Dr Lohrasp Sadri PhD, SFHEA, CFP

Dr Lohrasp Sadri

Dubai Campus
Lecturer in Accounting

Contact details

Address
University of Birmingham Dubai
Dubai International Academic City
PO Box 341799
Dubai, UAE

Dr Lohrasp Sadri is a Lecturer at the School of Accounting at University of Birmingham.

Lohrasp has a number of years’ experience in teaching Accountancy, Economics and Finance at Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate and Professional level. Lohrasp is a competent lecturer, trainer and researcher with relevant industry experience. He is an effective communicator with strong mentoring, research acumen, relationship management, service building and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

  • PhD. (Commerce) in Business Policy and Administration, Accounting and Finance, University of Mumbai, 2016
  • Master of Commerce (Accountancy), University of Mumbai, 2013
  • B.Com (Accountancy and Finance), University of Mumbai, 2011 
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), UK, 2021
  • CFP Professional (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER), 2017

Biography

Lohrasp qualified with a B.Com (Accounting and Finance) from the University of Mumbai in 2011 as a Gold Medallist from his college batch. He went on to study his Masters specialising in Accounting and completed his M.Com (Accounting) securing a merit rank from the University of Mumbai in 2013.

He later completed his Ph.D. (Commerce) in Business Policy and Administration in 2016 with special focus on Impact of Regulatory Announcements on price volatility and trading volume in relation to selective sectors with reference to Accounting parameters from the University of Mumbai and was one of the youngest to achieve a Doctorate from the University of Mumbai.

Lohrasp is a qualified CFP Professional (Certified Financial Planner) and is also a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA, UK).

He taught for a number of years in Universities across Mumbai and Dubai for subjects relating to different branches of Accountancy across Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels respectively. He has also published research papers in various journals and conferences for topics relating to Accountancy, Finance and ancillary domains. In addition, Lohrasp has authored various books in the field of Accounting and Finance.

To supplement his teaching profile, he worked as a research analyst with the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) Ltd. wherein he was handling International Accounting. He also worked with Edelweiss Securities Ltd. as a front end stock market derivatives trader at the start of his professional career in 2011.

Teaching

  • B.Sc. (Accounting & Finance)
  • B.Sc. (Business Management)
  • M.Sc. (International Business)

Research

Dr Lohrasp holds a Ph.D. in Business Policy and Administration from the University of Mumbai. He is an avowed believer, ineffective policing as a precursor to viable business administration. This belief is pegged on the supposition that humans tend to always deviate from the norm for speculative reasons. For this reason, his work is subjected to the rigorous field, in-lab, and on-field lab experiments which are done through meticulously designed and tested survey and research tools. Further, he analyses data in such a way that he gains invaluable insights that underpins the entire enterprise of business policy and administration.

Lohrasp's research hinges on the fact that every business decision produces a resounding and amplified accounting outcome. As a teacher and trainer, he has made it a personal quest to delve further into experimental accounting and finance to gain insights that can be applied to accounting, management and economic policy.

Other activities

  • Panel member on Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd. (FPSB Ltd.) to facilitate continuous education and development for CFP Certification.
  • Panel member on the Indian Commerce Association (ICA) in which helps me keep abreast of latest trends and development in the field of Accountancy, Economics and Finance.
  • Former panel member for University External Viva-voce examination for application based research projects for UG and PG students, University of Mumbai.
  • Founder and Former Head of ‘Eloquence’ – A Public Speaking and Debating Society for UG and PG students, Mumbai.

Publications

Journal Articles

Sadri, L., (2019). “Challenges and Barriers in Convergence of IND_AS with IFRS: A Perspective Investigation on Indian Professionals and Officials.” Accounting and Finance Research (Indexed by ABDC, ERA, EBSCO, ECONIS). Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 25-42, Impact Factor (2019) 4.25 ISSN 1927-5986 (Print) ISSN 1927-5994 (Online)

Sadri, L., (2018). “Investors’ Perceptions of Mutual Fund Risks: An Empirical Study.” International Journal of Applied Financial Management Perspectives. Vol. 7, July-Sep Issue 2018, Impact Factor SJIF (2017) 9.021 (Peer-reviewed) ISSN 2279-0896 (Print) ISSN 2279-090X (Online)

Sadri, L., (2017). “A study on the investment preference analysis with reference to Indian stock market.” International Journal of Applied Financial Management Perspectives. Vol. 6, July-Sep Issue 2017, Impact Factor SJIF (2016) 7.067 (Peer-reviewed) ISSN 2279-0896 (Print) ISSN 2279-090X (Online)

Sadri, L., (2016). “Goods and Services Tax: India’s Boon or Bane?” International Journal of Recent Trends in Management, Economics, Commerce & Allied Research. Vol. 2, Issue 8, pp. 110-116, Impact Factor 1.7 (Peer-reviewed) ISSN 2348-9413

Sadri, L., (2015). “A study on the impact of regulatory announcements on price volatility and trading volume in relation to Information Technology sector.” International Journal of Marketing, Financial Services & Management Research. Vol. 4(4), April 2015, pp. 163-173, Impact Factor 3.54 (Peer-reviewed) ISSN 2277-3622

Books

Co- authored a book on subject Corporate Finance, Rishabh Publishing House (ISBN 978-93-83072-83-5) Adopted by University of Mumbai; Year of Publication – 2017

Co-authored a book on subject Introduction to Cost Accounting, Rishabh Publishing House (ISBN 978-93-83072-90-3) Adopted by University of Mumbai; Year of Publication – 2017

Authored a book on Impact on Regulatory Announcements on Volatility and Trading Volume, International Academic Publishing, Mauritius (ISBN 978-620-2-05514-7) Year of Publication – 2017

Reviewed a book on Financial Institutions and Markets, Tech-Max Publication (Book Bar Code BMSE11A) Adopted by University of Mumbai; Year of Publication – 2017

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