Dr. R.K. Uppal, a man of letters, did his M.A. in Economics from Punjabi University, Patiala in 1986. Thereafter, he obtained M. Phil. degree from MDU, Rohtak in 1987, Ph. D. degree from Punjabi University, Patiala. Specializing in banking and finance, Dr. Uppal has 38 books in his credit and has published 124 research papers on the subject in reputed national and international journals. He also presented 48 research papers in national and international conferences among these 8 papers have been accepted in international conferences in Hawai, Indonesia, Finland, Costa-Rica, Australia, London, Pakistan and UK. Presently, he is head of the Dept. of Economics, DAV College, Malout (Punjab) and Principal Investigator of a UGC-Financed Major Research Project on Indian Banking. He is actively engaged in some nationally significant research projects. 52 students have completed their M.Phil and 5 students are doing Ph.D under his guidance. He has organized 7 UGC sponsored national conferences in his institution. He has chaired 14 technical sessions in national and international conferences. He has successfully completed four major research projects of UGC, ICSSR and HRD Ministry, New Delhi. He is actively working in advisory board of editors in national and international journals. Many organizations at national level  honoured Dr. Uppal with jewel of India award, best educationist award, bhartiya shiromani purskar, arch of excellence in education award, pride of India award etc.