• Current Position: Assistant Professor, Finance & Accounting, Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam 

• Highest Qualification: PhD, Finance, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 2017 

• Total Experience: 9 years (Academia: 9 | Industry/Other: 0) 

• Research Interests: Venture Capital, Private Equity, Sustainable Finance, Accounting Disclosures, Corporate Governance 

• Teaching Areas: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, FinTech 

• Academic Profile: Dr. Monika Dhochak is working as an Assistant Professor in the Finance and Accounting area. Prior to joining IIM Visakhapatnam, she worked as an Assistant Professor at IIM Nagpur, Goa Institute of Management and EDII, Ahmedabad. She holds a PhD degree from IIT Roorkee. She has published a number of research papers in reputed international journals and presented her research work in many National and International Conferences. 

PGP/MBA (Graduate) 

• Financial Accounting | Role: Core | Term/Year(s): Term 1, 2025–26] 

• Management Accounting | Role: Core | Term/Year(s): Term 3, 2024–25] 

• Financial Accounting | Role: Core | Term/Year(s): Term 1, 2024–25] 

• FinTech | Role: Elective | Term/Year(s): Term 5, 2024–25] 

• Management Accounting | Role: Core | Term/Year(s): Term 3, 2023–24] 

• FinTech | Role: Elective | Term/Year(s): Term 6, 2023–24] 

• Financial Statement Analysis| Role: Elective | Term/Year(s): Term 4, 2023–24] 

PhD/Doctoral 

• Accounting Theory & Empirical Research | Year(s): 2024–25 | Role: Instructor 

• Accounting Theory & Empirical Research | Year(s): 2023–24 | Role: Instructor 

Executive Education / MDP / FDP 

• Certificate Programme in Business Finance & Financial Modelling – 3 Batches| Audience/Organisation: Working Professionals | Dates/Duration: 6 months| Role: Lead 

• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Finance | Audience/Organisation: Working Professionals | Dates/Duration: 1sT October – 26th October 2025| Role: Faculty 

• Cost Accounting | Audience/Organisation: Working Professionals | Dates/Duration: 15th May – 15th June 2025 | Role: Faculty 

• FinTech | Audience/Organisation: Working Professionals | Dates/Duration: 18th February – 28th February 2025 | Role: Faculty 

Journal Articles 

• Kumar, S., Rao, A., & Dhochak, M. [2025]. “Hybrid ML models for volatility prediction in financial risk management”, International Review of Economics & Finance, 98 (2025), 103915. (A category) 

• Dhochak, M., Ranga A., & Doliya P. [2023]. “Corporate governance and environmental social and governance disclosures: evidence from the Asia-Pacific countries”, International Journal of Corporate Governance 14 (3), 189-211. (B category) 

• Dhochak, M., Pahal, S., & Doliya, P. [2022]. “Predicting the Startup Valuation: A deep learning approach”, Venture Capital, 26(1), 75–99. (B category) 

• Dasgupta, R., & Dhochak, M. (2022). “Progenitors of Firm’s Search Behaviour: A Country Comparison of Australia vs. India”, Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, 16(6), 120-145. (B category) 

• DasGupta, R., & Dhochak, M. (2021). “Risk-Antecedents of Firms and Strategic Mediators – New Evidence from a Cross-Country Analysis”, American Business Review, 24(1), 2. (A category) 

• Dhochak, M., & Doliya, P. (2021). “Application of fuzzy analytic hierarchy process in multicriteria 

decision-making of venture capitalists”. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 43(2), 165-179 (C category) 

• Dhochak, M. and Doliya, P. (2019). “Valuation of a new venture: Moving towards strategic approaches”, Journal of multi-criteria decision-analysis, Wiley publications, 27(1-2), 39-49. (B category) 

• Dhochak, M., Acharya, S.R., and Sareen, S.B. (2019). “Assessing the Effectiveness of business incubators”, International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 26(2), 177-194. (C category) 

Conference Papers (Peer-reviewed) 

• Ranga A. & Dhochak M., [2025]. “Too Busy to Go Green? Board Busyness, Analyst Monitoring, and Green Revenue.” 14th India Finance Conference, IIM Visakhapatnam, India. 

• Khoda N. & Dhochak M., [2025]. “Financial Mismatch and Corporate Default Risk: The Moderating role of Multiple Large Shareholders in Emerging Markets”, 14th India Finance Conference, IIM Visakhapatnam, India. 

• Doliya P. & Dhochak M., (2023). “Modeling The Challenges in Audit of Cryptocurrencies”, Middlesex University, Dubai. 

• Dhochak M. (2022). “Does Visual aid improve the student performance in Accounting performance”, 2nd PRISM Conference, November 17 – 19, 2022, IIM Nagpur. 

• Dhochak M. (2021). “Progenitors of firm’s search behaviour – A Country Comparison of Australia Vs India”, ISDSI Global Conference, December 27 – 30, 2021, IIM Nagpur. 

• Doliya P. and Dhochak M. (2019). A Meta-Synthesis of Auditing Fair Value Measurements (FVMs) for Systemic Review”, The 1st Conference on Applied Economics and Finance, December 16-18, GIM Goa. 

• Doliya P., Singh, JP, Dhochak, M. (2019). Designing an integrated decision support system for auditor’s decision making in FVM auditing, Seventh International Conference of the Journal of International Accounting Research, American Accounting Association, Canada. 

• Acharya S.R., Dhochak, M., Jain, A. (2019). Start-up Culture and Skill Development Driving Force of the Jobless Economy to Lucrative New Enterprise Creation and Employment Generation in India, Thirteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship, February 20-22, 2019, EDII Ahmedabad. 

Working Papers / Under Review (optional) 

• Financial Mismatch and Corporate Default Risk: The Moderating role of Multiple Large Shareholders in Emerging Markets – Working Paper 

• The Analyst as a Catalyst: True Drivers of Corporate Green Revenue – Working Paper 

Executive Education / MDPs / FDPs 

• Managerial Accounting | Organisation: Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited| Dates/Duration: 21st to 26th September 2025 | Role: Lead 

• Certificate Programme in Business Finance and Financial Modelling – 3 batches| Audience: Working Professionals| Dates/Duration: 6 months | Role: Lead 

Institutional Administrative Roles 

• Area Chair – Finance & Accounting Area, IIM Visakhapatnam— January 2024 – till now  

          Key responsibilities: Organising Area-level activities like                            conferences, FDPs 

Coordinating with Area members and Visiting Faculty members for courses 

• Area Chair – Finance & Accounting Area, IIM Nagpur — June 2021 – October 2023  

Key responsibilities: Organising Area-level activities like conferences, FDPs 

Coordinating with Area members and Visiting Faculty members for courses 

Committees / Academic Governance 

• PGP Committee— Member | 2 Years 

• PhD Committee – Member | 2 Years  

• ESC Committee –Member | 1.5 Years  

• RCP Committee - Member | 1 Year