Dr. Arjun T P
Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce
Profile
Dr. Arjun T P
Assistant Professor
Dr. Arjun T P is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Commerce at the Christ Academy Institute for Advanced Studies (CAIAS), Bengaluru. He received his doctoral degree in Commerce from the Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), where he also completed his M.Phil in Commerce. He was awarded the University Grants Commission’s Junior Research Fellowship (NET-JRF) in 2020.
His teaching and research interests lie in finance. He enjoys teaching subjects such as Financial Management, Cost Accounting, and Financial Accounting. He is currently expanding his expertise in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence and is enrolled in the Professional Certificate Program in Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence at the IIM Kozhikode.
His research areas include Personal Finance, Behavioral Finance, and Consumer Behavior. He is presently exploring the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) in the domains of Personal and Household Finance. His work has been published in journals listed in the ABDC Quality List and indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. He has presented his research at several reputable international conferences, including those organized by IIM Calcutta, IIT Madras, NISM, and others. He was awarded the Student/Young Professional Conference Scholarship at the 2025 Annual Conference of the American Council on Consumer Interests.
Area
Finance
Qualification
Ph.D. in Commerce
Publications
Journal Articles:
- Arjun, T. P., & Subramanian, R. (2025). Does participation in self-help group-based micro-financial activities enhance the financial literacy of women? Evidence from India. International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-10-2023-0843 (Scopus – Q2, WoS – ESCI and ABDC – B)
- Arjun, T. P., & Subramanian, R. (2024). Defining and measuring financial literacy in the Indian context: a systematic literature review. Managerial Finance, Emerald Publishing Limited, 50(7). https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-08-2022-0358 (Scopus – Q2, WoS – ESCI and ABDC – B)
- Subramanian, R., & Arjun, T. P. (2024). Do explicit and implicit parental financial socialisation influence students’ financial literacy? Evidence from India. Indian Journal of Finance, 18(10). 10.17010/ijf/2024/v18i10/174612 (Scopus – Q3 and ABDC – C)
Book Chapters:
- Subramanian, R., Arjun, T. P., & Ashique Ali, K. A. (2024). How do the socio-economic characteristics of migrant workers shape their financial behaviour? In A. Vinodan, S. Mahalakshmi, & S. Rameshkumar (Eds.), Informal Economy and Sustainable Development Goals: Ideas, Interventions and Challenges (pp. 53–66). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-980-220241003 (Scopus)
- Subramanian, R., & Arjun, T. P. (2023). Consumer cash-flow management and budgeting behavior. In J. J. Xiao & S. Kumar (Eds.), A Research Agenda for Consumer Financial Behavior (1st ed., Issue 2011, pp. 59–72). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803922652.00013 (Scopus)
Conference Proceedings:
- Arjun, T. P., Subramanian, R., Xiao, J. J., & K. A., A. A. (2025). Personal finance and subjective well-being – A multi-dimensional analysis. In S. Rystrom (Ed.), Consumer Interests Annual (Vol. 71). American Council on Consumer Interests. View Paper
- Kottekkadan, N. N., & Arjun, T. P. (2020). Rural tourism and host community perspectives: A critical evaluation. In R. Jacob, T. K. Thomas, S. R. Babu, & A. T A (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st Asian Tourism Research Conference 2020: Interpreting the Landscape of Asian Tourism. School of Tourism Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University.
- Arjun, T. P. (2017). Innovative stock market investment techniques: Systematic investment plan. In N. P M & V. K M (Eds.), Commerce and Management in Changing Times. Department of Commerce, Maharaja’s College.
Academic Conferences
- Presented the paper “Impact of Financial Personality on Investment Decisions: The Mediating Role of Behavioural Biases” at the Research Symposium on Finance and Economics 2024, organised virtually by IFMR Graduate School of Business, 2024.
- Presented “Role of Financial Personality in the Relationship between Behavioural Biases and Investment Decisions of Individual Stock Market Investors” at the Fifth SEBI–NISM Research Conference on “Sustained Capital Formation: The Way Forward”, organised by National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) in association with National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), 2024.
