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Aiswarya graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Madras with an Integrated Masters degree in Development Studies and was awarded the Institute Blues Silver award for the best outgoing student . She completed her Master of Business in Sport Management from Deakin University, Melbourne in 2021 under the Deakin Times Vice Chancellor's Meritorious Scholarship Program.

She is a creative director in the Indian film industry and the Founder of Studio ழ - a media strategy and production house in Chennai. Her skill sets include Content Development, Creative direction, Sport and Strategy Consultancy.

She is a part of the prestigious Vice Chancellor's Professional Excellence Program at Deakin University. She brings in strategic management experience from major organisations from across the globe including Australian Open, F1 Grand Prix, Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and Victorian Premier Cricket. She has worked in the direction team of Modern Love Chennai (Amazon Prime) , TEST (Netflix) amongst other projects.

She is currently pursuing her PhD is Sport Media with a focus on Rivalry Branding in Indian Cricket. In her freetime, you can see her honing her feature film script, watching films, playing any sport and hyping up Fincher to anyone she can find.

I am an academic and researcher with over 13 years of combined experience across higher education and industry. I currently serve as a Lecturer in Information Systems and Business Analytics at the School of Business and Law, Deakin University (GIFT City, India campus), where I contribute to teaching, research, and curriculum development with a focus on analytics-driven decision-making and business problem-solving.

Before joining Deakin, I held leadership and academic roles as Senior Assistant Professor and Area Head of Business Analytics at the Birla School of Management, Birla Global University, where I led programme development, supported curriculum design, and mentored faculty and students. I also served as an Assistant Professor in Business Analytics at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Ahmedabad, working closely with entrepreneurs and engaging in applied, practice-based learning and government-funded research projects.

I completed my PhD at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), with research focused on applying soft computing and intelligent techniques to understand market trends and investor behaviour. Alongside my academic career, I bring industry experience from the textile manufacturing sector, which informs my applied teaching approach and helps bridge theory with real-world business practice. I also hold an MBA in Finance and Marketing, supporting my interdisciplinary work at the intersection of technology, analytics, and management.

Overall, my work reflects a strong balance of teaching, research, leadership, and industry engagement, and I am committed to contributing to Deakin’s mission through high-quality education, impactful research, and the development of strong analytics capabilities for contemporary business challenges.

Mr. Emran Ali is a Graduate Researcher Teaching Fellow (previously, Sessional Academic Staff - Casual Tutoring) at Deakin University, Australia. He is also a current Ph.D. researcher at the School of Information Technology (IT), Deakin University, Australia. He achieved a Master of Science (by Research) in IT from Deakin University, Australia, in 2022. He obtained his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree (4-year) in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) from Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU), Bangladesh.

His main areas of research include algorithm development, data analytics, time-series data analysis, applied machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) in health informatics, biosignal processing, explanable ML, and optimisation. His current Ph.D. project involves the use of data-driven ML/DL models to find relationships between sleep and sleep stage transitions in healthy ageing and find causality. Additionally, it includes sleep disorder detection with ML. The processes consist of various biosignal processing and analysis, applied ML/DL, and explainability. His research in Masters includes epileptic seizure detection, electroencephalography (EEG) channel optimisation, and the application of ML in EEG signal analysis. He worked on a couple of projects in collaboration with Monash University, Alfred Health, and AETMOS Australia.

As part of his achievements, he has been awarded various awards and recognitions. He has been awarded the Deakin University Post-graduate Research Scholarship (DUPRS) as part of the Cotutelle (join) Ph.D. programme with Coventry University, UK. Earlier, he had been awarded a national fellowship in 2020 from the Ministry of Science and Technology, the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, to complete his research-based Masters degree at Deakin University, Australia. He had been awarded the "Best Presentation Award" in the annual school conference arranged by the School of IT in 2021 as part of his progress in his Masters study. He was the country's top performer in an entrance examination in 2013 for the Masters programme at South Asian University (SAU), which is a university funded by 8 South Asian countries. He was also the department topper in bachelor studies at HSTU. He is the recipient of the AWS AI/ML scholarship for 2023 and 2024 to learn and accelerate the cloud based AI/ML technologies that include multiple nanodegrees offered by Udacity.

As additional professional experience, he has been working in academia for over 8 years. He is a faculty member at HSTU, Bangladesh, where he teaches a variety of major courses in computer science and engineering, as well as taking part in research projects and research supervision. He is also involved as Sessional Academic Staff (Casual Tutoring) at Deakin University for different trimesters teaching Machine Learning and Data Analytics units.
He also has industrial experience in IT. Before his academic journey, he worked in the software development industry in Bangladesh for nearly 3 years, developing many iOS apps independently as well as in a group. During that time, I was promoted to senior software engineer and software development manager. I also received the Best Employee Award for the recognition of his devotion and hard work. He has good management, leadership, and communication skills in his respective areas.

Dr Acelya Altuntas is a Senior Lecturer in the Economics Discipline Group at the Deakin Business School. Acelya is a microeconomist and her research focuses on the problem of allocating resources and the design of allocation rules. She is specifically interested in resources which are not divisible.

Acelya completed her PhD at the University of Rochester in the USA, under the supervision of Professor William Thomson.

