Educational Qualification

• Ph.D. in Finance (IFHE University)
• M.Phil. (ICFAI University, Tripura)
• NET (UGC)
• MBA (ICFAI University, Dehradun)

Work Experience (Research /Teaching)

• Associate Professor, IBS Hyderabad
• Assistant Professor, IBS Hyderabad
• Teaching Associate, IBS Hyderabad

Area of Interest (Research /Teaching)

Teaching Interests

• Fundamentals of Financial Management
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Accounting
• Managerial Accounting
• Cost Accounting
• Security Analysis
• Portfolio Management and Mutual Funds
• Financial Derivatives and Management.

Research Interests

• Sustainable Finance
• Climate Risk and Opportunities
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance
• Price Discovery
• Volatility Transmission
• Market Microstructure and Asset Pricing

Consultancy

• Research workshop on “How to publish in finance and accounting?”, Shri Guru School of Data Analytics, Mysuru (2025)
• 4th Rajagiri Conference of Economics and Finance – Session on “Art of Publishing Finance Research in Top-tier Journals”, Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (2022)
• MDP on Capital Budgeting for ONGC Ltd., IBS Hyderabad (2019)
• MDP on Financial Statement Analysis for Bank Executives of various banks, IBS Hyderabad (2017)
• MDP on Optimal Working Capital Management for ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Ltd., ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Ltd. (2017)

Journal Publication

• The role of the banking sector in economic resurgence and resilience: Evidence from Pacific Island Countries, Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 2024, [ABDC- A]
• The conditional impact of market conditions, volatility, and liquidity shocks on the arbitrage opportunities during pre‐COVID and COVID periods, International Journal of Finance & Economics (2024) [ABDC- B]
• Whether corporate green bonds act as armour during crises? Evidence from a natural experiment, International Journal of Managerial Finance (2022)  [ABDC- A]
• Bank-appointed directors and idiosyncratic volatility: Evidence from India, International Journal of Managerial Finance (2022) [ABDC- A]
• Bankruptcy law, creditors’ rights and financing choices: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in India, Applied Economics (2021) [ABDC- A]
• Corporate social responsibility and cash holdings in India: Evidence from a natural experiment, Finance Research Letters (2021) [ABDC- A]
• The relationship between human capital and firm value: Evidence from Indian firms, Cogent Economics & Finance (2021) [ABDC- B]
• Creditors’ governance, information asymmetry, and debt diversification: Evidence from India, International Journal of Managerial Finance (2020) [ABDC- A]
• A frequency domain causality investigation between futures and spot prices of Indian commodity markets, Economic Modelling (2014) [ABDC- A]
• Efficiency of emerging stock markets: Evidences from “BRICS” stock indices data using nonlinear panel unit root test, Journal of Economic and Financial Modelling (2013)
• Factors affecting commodity futures price volatility in India: An empirical examination, Interdisciplinary Journal of Management and Behavioural Sciences (2012)
• Determinants of Returns of Cross Listed Firms: Evidence from Indian GDR. IOSR Journal of Business and Management (2012)
• Cross-listed Securities and Law of One Price: Evidence from Indian GDR, Interdisciplinary Journal of Management and Behavioral Sciences (2012)

CASES PUBLISHED

• Risk Analysis of Shale Gas Extraction Project_ along with its teaching note and instructor spreadsheet, The Case Center, UK (2020)
• Weighted Marginal Cost of Capital for Tecnet Steel Limited_ along with its teaching note and instructor spreadsheet, The Case Center, UK (2020)
• Financial Feasibility Analysis of Shale Gas Extraction_ along with its teaching note and instructor spreadsheet, The Case Center, UK (2020)
• Inventory Management Dilemma at Super Cement_ along with its teaching note and instructor spreadsheet, The Case Center, UK (2019)
• Management of Return on Human Capital: An Exercise_ along with its teaching note, The Case Center, UK (2017)
• Smart Investors Limited_ along with its teaching note, The Case Center, UK (2011)

