Dr. Beemamol M

Designation: Assistant Professor

Area:  Finance and Accounting

Education: PhD, MBA

Overview

Dr. Beemamol M is an Assistant Professor in Finance and Accounting, holding a PhD in Management Studies from Pondicherry University and an MBA from NIT Calicut. Her areas of expertise include Forensic Accounting, Financial Fraud Detection, Corporate Reporting, ESG Reporting, Banking, Business Ethics, and Forensic Analytics. She has presented papers at several national and international conferences and has published research articles and book chapters in reputed Scopus-indexed and ABDC-listed publications. She is also a member of professional bodies including the American Accounting Association, Institute of Management Accountants, Indian Accounting Association, and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Educational qualifications:

  • PhD from the Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
  • MBA from the School of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Keralam

Work Experience

Ad-hoc faculty at Department of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Keralam

Areas of Interest – Research Interests

  • Corporate Reporting and Disclosure
  • Forensic Accounting and Fraud Risk Management
  • ESG Reporting
  • Business Ethics
  • Banking
  • Forensic Analytics

Papers presented

  • Unravelling the Nexus: The Impact of Social Dimensions on Occupational Frauds
    • The 4th Annual meeting of the European Journal of Management Studies (EJMS) held at ISEG, Lisbon School of Economics and Management, Lisbon, Portugal on July 3, 2024 (Online),
  • A Scientometric Analysis of Social Responsibility and Occupational Fraud
    • International Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Creating Value-Based Sustainable Organizations, in collaboration University of Saskatchewan, Canada, University of Hyderabad and University of Pondicherry, India, from February 19 to 21, 2024.
  • Influence of Corporate Governance on Financial Statement Frauds: Evidence from the Indian Banking Industry
    • International Conference on “Reinforcing Environmental, Social & Governance Practices in the 21st Century” (ESG2023) on March 16, 2023, organised by Higher College of Technology, Dubai, UAE (Online)
  • Corporate fraudsters under IBC: Need to relook into Section 29A.
    • 2nd International Research Conference on Insolvency and Bankruptcy, organised by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) with Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore, India, from 23rd to 25th February 2023
  • Developing a Predictive Model for Financial Statement Fraud in the Indian Banking Industry
    • 55th World Continuous Auditing & Reporting Symposium (WCARS), organised by Rutgers Business School, New Jersey, with the IIM Vishakhapatnam, India on 9th and 10th January 2023
    • 57th Annual Conference of the Indian Econometric Society (TIES) organised by The University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India from January 4 to 6,2023
  • Forensic Accounting Education: High time to focus on the accounting curriculum in India.
    • 44th All India Accounting Conference and International Seminar on Accounting Education and Research, Jiwaji University, India, in association with Indian Accounting Association (IAA) on 29th and 30th October 2022
  • Influence of Social Dimensions on Occupational Frauds in the Indian Banking Industry
    • Contemporary issues in the Emerging Markets Conference (CIEMC 2022) organised by the IIM Bodhgaya, India, in collaboration with Waikato Management School, The University of Waikato, New Zealand, on 28th and 29th October 2022 (online)
  • Digital Financial Literacy: Cyber Frauds During the Covid-19 Pandemic
    • National Financial Literacy Symposium 2022 (NFLS2022) jointly hosted by Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia and Bank Negara Malaysia, in collaboration with Malaysian Economic Association on 11th and 12th October 2022 (online)
  • Application of Benford’s Law to detect occupational fraud: A Case study of ABG Shipyard
    • International Conference Financial Accounting Norms and Forensic Accounting organised by the University of Kerala, India, from 7th March to 15th March 2022 (online)
  • Application of Benford’s Law to detect financial statement fraud in Banks: A Case study
    • Analytics for Management and Economics Conference (AMEC) in the track Business Ethics from 22nd September to 15th December 2021, organised by St. Petersburg School of Economics and Management of Higher School of Economics University Russia (online)

Research Publications

      Journal Publications

Beemamol, M., Charumathi, B. (2024). Mapping the trends of financial statement fraud detection research from the historical roots and seminal work. Journal of Economic Criminology, 6, 100096.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconc.2024.100096 (SJR Q1)

Charumathi, B., & Beemamol, M. (2023). Testing CO₂ emissions data during the COVID-19 pandemic using Benford’s law. Energy Research Letters.https://doi.org/10.46557/001C.38783 (SJR Q2, ABDC C)

      Book Chapters

  • Charumathi, B., & Beemamol, M. (2023). Need for mandatory forensic audit and whistleblowing mechanism under IBC. In Navdrishti – Emerging Ideas on IBC. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (Government Agency). (ISBN: 978-81-947537-3-5)
  • Beemamol, M. Charumathi, B (2024). A Scientometric analysis of social responsibility and occupational fraud. In Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Creating Value-based Sustainable Organizations (pp. 1-20). Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003487180 (ISBN: 978-1-032-78287-4) (Scopus Indexed)
  • Beemamol, M. (2024). Unmasking the Threat: A Viewpoint on AI-based Deepfake Financial Crimes for the book “Advancements in Cyber Crime Investigations and Modern Data Analytics” by CRC Press: Taylor & Francis Group. (Scopus Indexed)

FDP/Workshop attended

  • International Conclave on Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigation (ICFAFI 2022) organized by Digital Accounting & Assurance Board, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, with National Forensic Science University on 2nd and 3rd September 2022. (Offline)
  • Fraudology Masterclass conducted by ACFE (Jordan, Oman, Tanzania, Central Ohio, Egypt, Palm Beach County Chapters), Saudi Anti-fraud Association, Alnazaha Association, Open Thinking Academy Dubai, and Accounting Club from 23rd to 25th July 2022 (Online) on Financial Institution Fraud, Financial Statement Fraud, and Conducting Fraud Examination.
  • Training cum Workshop conducted by the Department of Economics, Pondicherry University on Basics of Data Analysis Using R Studio from 13th to 17th June 2022.  (Offline)
  • Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Next Generation Computing: Machine and Deep Learning Applications conducted by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, from 4th to 8th January 2021. (Online)
  • Five-day Executive Development Programme (EDP) conducted by the Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University on Basic Analytics Tools from 4th to 8th July 2020. (Online)
  • Workshop on Ethics in Research conducted by Pondicherry University from 6 to 9 July 2020. (Online)
  • Workshop on Research Skills conducted by Ananda Rangapillai Library of Pondicherry University on 5th November 2019. (Offline)
  • Workshop on Literature Review Using Qualitative Data Analysis Software by the Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University on 3rd October 2019. (Offline)

Membership in Professional Bodies

  • American Accounting Association (AAA), Full member
  • Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), Academic membership
  • Indian Accounting Association (IAA), Life member
  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Associate Membership

Contact details

E-mail: beemamol.m@saintgits.org

Phone: 9567605848