Rashita Puthiya CA SFHEA
- ROLE:Senior Lecturer Accounting and Finance
- CONTACT:+971 (0)4 367 8100
- EMAIL:[email protected]
Rashita holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the Mahatma Gandhi University (Kerala, India). She is an Associate Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has been in the field of education since 2011. She undertakes corporate training in IFRS and has conducted training sessions for Kreston Menon, ICAI Dubai & Abu Dhabi Chapter. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Accounting and Finance at Middlesex University, London.
Her learning and teaching interests include Advanced Financial Reporting covering IFRS, Business Finance, Corporate Accountability, Applied Corporate Finance and Valuation.
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK
- Certificate in ESG investing, CFA Institute
- Associate Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
- Diploma IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards), ACCA, UK
- Certified IFRS, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK
Winner of Middlesex University Dubai - Teaching Innovation Award 2022 and 2024
Rashita’s research interests include the application of IFRS, equity valuation, financial markets, Islamic financing and socially responsible investing.
- Puthiya, R., Anderson, P., Fonseca, C. and Hyland, L., 2023. Technology adoption in a hybrid learning environment: An action research study among university faculty in the UAE. Interactive Learning Environments, pp.1-12.
- Majumdar, S. and Puthiya, R. (2021). Role of signaling in issuance of Sukuk versus conventional bonds – An empirical analysis of the bond market in the UAE, International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management. doi:10.1108/IMEFM-02-2020-0093
- Majumdar, S., Puthiya, R. and Bendarkar, N. (2021). Application of multi-criteria decision analysis for investment strategies in the Indian equity market. Investment Management and Financial Innovations, [online] 18(3), pp.40–51.
- Conference presenter on the topic- Role of information asymmetry in sukuk issuance- empirical analysis of the bond market in UAE, at the ERPBSS 2020, Middlesex University, Dubai.
- Conference presenter on the topic –Selecting and Assessing E-Learning tools at the Gulf Cooperative Education Society Conference, March 2021.
- Conference presenter on the topic –E-Learning Modes at Middlesex Dubai Teaching and Learning Conference, June 2021.
- Conference presenter on the topic – ESG investing: Why intentions do not equal actions, at the ERPBSS 2022, Middlesex University, Dubai.
- Conference presenter on the topic- Looking back and looking forward: Reflections on an action research project among university faculty at Higher College of Technology International Conference on Practice and Pedagogy in General Education, October 2022.
