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Suman Saurabh
PhD (IIM Ahmedabad)
Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences
Research Interest
Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, Behavioral Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Derivatives
Office : R. No. - 312, Department of Management Sciences
IIT Kanpur, Kalyanpur, Uttar Pradesh - 208016
Specialization
Finance & Accounting
Education
FPM (Ph.D.), IIM Ahmedabad, 2012-2018
Master of Business Economics, University of Delhi, 2010-2012
Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering, IIT(BHU) Varanasi, 2003-2007
Teaching Area
Financial Management
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Finance
Cost Accounting
Financial Derivatives
Financial Engineering
Selected Publications
Journal ArticlesKumar, D., Phani, B. V., Chilamkurti, N., Saurabh, S., Ratten, V. (2023), "Filling the SME credit gap: a systematic review of blockchain-based SME finance literature", Journal of Trade Science.
Arora, P., Saurabh, S. (2022), “Predicting distress: a post Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 analysis”, Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 46 No. 3, pp. 604-622.
Dixit, B.K., Gupta, N. and Saurabh, S. (2020), "Dividend policy in India: reconciling theory and evidence", Managerial Finance, Vol. 46 No. 11, pp. 1437-1453.
Book ChapterDhanagare, A., Saurabh, S., Roy, P. (2023), "Consumer Investment Behavior", in "A Research Agenda for Consumer Financial Behavior", Edward Elgar Publishing.
Kumar, D., Phani, B. V., Saurabh, S. (2023), "Crisis Management and Innovation in Indian Manufacturing MSMEs Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic", in "Entrepreneurship Research", Springer Publishing.
Kumar, D., Phani, B. V., Saurabh, S. (2023), "Integrated Blockchain architecture for end-to-end Receivables Management of Indian MSMEs", in "Applications of Emerging Technologies and AI/ML Algorithms", Springer Publishing.
Case StudySaurabh, S., Roy, P. (2022), “Signs of Financial Distress at Jet Airways: The Way Forward”, AIMA India Case Research Centre.
Awards & Fellowships
'Excellence-in-Teaching Award' (2023), IIT Kanpur
'Best Paper Award' at International Finance and Accounting Conference (IFAC) 2023
'Best Paper Award' at International Conference on Sustainable Goals (ICSG) 2022
'Excellence Award' at 2nd AIMA-ICRC Case Writing Competition and Conference 2022
'Senate Citation' for Teaching Excellence at IIT Kanpur for some of the courses taught in the recent years
Conference Presentations
Predicting Financially Constrained Firms Using Text Data" (with Jaydeep Amrutbhai Sarvakar), 3rd International Business Analytics Conference (BAC), (Mumbai, 2023).
Bankruptcy Prediction Using Text-Based Sentiment Analysis on Indian Firms" (with Saurabh Kumar Gupta), 3rd International Business Analytics Conference (BAC), (Mumbai, 2023).
“Crisis Management and Innovation in Indian Manufacturing MSMEs Amidst COVID- 19 pandemic’ (with Deepak Kumar and B V Phani), International Conference on ‘Shaping the Future of Management Education for Sustainable Emerging Economies (SFME), (2022)
“Does the ESG Disclosure during uncertain environment offer substantial opportunities in the Indian Stock Market?” (with Preeti Roy), World Finance and Banking Symposium (WFBS), (2022)
“Does the ESG Disclosure during uncertain environment offer substantial opportunities in the Indian Stock Market?” (with Preeti Roy), India Finance Conference (IFC), (2022)
“Does the ESG Disclosure during uncertain environment offer substantial opportunities in the Indian Stock Market?” (with Preeti Roy), International Conference on Sustainable Goals (ICSG), (2022)
“ESG Disclosure and Firm Risk: A Case of India’s Environmentally Sensitive Sector” (with Preeti Roy), 12th Conference on Excellence in Research and Education (CERE), (2022)
“Signs of Financial Distress at Jet Airways – The Way Forward” (with Preeti Roy), 2nd AIMA-ICRC Case Writing Competition and Conference (CWCC), (2022)
“Non-financial Disclosure and Firm Risk: A Case of India’s Environmentally Sensitive Sector” (with Preeti Roy), International Conference on Banking and Finance (ICBF), (2022)*
“Predicting Distress: Post Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (2016) Analysis” (with Paras Arora), Academy of Economics and Finance (AEF) Annual Conference, (2021)
“Pricing Kernel Puzzle in the Indian Financial Market” (with Jay Gupta and Sachin Angural), Academy of Economics and Finance (AEF) Annual Conference, (2021)
“Estimation of Risk Aversion and Risk Premium in India (with Jay Gupta and Sachin Angural)”, India Finance Conference (IFC), (Ahmedabad, 2019)
“Dividend Policy in India: Reconciling Theory and Evidence” (with Bipin K. Dixit and Nilesh Gupta), India Finance Conference (IFC), (Ahmedabad, 2019)
“Investor Sentiment and Open Market Repurchases” (with Joshy Jacob and Ajay Pandey), India Finance Conference (IFC), (Ahmedabad, 2019)
“Foreign Institutional Investors, Controlling Shareholders and Market Timing: Evidence from India” (with Imran Haque and Shradha Bindal), Midwest Finance Association (MFA) Annual Meeting, (Chicago, 2017)*
“Shareholder Tax Incentives and Dividend Policy: Evidence from India”, Academy of Economics and Finance (AEF) Annual Conference, (Charleston, 2017)
“Market Irrationality and Share Repurchases” (with Joshy Jacob and Ajay Pandey),International Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Finance (ICFMCF) , (Kharagpur, 2017)
“Market Irrationality and Share Repurchases” (with Joshy Jacob and Ajay Pandey), International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence (ICADABAI), (Ahmedabad, 2017)
“Foreign Institutional Investors, Controlling Shareholders and Market Timing:Evidence from India” (with Imran Haque and Shradha Bindal), India Finance Conference (IFC), (Ahmedabad, 2016)
“Foreign Institutional Investors, Controlling Shareholders and Market Timing: Evidence from India” (with Imran Haque and Shradha Bindal), Emerging Markets Finance Conference (EMFC), (Mumbai, 2016)*
Professional Experience
Member of Faculty Advisory Board, E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur, 2019-21
Program Co-Chair, International Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Finance (ICFMCF), Kanpur, 2018
Reviewer, Qualitative Research in Financial Markets (QRFM)
Reviewer, Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers
Discussant, Academy of Economics and Finance 58th Annual Conference, 2021
Session Chair, International Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Finance (ICFMCF), 2018
Session Chair, India Finance Conference, 2016
Academic Positions
Warden in-charge, Hall of Residence -V, IIT Kanpur, 2022-24
Department Online Programmes Convener (DOPC), Department of IME, IIT Kanpur, 2022-23
Faculty in-charge, Capstone Projects, Department of IME, IIT Kanpur, 2021-22
Faculty in-charge, Website, Department of IME, IIT Kanpur, 2021-22
Seminar Coordinator, Department of IME, IIT Kanpur, 2020-21
Faculty in-charge, Capstone Projects, Department of IME, IIT Kanpur, 2020-21
Faculty in-charge, Alumni and Corporate Relations, Department of IME, IIT Kanpur, 2020-21
Warden, Hall of Residence -V, IIT Kanpur, 2019-22
Seminar Coordinator, Department of IME, IIT Kanpur, 2019-20
Co-Chairperson, M.Tech. Admissions Committee, Department of IME, IIT Kanpur, 2018-19