Soumyabrata’s overarching topics of interest include Corporate Finance, Financial Economics, and International Trade.
He is exploring the effects of the Indian Bankruptcy Code on non-financial firms in India. Apart from research related to policy, he has undertaken research on Exchange Rate Volatility.
Before joining the PhD program at IFMR GSB, he has conducted research with last-mile women entrepreneurs, and small and marginal farmers, in his capacity as an Analyst in a Management Consulting firm.
Mar’2021-Jun’2022 RE-EMERGING WORLD CONSULTING PRIVATE LIMITED
Analyst, executing research studies, analyzing and interpreting findings, and supporting proposal writing
- Conducted an End Term Research to distill good practices emerging out of a socialproject to enhance the adaptive capacity and resilience of small and marginal farmers in West Bengal, India
- Conducted research with last mile women entrepreneurs for a project on clean energy and climate adaptive solutions in Bihar, India
- Conducted research with rural lower-income women in agri-business value chains for a project towards scaling up women-led climate-resilient farming model in drought- prone areas of Maharashtra, India
- Undertookdesk research –
- To understand the present scenario women micro and nano entrepreneurs in india
- To understand the level of digital inclusion among rural ndian women
- To understand the achievements and shortcomings of DAY-NRLM
- To understand the achievements and workings of an nternational non-profit foundation to fortify edible oil in India
- To critically analyse the achievements and shortcomings of ‘Mission Shakti’ in Odisha, India
- To understand the concept of Financial Heath as defined by UNCDF
Dec’2019- Jan’2020 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE, CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRY (CII)
Intern
- Conducted research with farmers and agricultural marketing board officials for aproject towards optimizing usage and efficiency of agricultural markets in West Bengal, India
Publications:
- Basu, S., Bhagawan, P., & Mukhopadhyay, J. P. (2025). Bankruptcy Reform and Audit Fees: Evidence from Quasi-natural Experiment in India. Finance Research Letters, 107512.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2025.107512 - Majumdar, D., & Basu, S. (2023). Exchange Rate Uncertainty and India’s Bilateral Trade: A Gravity Model Approach.Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, 0(0).
https://doi.org/10.1177/09767479231178953
Consulting Report:
Re-emerging World Consulting. (2022, July). 08 lessons learned: Inputs for policy considerations in developing resilience against climate risks for small-scale farmers in semi-arid regions:
https://re-emergingworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220719-Eight-Lessons-Learned-Supplementary-Report-FINAL-Draft.pdf
Paper Presentations:
Overseas Conferences
- 2025 (forthcoming): European Financial Management Association 2025 Annual Meeting , Athens, Greece
- 2024: European Financial Management Association 2024 Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2024: World Finance Conference, Cyprus (virtual)
- 2024: Vietnam Symposium in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Innovation, Vietnam (virtual)
Domestic Conferences
- 2025: Doctoral Colloquium on Financial Markets & Corporate Finance 2025, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
- 2024: 6thInternational Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Financial Markets & Corporate Finance, DMS&IE, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
- 2024: India Finance Conference
- 2024: XKDR Forum’s Workshop on Insolvency and bankruptcy reforms in India:10 years after IBC
- 2024: Annual Research Workshop on Insolvency and Bankruptcy organized jointly by IIM Ahmedabad and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
- 2023: International Conference on Management Research, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
- 2021: 7th International Conference on EmpiricalIssues International Trade and Finance conducted by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
Soumyabrata has a strong affinity towards drama, music and art. He has been part of a theatre group in Kolkata where he has performed in eleven shows. He is still enthusiastic about the theatre, and wishes to rejoin again at the appropriate time. Apart from this, in his leisure, he likes to rhyme words to compose poetries. On a trip, he will look for opportunities to capture the beauty of Nature with his camera. Thus, all things that is artistic and cultural, is what interests Soumyabrata.
