Sankarshan Basu is a Professor in the Finance and Accounting Area at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). He has been the Chairperson of the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (between April 2017 – March 2019), the Chairperson of Career Development Services (between April 2012 – March 2015) and Chairperson of Alumni Relations (between January 2007 – September 2011) at IIMB. Sankarshan has a B.Sc. with honours in Statistics from Presidency College, Calcutta, M.Sc. in Statistics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. His primary research and teaching interests are in financial markets and quantitative finance, particularly derivatives and fixed income securities and insurance and pension issues. Prior to joining IIMB, Sankarshan has also worked with ICICI Ltd. (now ICICI Bank Ltd.), as well as been a teaching faculty at London School of Economics and Political Science and Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K. Sankarshan has also been a Visiting Professor at University of Twente, Netherlands, Gothenburg University, Sweden, ESCP, Paris, CFVG, Ho Chi Min City and Hanoi, Vietnam and Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Sankarshan is active in teaching, consulting (both in India and outside India) as well as well as research. He has published a number of papers, book chapters as well as two books. He is very well travelled and has presented his works at a number of international conferences. He also serves on the boards of a couple of companies. Sankarshan also serves on the international selection panel for the selection of Fellows for the German Chancellor Fellow, a fellowship run and administered by the Office the German Chancellor. He is also a founder member of the Indian Finance Association (IFA) and currently is the President of IFA. He has also served in various roles within the Asia Pacific Risk and Insurance Association (APRIA) including as President for the year 2014 – 2015. He is currently serving as a Member of the Governing Council, PPF.

Sharad Nath Bhattacharya is currently serving as an associate professor in the area of finance at IIM Shillong. He has about twenty years of teaching and research experience. In the past, he was engaged in various capacities with the National Institute of Management Calcutta, University of Calcutta, Institute of Technology and Science, IMT Ghaziabad, Indian Institute of Management Indore, Indian Institute of Management Raipur, and Army Institute of Management, Kolkata. He is a post-graduate in finance and holds a Ph.D.  from the University of Calcutta. An order of merit winner at the University of Calcutta for his rank at post-graduation level, he offers courses on Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, International Finance and Cost Management. Prof Bhattacharya’s research interests are in Empirical Finance, Financial Markets, Corporate Finance and Liquidity in Financial Markets. Active in serving the professional community, he has been visiting faculty at IIM Indore, IIM Raipur, IMT Ghaziabad and University of Calcutta. He is a life member of the Indian Finance Association (IFA) and currently the vice president of IFA. He has been a creative researcher, has published a large number of research papers in several reputed international and national journals including ABDC ranked journals. His papers are well received at national and international conferences. He is a sought after trainer in the Executive Development space spanned across the public sector units, defense entities as well as corporate entities.

Sudershan Kuntluru is the Dean (Executive Education) and Professor of Finance, Accounting & Control at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. He holds a Ph.D. and M.Com from Osmania University and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

His teaching and research interests lie in Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Strategic Financial Management, and Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection. His research focuses on financial reporting, earnings management, auditing, corporate governance, and the role of accounting information in capital markets. He has published widely in leading international journals such as Research in International Business and Finance and Review of Accounting and Finance, with research covering areas including share buybacks, earnings management during IPOs, and financial reporting practices in Indian firms.

Prof. Kuntluru has received the AIMS International Distinguished Service Award (2021) and has contributed to professional bodies such as the Accounting Standards Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is actively associated with the India Finance Association (IFA) and currently serves as its Secretary.

M Kannadhasan is a professor of finance at the Indian Institute of Management Raipur. He holds a Ph.D in finance from Anna University. He has received his bachelor’s degree in commerce from Madras University, a Master’s in business administration from Bharathiar University, and a Master’s in foreign trade from Pondicherry University. Before joining IIM Raipur, he has worked with Bharathidhasan Institute of Management, Trichy. He teaches courses, namely, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Corporate Finance, Security analysis and portfolio management, Financial derivatives, and Fixed Income securities.

Kaveri Krishnan is an Assistant Professor in the Finance and Accounting Area at the Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam (IIMV). She completed her PhD from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, specializing in the Finance & Accounting Area. Her work largely focuses in the area of credit rating. Her dissertation explores the efficacy of the credit rating process in India. The thesis also analyses the determinants of credit rating and the impact of the regulatory disclosure requirements on the credit rating process. Her broad research interests lie in the area of Credit Rating, Corporate Finance, and Investments. Prior to her doctoral degree, she completed her MBA and Engineering degree. After her Master’s degree, she worked in the industry for about three years.

Siddhartha Pratim Chakrabarty is a Professor in the area of finance. His research interest and expertise includes portfolio theory, financial risk management, sustainable finance and computational finance. His research focus is on quantitative methods like statistics, mathematics and computing, to address questions arising at the interface of portfolio theory, risk management and sustainable finance. His recent papers include topics on commodity prices, pricing of financial derivatives, robust portfolio optimization, financial risk management and carbon transition risk. He has nearly fifteen years of experience in the teaching of courses in finance to both undergraduate and postgraduate students at IIT Guwahati and he has offered two MOOC courses in the areas of mathematical finance and mathematical portfolio theory. His B.Tech. Project advisees have gone on to secure prestigious positions in the finance sector, both in India and overseas, including Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank of Scotland, Morgan Stanley, Citadel, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo and American Express. He is also a recipient of the Scholarship Scheme for Faculty Members from Academic Institutions-2020 by the Reserve Bank of India, 2020.

Anirban Banerjee is an Assistant Professor in the Finance and Accounting Area at IIM Ahmedabad. His research interest is Market Microstructure, primarily focusing on the role of algorithmic and high-frequency traders. He is also a member of the Misra Centre for Financial Markets and Economy and the Brij Disa Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at IIM Ahmedabad. He hold a Ph.D. from IIM Calcutta and a Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Sudhir S. Jaiswall is an Associate Professor in the Finance and Control Group at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. His teaching areas include financial reporting and analysis, cost management, and corporate financial analysis. His research focuses on corporate governance, executive compensation, taxation, and auditing.

Prof. Jaiswall holds a Ph.D. from University of Calcutta, an M.S. from University of Rochester, and a PGDM from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He is also professionally qualified as a CFA, FRM, and Cost Accountant, and actively contributes to teaching, research, and academic programme leadership at IIM Calcutta.