EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Finance, 2003 – 2007 (expected)

Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

MBA (Post Graduate Diploma in Management), 1997-99

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India

Major: Finance

B.Sc. (Mathematics), 1994-97

St Xavier's College, Bombay University, India

Major: Mathematics; Minors: Economics, Statistics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Empirical asset pricing, Idiosyncratic volatility.

PAPERS

Firm-specific risk and equity market development (with Gregory W. Brown), 2006, Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming.

The Next Microsoft? Skewness, Idiosyncratic Volatility, and Expected Returns, 2006, (Job market paper).

PRESENTATIONS

Firm Specific Risk and Equity Market Development

Utah Winter Finance Conference, 2006.

Financial Management Association, 2006.

Discussant

Financial Management Association, Chicago 2005.

Financial Management Association, Salt Lake City, 2006.

TEACHING

Instructor, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill

Introduction to Corporate Finance BA 180 (BSBA) Summer 2004 (Avg. Rating: 4.1 / 5)

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Chapel Hill

Greg Brown, 2003 – 2006; Eric Ghysels 2006.

Consultant / Senior Consultant, KPMG Consulting, Bombay, India

Financial Services Consulting: Dec 2000-May 2003

Projects included: Business strategy, business plans for international expansion and technology selection for banks; setting up a trading and risk management desk for an oil company.

Consultant, KPMG Consulting, London, UK

Strategy Consulting: June 1999 – Dec 2000

Projects included: Strategy for an internet bank, trading and risk management group of an oil major, digital rights management services provider, container shipping company.

AWARDS

Peggy Lee and Sunil Wahal Award (Outstanding 'Up and Coming' PhD Student), Kenan-Flagler Business School, 2006.