Dr. Ravi Thirumalaisamy

Assistant Professor and Assistant Head

Faculty of Business & Economics

Area of Research

  • Corporate Finance
  • International Finance
  • Financial Accounting and Reporting
  • Taxation
  • Costing
  • Managerial Accounting.

Dr. Ravi Thirumalaisamy, who has been with the Modern College of Business and Science, Muscat, since 2012, is currently heading the Department of Accounting, Finance, and Economics at the Modern College of Business and Science [ MCBS], Muscat, OMAN. He holds a Doctorate Degree in Corporate Accounting from Bharathiar University[ A Government University], India. His academic areas are Corporate Accounting, Taxation, Corporate Finance, International Finance, and SAPM. He has 26 years of teaching experience and academic experience in various managerial positions. He has experience in Quality assurance, Program Accreditation, and Institutional Accreditation. He is currently involved in preparing the business department for AACSB Accreditation. He has published research papers in the field of corporate accounting, finance, investment, and international finance in reputed journals, including SCOPUS, ISI, and Web of Science-indexed journals, and presented papers at several international conferences. He headed the Department of Business at Royal Thimphu College, BHUTAN, before joining MCBS. He has been a review committee member serving various international research journals. He is a program reviewer for the Ministry of Higher Education in Oman.

Education

  • PhD, Accounting, Taxation, Corporate Finance, 2012
    Bharathiar University [Government University] Tamil Nadu, INDIA – Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, INDIA
  • M.Com, Accounting, Taxation, Corporate Finance, 1998
    Bharathiar University [Government University] Tamil Nadu, INDIA – Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, INDIA
  • B. Com, Accounting, Taxation, Corporate Finance, 1994
    Bharathiar University [Government University] Tami – Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, INDIA

Experience Summary

  • Total Years of Experience: 26 Years
  • OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE – 18 YEARS
  • Assistant Professor and Assistant HEAD, 09/2012 – Current
    Accounting, Finance and Economics, Department of Business and Economics, MCBS – Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
  • HEAD, 07/2009 – 08/2012 – 3 Years.
    Department of Accounting, Royal Thimphu College – Thimphu, BHUTAN, Bhutan.
  • Head, 03/2006 – 06/2009 – 3 Years.
    Department of Accounting, Finance and Consultancy – Rigsum Institute of Management, Thimphu, BHUTAN.
  • EXPERIENCE IN INDIA – 8 YEARS
    Served as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer for eight years at the graduate and postgraduate levels in VLB Janakiammal College of Arts and Science and Kongunadu Arts and Science College, respectively, in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. [Jan 1998 – Feb 2006].

Selected Publications

  • Submitted a research paper entitled “Adoption and Impact of Technology and Innovation in Corporate Accounting and Reporting Practices.” to European Accounting Review, Q1 Journal, June 2024.
  • Luka Jovanovic, Dejan Jovanovic, Nebojsa Bacanin,   Ana Jovancai Stakic, Milos Antonijevic, Hesham Magd, Ravi Thirumalaisamy, and   Miodrag Zivkovic(2023)  Multi-Step Crude Oil Price Prediction Based on the   LSTM Approach Tuned by Salp Swarm Algorithm with Disputation Operator – Indexed within Scopus, SCIE and SSCI (Web of Science), GEOBASE, GeoRef, Inspec, AGRIS, RePEc, CAPlus / SciFinder, and other databases. Journal Rank:  Q1 (Geography, Planning, and   Development)
  • Mahmoud K. Abouraia, Dr. Ravi Thirumalaisamy (2023) The US Dollar   Dominance and Its Challenges in the Era of a Rising Chinese Yuan:   Implications for Global Reserve Currencies, European Chemical Bulletin [SCOPUS] (ISSN   2063-5346), Volume12, Issue 8, Pages 6726- 6749.
  • Ravi Thirumalaisamy, Velmurugan, M Abouraia (2023), Day-of-the-Week   Effect on Stock Returns and Volatility: Evidence from Muscat Stock Exchange-   MSX Index and Bombay Stock Exchange – SENSEX Index (2023Journal of Namibian   Studies: History Politics Culture, Volume 35, Issue, Special Issue 1, Pages 2168-2194 Publisher: Society   of Cultural Studies and Social Sciences, Hong Kong.
  • Ravi   Thirumalaisamy (2020), “The efficiency implications of   corporate earnings retentions,” African Journal of Business   Management, Vol. 14(4), pp. 140-150.
  • Magd, Hesham,   and Thirumalaisamy Ravi Dr. Ravi [2021] “Women Entrepreneurship in Oman:   Possibilities and Challenges” Global Business & Management Research.   2021, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p323-337. 15p.
  • Magd,   Hesham & Thirumalaisamy Ravi (2021), “The Employability Skill Sets and Competencies of   Graduates in Oman: The Employers’ Perspective”, European Journal of Business and Management, Vol.13, No.4, pp 38-57.
  • Ravi   Thirumalaisamy and Farid Ramdhan Al Baloushi (2017), “The Relation Between Earnings, Earnings   Distributed, Earnings Retained   and Common Share Prices,” European   Journal of Business and Management, Vol.9, No.33. Papers Published by Taylor & Francis   -CRC Press & Routledge Publishers UK, Indexed by SCOPUS.
  • A Mathematical Prediction Model for Equity Markets Centered on   Key Players in the Indian Stock Market – Ravi   Thirumalaisamy, Mahmoud Abouraia,   Mohanambal Palanisamy, Velmurugan Ramasamy, Sudarvel Jayaraj.
  • Utilizing a hybrid CNN-ELM Model for Business Analytics in Stock Price   Prediction-Ravi Thirumalaisamy, Velmurugan Ramasamy, Sudarvel, Jayaraj, Bhuvaneswari, Mahmoud   Abouraia.
  • A Fusion Approach for Forecasting Stock Market Trends Through   Probabilistic Modeling Ravi Thirumalaisamy, Velmurugan Ramasamy Sudarvel, Jayaraj, Mahmoud Abouraia, Bhuvaneswari.
  • A System for Predicting Stock Market Price Fluctuations- Ravi   Thirumalaisamy, Mahmoud  Abouraia, Sudarvel Jayaraj, Velmurugan Ramasamy.
  • A Robust Stock Market Price Prediction Model Utilizing the Random   Forest Algorithm – Ravi Thirumalaisamy, Sudarvel, Jayaraj, Velmurugan Ramasamy, Mahmoud   Abouraia. Springer Nature’s proceedings for the 2nd ICAF   Conference. The conference book proceedings are published with an ISBN and indexed by SCOPUS.
  • An Integrated Framework for the Financial Sustainability And Entrepreneurial Success of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises – Velmurugan Ramasamy, Ravi   Thirumalaisamy, Rene Paquibut, Mahmoud Abouraia.
  • A Synthesis of the   Psycho-Social Foundations of Research and Development in the Circular   Economy: An Integrated Conceptual Framework- Rene Paquibut, Ravi   Thirumalaisamy.
  •  A Study on the Weekend   Effect of Stock Returns in the Indian Market – Ravi   Thirumalaisamy, Sudarvel Jayaraj, Velmurugan Ramasamy.
  • Stock Price Prediction   Through Multifaceted Data Integration and Machine Learning – Ravi   Thirumalaisamy, Ramaswamy Velmurugan, Mahmoud Abouraia.