Paper Presentation

• Debt Diversification and Financial Flexibility, India Finance Conference, IIM Raipur (2024)
• The Impact of Ownership Structure on ESG Scores: Evidence from India, 11th International Conference on Sustainability (SUSCON XI), IIM Shillong (2024)
• Whether Corporate Green Bonds Act as Armour during Crises? Evidence from a Natural Experiment, 3rd SEBI-NISM Research Conference, NISM Mumbai (2022)
• Impact of COVID-19 on Shariah versus Non-Shariah Compliant Stocks: A Comparative Study using Wavelet Analysis, 8th PAN IIM World Management Conference, IIM Kozhikode (2021)
• Comparing Energy Contagion of the Indian Industries across Global Financial Crisis and COVID 19, Second SEBI-NISM Research Conference, NISM-Mumbai (2021)
• Do the Determinants of the Speed of Adjustment Differ for the Shariah Compliant Firms? An Evidence from India, GIM Conference on Applied Economics and Finance, GIM-Goa (2019)
• Impact of Market Sentiments on the Causal Nexus between Interlinked Markets – Evidence from Spot, Futures and Host Markets of Indian Cross-Listed Firms, 55th Annual Conference of TIES, NISM-Mumbai (2019)
• Market Segmentation Induced Inequalities in Price Discovery and Information Transmission Mechanism: An Empirical Investigation of ADRs from BRIC Countries, 52nd Annual Conference of TIES, IIM Kozhikode (2016)
• Price Discovery and Information Transmission in Non-Synchronous Markets: An Empirical Analysis of Selected Cross-Listed Stocks of Indian Origin, 3rd India Finance Conference (IFC), IIM Ahmedabad (2013)

Conferences / MDPs Organised / FDPs Organised

• Conference Convener for the 3rd Rajagiri Management Conference on the theme "Sustainable Development Goals in the post-pandemic world" (April 22-23, 2022)
• Organised a Industry Panel Discussion for the 3rd Rajagiri Management Conference (April 22, 2022)
• Organised a special track for industry experts in the 3rd Rajagiri Management Conference (April 23, 2022)
• Organised a special track for research proposal in the 3rd Rajagiri Management Conference (April 22, 2022)

Workshops / Training Attended

• FDP on “Technical Analysis using AI”, online (2025)
• FDP on Case Writing, RBS & RCSS (2025)
• FDP on "Innovative Pedagogies and AI Tools for Outcome-Based Education", Rajagiri College of Social Sciences and MMTTC Khalsa College, University of Delhi (2025)
• FDP on "Teaching in the Age of AI: Strategies for Educators", Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (2024)
• FDP on "AI-enabled Simulations for Interactive Learning & Assessments", Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (2024)
• Research Workshop on “An overview of quasi-natural experiments: DID, PSM and Entropy balancing”, Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (2024)
• Webinar on 'Carbon accounting for banking and finance industry', NISM, 2024
• Research Workshop on “Use of Panel Regression in Corporate Finance Research”, Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (2024)
• Curriculum Building for Data Science and Business Analytics with application of SAS, IBS Hyderabad by SAS corporate team (2019)
• Commodity Derivatives and Risk Management, IIT Kharagpur (2015)
• Commodity Markets and Futures Trading, Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore (2014)
• 2nd Summer School on Essential Econometrics for Research in Finance, National Institute of Securities Markets (2011)

Workshops / Training Organised

• Coordinator, Research workshop on “Developing a Research Proposal”, Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (2024)
• Coordinator, Research workshop on “An overview of quasi-natural experiments: DID, PSM and Entropy balancing”, Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (2024)
• Coordinator, Research workshop on “Dynamic Panel Data Regression”, Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (2024)

Awards And Achievements

• Received Rajagiri Research Award for the academic year 2021 and 2022
• Third Prize for the Best Paper Award at Second SEBI-NISM Research Conference on “Behaviour of Securities Markets – Sighting of Black Swan"

International Exposure

• Represented Rajagiri Business School at the Global Asian EFMD Conference 2023, Bangkok, Thailand

Administrative Roles

• Head-Learning and Teaching Pillar, SPAC
• Batch Coordinator -PGDM Batch B (2024)

Other Details

Session Chair

• Session Chair, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches to SDGs, Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (2024)
• Session Chair, 15th International Conference of Business and Finance, IBS Hyderabad (2022)
• Session Chair, International Management Conference, IIM Bodh Gaya (2021)