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 21 Research papers and Articles in refereed Indian and International journals. He has completed one UGC Minor Project and one collaborative project titled “Economic Impact of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana on Reducing Income Inequality” sponsored by ICSSR under Short Term Empirical Research Project under ICSSR Special Call 2023-24. He received J L Batra Best Research Paper Award and 3 Best student Project guide award given by PSG Tech Alumni Association and LMW award, Coimbatore. He is also qualified UGC NET and NCFM Certifications. He is also Board of Studies member and PhD Doctoral for committee member for few colleges and Universities. He is a visiting faculty for Thiayagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai.