Education

• Post Graduate Diploma in Business Finance, ICFAI University, India (2002)
• Bachelor of Commerce (Honors), Calcutta University, India (1999)

Subject Taught/ Student Project Mentor

• Corporate Finance
• Private Equity & Venture Capital
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring
• Financial Statement Analysis
• Advance Financial Statement Analysis

Academic experience

• Visiting Professor of Finance, Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst of India, Dubai (August-December 2007)
• Faculty Member, Finance, Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst of India (January 2003-July 2007)
• Visiting Faculty, Institute of the Chartered Accountants of India, Apex Accounting Body in India (April 2004-April 2007)

Consulting experience

• Consulting Editor, Portfolio Organizer Magazine
• Editorial Panel of Tata McGraw Hill Publication (Indian arm of McGraw Hill Publications)
• Corporate Trainer to Indian Blue Chip Companies (Infosys, CSC & Satyam Computers)

Research & publications

• Article: “Study Identifies Key Areas for Foreign Direct Investments” Gulf News (April 2010)
• Article: “What it Means to Invest in Equities” Gulf News (July 2009)
• Article: “How to Buy and Sell Shares” Gulf News (July 2009)
• Article: “How to Get the Right Portfolio” Money Works Magazine (July 2009)
• Article: “Gold ETFs a Sound Option for Investors Seeking Safe Haven” Gulf News (June 2009)
• Article: “The Trick is Not to Lose Sight of Value Stocks” Gulf News (May 2009)
• Research Article: “Private Equity in Developing Nations” Journal of Asset Management (Special issue), Volume 9, No: 2, Palgrave Macmillan (July 2008)
• Research Article: “Wealth Management and Private Banking” Indian Banker, Journal of the Indian Bankers Association (October 2006)
• Research Article: “FDI in China and its Economic impact” Journal of World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development (WREMSD), Volume 2 - Issue 1/2 – 2006, pp. 36 – 56 (2006)
• Research Article: “Corporate Governance: A Relook into the Indian Banking System” Corporate Finance: Governance, Corporate Control & Organization
• Research Article: “The Measures of the Quality of Trading in a Stock: Empirical Evidence from the National Stock Exchange (INDIA)” Journal of: Market Microstructure
• Case Study: “Starbucks’ Turnaround Strategies”
• Case Study: “Emirates Airlines: Flying High in Tough Times”
• Case Study: “Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Dominance of the GCC”
• Case Study: “Teaching Management the Shakespeare Way”

Conference papers presented

• “Viability of the Establishment of the GCC Monetary Union, Lessons from the Euro Zone” 10th International Conference on Technology & Business Management, (Association of Indian Management Scholars) Dubai (2010)
• Panelist: “Policy Forum Armenia (PFA) Conference Series, High Level Economic Forum Armenia” Weathering the Global Storm, Yerevan, Armenia (May 25, 2009)
• “Wealth Management and the Dominance of the GCC” Eighth International Conference of Middle East Economic Association (MEEA), Nice, France (2009)
• “Technology and Indian Banking, the Way Forward” Seventh AIMS (Association of Indian Management Scholars) International Conference on Management, IIM Bangalore, India (2009)
• “Information Technology in Indian Banking”

Editorial & reviewer activities

• Editor: “FDI: Issues in Emerging Economies”
• Editor: “Islamic Investments: Issues and Country Experiences”
• Editor: “Indian Capital Markets: Trends and Reforms”