Senior Finance Consultant

FINANCE CONSULTANT/ ADVISOR

BANKING AND CORPORATE FINANCE - INVESTMENTS - PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT - RISK AND RETURN - ASSET PRICING - ARBITRAGE PRICING MARKET MICROSTRUCTURE - LIMIT ORDER TRADING - ORDER DRIVEN MARKETS - CALL MARKETS - MARKET ECOLOGY/ BREAKDOWN

Seasoned, astute and intuitive professional offering verifiable experience and knowledge in the field of financial economics and paradigms of finance; rich mix of technical finance, operations and leadership talents complement advanced finance studies.

Background includes teaching advance corporate finance, capital management, and financing and investment; writing research reports; leveraging financial models; conducting valuation and market analysis; and investigating financial data.

Highly familiar with wide range of issues in corporate finance, including current state of research in the field of financial economics as well as present insights and state-of-the-art methods in both assets pricing and corporate finance.

Accustomed to applying innate understanding from contract theory and other aspects of information economics to problems in corporate finance. Bilingual in English and Hindi.

EDUCATION

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN FINANCE, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA -IOWA CITY, IA

Dissertation: Three Essays on Arbitrage Pricing under Estimation Risk

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT | MAJOR IN FINANCE AND SYSTEMS, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, AHMEDABAD

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE WITH MATHEMATICS HONORS, ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE, DELHI UNIVERSITY

University Gold Medal in Mathematics

RELATED CONSULTING BACKGROUND

- Conducted detailed investigation related to price formation and price improvement of system and non-system orders at the American Stock Exchange in 1997.

- Researched and prepared report concerning volatility-related causes of Apple, Inc. stock price drop during mid-1993 for the management.

- Created and prepared report regarding volatility shifts and implications for stock price efficiency for L.A. Gear on behalf of its management.

- Studied, prepared and presented detailed report and analysis on lost commission sales for a floor trader that denied direct communication with clients on the NYSE floor.

- Analyzed trading costs for specific firms at the NYSE for a client, with assistance from Greenwich Associates.

- Developed a contrarian portfolio strategy for a large oil industry analyst firm based in New York.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF FINANCE

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA –IOWA CITY, IA 1993-2007

- Taught Corporate Finance to undergraduates, MBAs, Evening MBAs, and executive MBA as well as Introduction to Finance and Securities Analysis to off-campus MBAs.

- Facilitate seminar in corporate finance intended for Ph.D.s.

- Educated all MBAs students in relation to undergraduate core finance course and advance corporate Finance course.

- Co-taught commerce on the Web, a course on Finance and the World Wide Web.

- Organized core undergraduate course in Financial Management.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY –NEW YORK, NY 1986-1993

- Hired to teach advance corporate finance course to MBAs taking up finance majors.

- Lectured working capital management to MBAs.

- Created and implemented distinguished program of research and teaching in several areas of finance.

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FINANCE

THE WHARTON SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA –PHILADELPHIA, PA 1990-1991

- Taught MBAs with reference to financial analysis and advanced corporate finance case course.

- Instructed curriculum on financial markets and research that concentrates on financing and investment activities.

EARLIER CAREER

FINANCE INSTRUCTOR, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA –IOWA CITY, IA

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE, INDIA

OFFICER ON SPECIAL DUTY, ENGINEERING & ELECTRONICS DIVISION –DCM, INDIA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Finance Association

Financial Management Association

Western Finance Association

Beta Gamma Sigma

GRANTS AND HONORS

2004-2006 Hawkinson Faculty Research Fellow

2002-2004 Martha and Dennis Hesse Research Faculty Fellow

1998-2002 Robert L. Jensen Fellow in Finance

University of Iowa

1995-1996 Summer Research Grant, University of Iowa

1994-1995 Collegiate Teaching Award, University of Iowa

1992-1993 Glucksman Faculty Fellowship, NYU

1990-1991 NEC Faculty Fellowship, Japan Center, NYU

1989-1990 Taggart Faculty Fellowship, NYU

1985-1986 Ponder Dissertation Fellowship, Iowa University

1983-1985 Ponder Fellowship, Iowa University

1983-1986 National Fellowship for Study Abroad, India

1974-1977 Gold Medal in Mathematics Honors,

Delhi University

1974-1977 National Science Talent Fellowship, India

1974-1975 University Entrance Scholarship

Delhi University

1974-1976 Puran Chand Khatri Sizarship,

Delhi University

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