Associate Professor, Department of Industrial & Management Engineering
Risk Management and Insurance
PhD, Georgia State University Atlanta, USA, 2005
Masters in International Business (IIFT, New Delhi), 1998
M.Sc. (5-year Integrated) in Mathematics (IIT, Kanpur), 1992
Equity issue-specific versus broad regulatory protections against expropriation risk: International evidence from SEOs (joint with Manu Gupta and Nanda Rangan), Journal of International Money and Finance, 2013, 35:146-166.
Information Embedded in Directors and Officers Insurance Purchases, (joint with Manu Gupta), Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 2012, 37(3), 429 – 451.
Risk-taking and performance of public insurers: An international comparison, (joint with L. Paige Fields and Manu Gupta) Journal of Risk and Insurance,2012, 79(4), 931-962.
Governance and Shareholder Response to Chief Risk Officer Appointments, (joint with Manu Gupta and Nanda Rangan) Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice, 2012, 37:108-124.
Performance reversals and attitudes towards risk in the Venture Capital (VC) market, (joint with Oghenovo Obrimah) Journal of Economics and Business 2010, 62, 537-561.
Recipient, Dean's Competitive Summer Research Grant, School of Business at VCU, Summer of 2006, 2007, 2011.
Member – Editorial Board, International Journal of Engineering and Industries.
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure at VCU, Richmond, VA, USA.
Recipient – Endowed scholarship as a doctoral student at GSU, Atlanta, USA.