Poonam Dugar is currently working as a faculty in Finance Accounting & Control Area, teaching courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of the Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University. She has completed her M Com, is a qualified Chartered Accountant and is currently pursuing her PhD  in Commerce, on the topic " A Study of Venture Capital Firms in India" from Gujarat University. Her areas of interest include Financial and Cost Accounting, Taxation, Venture Capital and Private Equity. She is the co-ordinator of the Association of Chartered Certified Accoutants qualification programme at the University.

Pursuing Ph. D, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Thesis Entitled: “The Study of Venture Capital Firms in India”

• Published a chapter titled "Investment Trends in Venture Capital and Private Equity in India" in  Advances in Finance & Applied Economics (pp. 213-235). Springer, 2018.
• Published a research paper titled “ Growth of Venture Capital and Private Equity in India”  in the Journal of Private Equity; Winter 2017, 21(1),79-93
• Published a research paper titled “ Convergence to IND AS 16: Changes and Implications” in The IUP Journal of Accounting Research and Audit Practices; Volume-XIV, No.-3,  Pg: 7-28,July 2015, ISSN: 0972-690X
• Published a research paper titled “Creative Accounting Practices: Concept, Practices and Measures” in FOCUS; The International Journal, published by Institute of Finance and International Management (IFIM, Business School), Bangalore, Volume-10, Issue-2, October-March, 2015; ISSN:0973-9165.
• A paper on Managing the IFRS Changeover: Convergence of Ind AS 16 wit IAS 16, co authored by Prof.Vibha Tripathi, published by Zenith International Research & Academic Foundation (ZIRAF) in the November 2012 issue of Zenith International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research(ZIZMR) (Vol. 2 Issue 11. Pages 312-321, ISSN Online : 2231-5780)

Current: Senior Lecturer, Finance, Accounting and Control Area at the Amrut Mody School of Commerce, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad (June-2010)
Teaching various courses of Accounting and Taxation  at Undergraduate and post graduate level including:

• Direct Taxes
• Business Taxation
• Cost Accounting
• Tax Planning for Non-Corporates

• Associated with B.K.M.I.B.A- H.L.B.B.A, Ahmedabad as  Visiting Faculty (2004-2010) for the subjects of Principles of Accountancy, Company Accounts, Financial Projects  and Direct Taxes
• Associated with H.L. Institute of Commerce, Ahmedabad as  Visiting Faculty from (2004-2006) and 2009 for the subjects of Accountancy and Taxation
• Association with Saint Kabir Institute of Professional Studies, Ahmedabad as  Visiting Faculty for the subject of Management Accounting and Direct and Indirect Taxes for (August 2009- February 2010)
• Association with IBS-ICFAI, Ahmedabad as Visiting Faculty for the subject of Accounting for Managers (July 09 –September-2010)
• Worked as Visiting Faculty with Sikkim Manipal University, Idea Foundation, Ahmedabad, for the courses of M.B.A. dealing with subjects of Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting and Mercantile Law (May2005-January2006)

• Paper titled Growth of Venture Capital and Private Equity in India presented in October,2017 at National Conference on Finance and Applied Economics at Pune
• Paper titled Creative Accounting Practices: Concept, Practices and Measures, presented in October 2014 at 15th Annual Conference of the Asian Academic Accounting Association in association with IFIM Business School in Bangalore.
• Paper titled Managing the IFRS Changeover: Convergence of Ind AS 16 with IAS 16, presented in April 2012 at International Conference on Contemporary innovative Practices in Management in the area of finance at Pacific university, Udaipur.