Prof. (Dr.) Kapil Kumar Aggarwal is an accomplished academic currently serving as a Professor of Finance at the University School of Business, Chandigarh University and Extraordinary Professor at North West University, South Africa. With over 18 years of teaching and research experience, his expertise spans finance, management sciences, quantitative techniques, and business statistics. His extensive educational background includes a PhD in Management, M. Phil. in Commerce, and multiple Master’s degrees, including an MFC, MBA, and M.Com. Dr. Aggarwal is a prolific researcher with more than 35 published papers or book chapters and two authored books on Business Mathematics and Statistics and Web Technology. He has also published three patents related to social media marketing, mutual fund investments, and cryptocurrency fluctuation systems. Recognized for his academic contributions, he received the Research Luminary Award 2024 and the Examination Star Award 2023 at Chandigarh University. Beyond teaching, he has held significant administrative roles in Chandigarh University, and he is a pioneer in training colleagues in SPSS, PLS-SEM and R software. He maintains active professional ties as a lifetime member of the Indian Commerce Association and a reviewer for several Scopus-indexed journals.