Faculty Profile

Profile Summary

• Sunil Sangwan is presently working as assistant professor (Finance) at Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). Prior to join IRMA, he taught at Indian Institute of Information Technology Una (IIIT Una). He is equipped with three years of corporate experience, was associated with Bank of Baroda and Vardhman Textiles Ltd. He holds a Ph.D degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in the area of  Development Finance (Microfinance). He completed his Master’s in Business Management (MBA) from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad (MNNIT) with a major in Finance. His teaching and research interests include development finance, financial inclusion,  microfinance, rural development, rural livelihood, impact evaluation, and financial accounting. 

  Sponsored Research Projects Engaged

  • Socio-Economic Survey (SIA) for the works of Dugwells for Dang District under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY) (Coordinator).

  • Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, Distress Migration and Skill Development: An assessment in Odisha, sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).

  • Assessment of the Convergence Activities under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in Odisha, sponsored by NIRD and PR under MoRD, New Delhi.

  • Evaluating Effectiveness of The Channels of Financial Inclusion: A Study of Rural Odisha, Sponsored by ICSSR under IMPRESS, New Delhi,

  Google Scholar weblink: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JpeG5jcAAAAJ&hl=en

   

Courses

• Financial Inclusion and Microfinance

• Financial Accounting

• Financial Management

Journal(Article)

• Mia, M.A, Pellegrina, L.D., Zhang, C., & Sangwan, S. (2022). Efficiency-Wage and Productivity in The Microfinance Industry: An Answer to Mission Drift? IIM Kozhikode Society and Management Review, 1-18

• Mia, M.A., Sangwan, S., Hussain, B., & Malim, N.A.K. (2021). Rural-Urban Financial Inclusion Through Microfinance: Implications on Cost Sustainability of Lenders. Managerial and Decision Economics

• Sangwan, S., Nayak, N.C., Harsita., & Sangwan, V. (2021). Borrowers` Credit Risk Factors, Perception Towards Repayment Interventions and Moral Hazard in Loan Delinquency: An Investigation of Indian Microfinance Institutions. Applied Economics, 53(56), 6554-6569.

• Sangwan, S., Nayak, N.C., Sangwan, V., & Pradhan, A.K. (2021). Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Ways Forward for the Indian Microfinance Institutions. Journal of Public Affairs, 21 (4), e2667.

• Sangwan, S. & Nayak, N.C. (2020). Factors Influencing the Borrower Loan Size in Microfinance Group Lending: A Survey from Indian Microfinance Institutions, Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 13(2), 223-238.

• Sangwan, S., & Nayak, N.C. (2021). Examining Mission Drift in Client Targeting among Indian For-Profit Microfinance Institutions: A Multidimensional Approach. Journal of Public Affairs, DOI:10.1002/pa.2622.

• Sangwan, S., & Nayak, N.C. (2020). Outreaching the Poor under Microfinance Institutions in India: Rhetoric versus Realities. Journal of Public Affairs, 20(4), e2161.

• Sangwan, S., Nayak, N.C., & Samanta, D. (2020). Loan Repayment Behavior among the Clients of Indian Microfinance Institutions: A Household Level Investigation. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 30 (4), 474-497.

• Sangwan, S. & Nayak, N.C. (2019). Do Outreach Approaches Differ Between Self-Help Group-Bank Linkage and Microfinance Institution-Based Microfinance? Evidences from Indian states. Journal of Social and Economic Development, 21, 93-115.

MDP-Coordinated

• Financing for Enterprise Development for VKP, (November 28 - December 1, 2023)

• Financing for Enterprise Development, (September 20 - 23, 2023)

• Finance for Non-Finance Executives, (August 22 - 25, 2023)

• Financial Control in Co-operatives, (June 27 - 30, 2023)

MDP-Instructed

• Training for the Directors and CEOs of FPOs Promoted by Bihar Kosi Basin Development Project, (December 27 - 31, 2024)

• FPO Capacity Building Workshop for the Officials of Bihar Kosi Basin Development Project, (December 16 - 20, 2024)

• Financial Management and Project Management for Executives of National Co-operative Development Corporation, (November 25 - 29, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (September 23 - 28, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (September 16 - 21, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (September 9 - 14, 2024)

• Financial Management and Project Management for Executives of National Co-operative Development Corporation, (September 2 - 6, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (September 2 - 7, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (August 26 - 31, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (August 19 - 24, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (August 5 - 10, 2024)

• Senior Executive Development Programme for SMFG India Credit Co. Ltd. (Term-1), (August 5 - 10, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (July 29 - August 3, 2024)

• Training for the Directors and CEOs of FPOs Promoted by Bihar Kosi Basin Development Project, (July 22 - 26, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (July 15 - 20, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (July 8 - 13, 2024)

• Training for Board of Directors and Management Officials of Tibetan Co-operatives, (July 2 - 4, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (June 24 - 29, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement for State Bank of India, (June 17 - 22, 2024)

• Capability Development-cum-Exposure Visit of Board of Directors of Women FPCs, (March 20 - 22, 2024)

• Financial Management and Project Management for Executives of National Cooperative Development Corporation, (February 26 - March 1, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement Programme for Officers of Bank of India, (January 15 - 20, 2024)

• Banking Leadership and Performance Enhancement Programme for Officers of Bank of India, (January 1 - 6, 2024)

• Building and Managing Social Enterprises for Sustainability for ARIAS Society, (October 31 - November 2, 2023)

• Immersion in Rural Banking for Managers of HDFC Bank, (October 12 - 14, 2023)

• Skills and Entrepreneurship Development for University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, (January 20 - 23, 2023)

• Finance for Non-Finance Executives, (December 6 - 9, 2022)

• Working Capital Management, (May 16 - 18, 2022)

Research and Consulting

On going

• Lakhpati Didi Scoping Study and Lighthouse SHG Study (Member)
• Assessment of Functions and Future Potentials of NAFCARD (Member)
• Conducting Impact Assessment Study of various projects implemented by GMDC-GVT (Member)
• Study on Comprehensive Review of Panchayat Finances and Measures to Augment their Revenues (Member)
• Impact Assessment of CSR Projects of NMDC (Member)
• Skill Gap Assessment (SGA) for GLPCL (Member)
• GujWaterResources-Evaluation of Scheme of PMKSY-HKKP-GW Irrigation (Coordinator)
• Principles of Accounting and Finance course at NRTI (Coordinator)
• Living Farm Incomes: Inequality, Sustainability and Civic Action in India (Member)