Keynote Speakers & Experts
Plenary Session: 22 December 2023
Key Note Speaker: Prof. (Dr) Suresh Radhakrishnan
Constantine Konstans Distinguished Professor of Accounting and Corporate Governance,
Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas
Topic: CSR: A Framework and Musings
He teaches financial statement analysis, valuation, mergers and acquisitions, financial and managerial accounting. He has received teaching awards at the University of Texas at Dallas, New York University, and Rutgers University. He received the Graduate Student Mentor Award at the University of Texas at Dallas.
He received his Ph.D. (Accounting) and M. S. (Statistics and Operations Research) from New York University, Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Madras, India. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Cost and Management Accountant.
Plenary Session: 21st December 2023
Speaker: Prof. (Dr.) Robert Faff
Associate Dean - Research, Professor, Centre for Data Analytics, University Professorial Fellow, Bond Business School, Robina, Australia
Topic: The Art of Pitching Finance Research … Responsibly
Plenary Speaker: Plenary Session: 22nd December 2023, 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Prof. Sabri Boubaker
Professor of Finance, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting & La Revue Française de Gouvernance d’Entreprise (French Corporate Governance Review), EM Normandie Business School, France & University of Swansea, UK
Topic: Investing in the Future: The Importance of Green Finance and ESG
Plenary Session: 23rd December 2023
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Sanjay Kallapur, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India
Topic: The state of Accounting/Finance research in India, and how to get to the next level
Date: 20th December 2023
Speaker: Dr. Tara Shankar Shaw
Associate Professor, IIT Bombay, Dept. of Economics
Topic:Financial Econometrics
Pre-Conference Tutorial Session 2
Date: 20th December 2023
Speaker: Prof. Saumya Ranjan Dash
Dean (Research) and Professor (Finance and Accounting),
IIM Indore
Topic: Behavioural Finance
Pre-Conference Tutorial Session 2
Date: 20th December 2023
Speaker: Prof. Saumya Ranjan Dash
Dean (Research) and Professor (Finance and Accounting), IIM Indore
Topic: Behavioural Finance
Dr. Saumya Ranjan Dash has done his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur in the area of asset pricing and behavioural finance. Dr Dash is currently working as Professor (Finance and Accounting) and Dean (Research) at IIM Indore. Dr. Dash’s contribution has been substantial as a teacher, researcher, and academic administrator with an academic carrier span over more than 13 years. He is currently the board member of Indian Accounting Standards Board, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, New Delhi. He has published more than 30 research papers in reputed national and international journals. Most of his works are in the domain of behavioral finance. He has published in high-ranking journals, including Journal of Behavioural Finance, Journal of Behavioural and Experimental Finance, and Review of Behavioural Finance. A noteworthy feature is his sustained record of academic research and publications in areas related to investor sentiment and his enduring commitment to teaching and scholarship in top management schools in India. His active academic research pursuit has enabled him to understand the varied effects of investor sentiments on corporate decisions and asset prices. In pursuance of the broader academic interest, his enduring commitment to teaching also includes providing management development training programmes to public sector companies and private corporate organizations. Along with Indian executives, he frequently takes international corporate training assignments in Dubai and other GCC countries. He is also Associate Editor of IIMB Management Review (Elsevier) and VILAKSHAN – XIMB Journal of Management (Emerald).
Speaker: Prof. (Dr) Neerav Nagar Associate Professor (Finance & Accounting), IIM Ahmedabad
Topic: Accounting Research