School of Management
Extension Number: 000
Office Number: E-141-D

BRIEF PROFILE
Dr. Mariam Rao is Assistant Professor of School of Business at the Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)’s. She got 13 years’ work experience; 5 years Industry Professional worked as Funds Manager Finance in Bahria Town Lahore and 8 Years of Teaching/Research Experience in Academics. Dr. Mariam Rao also has an extensive research experience and has published research articles in ABDC ranked international journals including Managerial Finance, and International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. Her research interests include Graph theory, Bayesian Neural Networks applied on stock market investor behavior with BIG DATA Finance. Asset Pricing Models, stock market returns prediction with machine learning (artificial intelligence algorithms).

EDUCATION

• PhD in Quantitative Finance, COMSATS University Islamabad
• MPhil in Finance, COMSATS University Islamabad
• BS (Honors) in Business (Finance), Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)

RESERACH & PUBLICATIONS

1. Rao, M., Haque, A., & Qamar, M. A. J. (2022). Return Reversal Effect: Risk Adjusted Contrarian Profits from India & Pakistan Markets. Indian Journal of Economics and Business, 21(1). .https://www.ashwinanokha.com/resources/ijeb%20v21-1- 2022-38%20ABDUL%20HAQUE.pdf
2. HAQUE, A., RAO, M., & QAMAR, M. A. J. (2022). Inter- Factor Determinants of Return Reversal Effect with Dynamic Bayesian Network Analysis: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan. The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 9(3), 203-215. https://doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2022.vol9.no3.0203
3. Khursheed, A., Mustafa, F., Fatima, M., & Rao, M. (2022). The practical challenges faced by young entrepreneurs: an empirical analysis. Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences.
4. Mustafa, F., Khursheed, A., Fatima, M., & Rao, M. (2021). Exploring the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on women entrepreneurs in Pakistan. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. 
5. Rao, M., Qamar, M. A. J., Siddiqi, A. F. (2020) Return Reversal Anomaly: Contrarian and risk adjusted multifactor examination of BSE index. International Journal for Psychological Rehabilitation, 24(9), 4614-4637. 
6. Rao, M., Khursheed, A., & Naeem, M. (2020). Stock Market Investor Overreaction Effect: A Pragmatic Study on Emerging Markets. Paradigms, (SI), 94-104. 
7. Rao, M., Khursheed, A., & Mustafa, F. (2020). The impact of concentrated leverage and ownership on firm performance: A case in Pakistan. LogForum, 16(1).
8. Reddy, K., Qamar, M. A. J., & Rao, M. (2019). Return reversal effect in Shanghai A share market. Managerial Finance.