Dr Tze Chuan 'Chewie' Ang is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance Discipline Group at Deakin Business School. His entire academic studies at the University of Melbourne, spanning his Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.), Master of Commerce (Hons.), and PhD in Finance were fully funded by multiple scholarships. He is well trained in finance, economics, and econometrics and was awarded the top doctoral student of the year.

The core of Dr Ang’s research lies in analysing the cross-section of stock returns. Specialising in asset-pricing anomalies, equity-lending, and short-selling, Dr Ang also investigates short-term financing and Australian financial issues. His research has been published in the Review of Asset Pricing Studies and the Journal of Banking and Finance, amongst other premier journals. Widely cited within academia, his work also attracts media attention.

Dr Ang has reviewed over 50 papers for 17 mid- to top-tier finance journals, including Management Science and the Journal of Banking and Finance, focusing on short-selling, trade credit, cash holdings, and empirical asset pricing. He has been collaborating with leading scholars at top business schools worldwide, including Emory University (US), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), HKUST (Hong Kong), Erasmus University Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Hitotsubashi University (Japan), the University of Melbourne (Australia), and others. He also actively engages with industry practitioners through dialogues, symposiums, and networking events.

Whilst Dr Ang is a specialist in teaching large classes (over 600 students), Dr Ang’s broad teaching portfolio covers major undergraduate and postgraduate finance subjects, ranging from introductory finance to advanced investments. He constantly updates the curriculum to incorporate state-of-the-art knowledge in finance. He is known for adopting authentic, inclusive, and evidence-based learning activities and has received excellent feedback year after year. He is also dedicated to mentoring and supervising undergraduate and doctoral students who were successfully placed in universities and industries globally.

During his free time, Dr Ang enjoys managing family-investment portfolios, playing the piano, making artworks, reading about politics, economics, and history, amongst other hobbies.

Bibek Aryal is a Master of Research student in Finance at Deakin Business School. My academic and research interests center on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and sustainable business practices. He is particularly passionate about exploring the intersection of ESG with interdisciplinary fields and investigating the evolving landscape of alternative investments. He aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of how sustainability and responsible investment strategies can enhance corporate value and drive long-term impact in emerging and global markets.

Suzona Asad is a PhD candidate in the Department of Accounting at Deakin Business School. She completed Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting and Information Systems from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Master of Commerce (MCOM) in Accounting from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has teaching experience at Eastern University, Bangladesh. Moreover, she worked as a casual marker at the University of Auckland. Her research interest includes financial accounting, corporate culture, and corporate governance. She has a publication in the "A" category journal (Finance Research Letters): 43 citations. Recently, she published a paper as a first author in the "A" category journal (International Review of Finance). 

Suzona Asad is a PhD candidate in the Department of Accounting at Deakin Business School. She completed Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting and Information Systems from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and Master of Commerce (MCOM) in Accounting from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She has teaching experience at Eastern University, Bangladesh. Moreover, she worked as a casual marker at the University of Auckland. Her research interest includes financial accounting, corporate culture, and corporate governance. She has a publication in the "A" category journal (Finance Research Letters): 33 citations.

Nidya is a graduate researcher at Deakin University’s Faculty of Business and Law, and researcher with Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). Her work sits at the intersection of behaviour and sustainability policy — figuring out how people actually behave, and how systems can shift that behaviour toward better environmental outcomes.

Current projects range from reusable bag use in minimarkets and circular economy implementation in aquaculture, to AI overconsumption and community waste initiatives like waste banks.

She is currently developing research on choice architecture interventions to promote reusable bag use in minimarkets. This builds on her broader interest in habit disruption and behavioural change, particularly in everyday consumer contexts such as traditional markets. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Universitas Gadjah Mada and a Master of Business from the University of Queensland.

She is especially drawn to research that connects behavioural insight with ethical, scalable solutions, work that challenges assumptions, respects context, and supports inclusive sustainability transitions.

Associate Professor Daniel Avdic is a health economist and applied econometrician at the Department of Economics, Deakin University. He holds a PhD from Uppsala University in Sweden and worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics, Monash University prior to joining Deakin. Daniel's research interests comprise topics relating to health system efficiency and the behaviour of healthcare providers. Daniel's research has appeared in leading general interest economics journals, including the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and the European Economic Review, and top field journals, such as the Journal of Health Economics, Labour Economics and the Journal of Applied Econometrics. He was recently awarded a three-year Discovery grant from the Australian Research Council to work on a research project on physician preferences for medical innovations.

Dr Sohel Azad is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance in Deakin Business School. Previously, Sohel held lecturer and assistant professor positions at various universities in Bangladesh and Japan. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at Kobe Gakuin University in Japan and the American University of Sharjah in UAE. He earned his PhD in Finance from Monash University in 2012. Prior to this, he did an MSc in Development Economics from Ritsumeikan APU with the highest CGPA among the graduating class and, a Bachelor and Masters in Business Administration in Finance with first classes from the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh.

Sohel has published in various finance and economics journals that include Journal of Financial Research, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money; International Review of Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Emerging Markets Review, Economic Modelling and Applied Economics. He also obtained some domestic and international research grants. Sohel presented his research papers in various domestic and international seminars and conferences.

His research interests include Islamic finance and banking, modelling and decomposing volatility and correlations in financial markets; financial contagion and asset pricing.

In addition to Sohel's research performance, he has received the AAUT citation Award 2018 and Deakin University Vice-Chancellor Award for teaching in 2017.