Research Areas:
Market Microstructure; Capital Markets; Corporate Financial management issues in emerging markets

Academic Positions:
IIM Bangalore: 1997-present
Visiting Associate Professor and Associate Dean- Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India, 2002 Jan to 2002 July
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Texas Austin, USA, 2001 Jan-2001 June
Visiting Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Finance- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 1996 Jan- 1996 Dec and Apr- May 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Assistant Professor, Department of Finance- Boston College, USA, 1993 Sept -1995 Dec and 1997 Jan -1997 June
Instructor, Department of Finance- University of Utah, USA, 1991- 1992
Research Assistant, Dept. of Finance- Tel Aviv University, Israel, 1990-1991
Research Assistant, Dept. of Finance- University of Utah- 1991-1992

Other Assignments:
Software Analyst Programmer- Tata Unisys Ltd, West Chester (PA), USA- Feb 1987- July 1987
Software Analyst Programmer- Tata Unisys Ltd. Brisbane (CA) USA- Oct 1985- July 1987

Awards:
Garn Fellow- University of Utah- 1992-1993
NTS Scholar (National Talent Search) - NCERT (National Council for Education and Research Training) - 1978-1985

Significant Publications:
Books
Valuation (Analyzing Global Investment Opportunities), Pearson International Edition, 2008, co-authored with Sheridan Titman and John Martin

Selected International Publications
1. "A Framework for a Securities market database in India," co-authored with S. G. Badrinath, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol XLII, No. 48, December 1, 2007
2. "Can Splits Create Market Liquidity? Theory and Evidence," co-authored with Avner Kalay, Journal of Financial Markets v5 83-125, 2002
3. "Trading Activity and Expected Stock Returns," co-authored with Tarun Chordia and Avanidhar Subramanyam, Journal of Financial Economics 59 3-32, 2001
Selected Policy publications (Indian markets)
4. "Liquid Secondary Markets for Corporate Debt," Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXIX No. 36, 3695-3696, September 4, 2004
5. "How Contemporary are IIMs? MBA curricula in a Globalised World," Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXIX No. 8, 827-838, February 21, 2004
6. "Disinvestment of PSUs: Leaving Money on the Table?" Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XXXVIII (10) 949-954, March 8-14 2003

Selected Articles in (Indian) Press
1. "How to get money for value," Economic Times editorial page, April 8 2003
2. "The Reality of B-school Rankings", Business India, June 24 - July 7, 2002
3. "Small-cap exchanges make big difference," Business Line, January 10th 1999