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Academic Background

B.A., economics, political science and public administration, St. Francis College (India)
M.A., economics, Osmania University (India)
M.A., econometrics, Universite de Rennes (France)
Ph.D., economics, Universite de Rennes (France)

Research Specialties

• Corporate finance
• Derivative markets and financial risk management
• International financial markets

Current Research

• ADR - American depository receipts
• Corporate governance
• Finance pedagogy
• Foreign exchange hedging
• International accounting
• Project finance
• Risk management
• Structured finance 

Work in Progress - Under Review

• "Financial reporting for transparency in capital sourcing: A tale of two standards from the 18th and 21st centuries".
• “Total Risk Evaluation for Capital Budgeting in the Oil and Gas Industry:  A Clinical Study of the BTC Project”.
• “Reputational Risk and Senior Management Sell Decisions: The Case of US Financial Institutions,” with Consolandi, C., and Gabbi, G.

Major Works

• “Assessment of classroom learning: The alphabet soup of the financial markets – CDO, CDS, SIV, SPE, ratings and others,” with Lundsten, L, forthcoming.  
• "Transmission of shocks from cross-listed markets to the return and volatility of domestic stocks," with Jithendranathan, T. Journal of Multinational Finance, forthcoming.
• "Global Standards and Ethical Stock Indexes: The Case of the Dow Jones Sustainability Stoxx Index," with Consolandi, C., Poggiani, E. and Vercelli, A.  Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 86, Issue 1, April 2009.
• “Derivative Contracts: Their Uses and Abuses. Lessons from Long-Term Capital Management,” CIBER Case Collection, European Case Clearing House (ECCH), Babson College, Fall 2003.
• “Enron: A pedagogical model of creative financial management,” University of St. Thomas, Catholic Studies Web site, Fifth International Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Management Education, Universidad de Suesto, Bilbao, Spain, July 2003.
• "Enron in India: A Case in International Finance," CIBER Case Collection, European Case Clearing House (ECCH), Babson College, Spring 2001.
• "Enron in India," International Financial Management, Irwin/McGraw Hill, 2nd edition, pages 385-390, 2001.

Significant Scholarly Honors

• Best Paper Award for “US Financial Institutions: Reputational Risk and Senior Management Sell Decisions”, International Business and Economy Conference, January 2009.
• Global Citizenship Award to International Education Founders, 25th Anniversary of the International Education Center, University of St. Thomas, 2008.
• U.S. Department of State 2000 NIS College and University Partnership Program, 2000-2003
• CIBER award for best international case study, Financial Management Association, 1999
• French government scholarship for doctoral program in France, 1977

Current International Experience

• Visiting Professor Positions (i) France - EDHEC Business School, Grande Ecole, Lille and Nice; Université de Caen, Centre Franco-Américain (ii) Italy -  University of Siena
• Research Committees and Invited Seminars – (i) L’Ecole de Commerce et de Management de Normandie, France. Research Committee, Masters Research Project for the Executive MBA Program. (January 2009). (ii) Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium. Evaluator for EUR 1 million Research Grants each, jointly funded by French Universities - Academie Universitaire Louvain, Universite Catholique de Mons, Facultes Universitaires de Notre Dame et St. Louis. ( November 2008). (iii) La Tuscia University, Business School, Viterbo, Italy. Invited Seminar on International Financial Markets. (April 2006).
• Invited Lectures and Research Presentations - Indian, Czech Republic Universities (1997 to present).