian and International journals. He has completed one UGC Minor Project and received J L Batra Best Research Paper Award. He is also qualified UGC NET and NCFM Certifications.