- Presented “Challenges in Using Smartphone-based Payment Services: An Exploratory Study” at the 1st International Conference on Management Research (ICMR 2023), organised by the Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras, 2023.
- Presented “Does Participation in Self-Help Group-based Micro-financial Activities Improve Financial Literacy?” at the International Finance and Accounting Conference (IFAC 2023), organised by IIM Jammu, 2023.
- Presented “Determinants of Women’s Financial Literacy” at the India Finance Conference 2020, organised by the Indian Finance Association (IFA) in collaboration with IIM Calcutta, IIM Bangalore, and IIM Ahmedabad, 2022.
- Presented “Parental Influence on Students’ Financial Literacy” at the International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Emerging Markets (CIEMC 2022), organised by IIM Bodh Gaya in collaboration with University of Waikato, 2022.
- Presented “Financial Knowledge, Financial Attitude, Risk Tolerance, and Return Expectation: Determinants of Responsible Investment Intention” at the International Conference on Sustainability Goals (ICSG 2022), organised by IIM Bodh Gaya in collaboration with University of Cambridge, 2022.
- Presented “Financial Literacy in India: A Systematic Literature Review” at the International Conference on Emerging Approaches in Business Management: Divergent Perspectives and Dimensions, organised by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, 2020.
- Presented “Commerce Education in Entrepreneurship Development” at the International Conference on “Vision 2020: Competing in a World of Sectors Without Borders”, organised by College of Engineering Trivandrum, 2018.
- Presented “Relevance of Multi-level Marketing” at the National Seminar on “Modernism, Inventiveness and Trends in Commerce”, organised by Mahatma Gandhi College Thiruvananthapuram, 2018.
Professional Affiliations
- Member, American Council on Consumer Interests
Fellowship Awards
Fellowships:
- American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) Annual Conference – Student/Young Professional Conference Scholarship Award, 2025.
- Junior Research Fellowship (NET-JRF), University Grants Commission, Government of India, 2020.
- National Fellowship for Persons with Disabilities (NFPwD), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India, 2020.
Reviewer:
- International Journal of Consumer Studies
- International Journal of Bank Marketing, Emerald
- Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer
- Managerial Finance, Emerald
Workshops, FDPs & Training Programmes
- Attended a 3-day hands-on workshop on “Bibliometric Analysis using VOSviewer and RStudio” (22–24 February 2024), conducted online by Nuhianwali Education Society, 2024.
- Completed an e-workshop on “Bibliometric Analysis using RStudio and VOSviewer” (27 August 2023), organised by Commacad, 2023.
- Participated in a 5-day online workshop on “Structural Equation Modelling using SmartPLS 4” (1–5 May 2023), organised by EdMaestro Pvt. Ltd. in collaboration with SmartPLS GmbH, 2023.
- Participated in a 2-day online workshop on “Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis” (25 November & 2 December 2022), organised by the Marketing Management Programme at Xavier Institute of Social Service, 2022.
- Participated in a national workshop on “Structural Equation Modelling” (11–12 June 2022), jointly organised by the Research Promotion Council and the Department of Commerce and Management Studies, Farook College, 2022.
- Completed a 10-day ICSSR Research Methodology Course (20–30 December 2021), organised by the Department of Commerce, Central University of Tamil Nadu, 2021.
- Participated in the AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on “Data Sciences” (21–25 September 2020), conducted at NIT Raipur, 2020.
- Completed a 2-day workshop on “Time Series and Panel Data Analysis” (18–19 August 2020), organised by the Indian Accounting Association Bhubaneswar Branch, 2020.
- Attended a 7-day Executive Development Programme on “Model Building” (10–16 August 2020), organised by the Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, 2020.
- Participated in a 7-day online Faculty Development Programme on “Research Methodology: Data Analysis, Reporting and Publication Perspectives” (20–26 July 2020), organised by the Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development, Bharathiar University, 2020.
