Dr Praveen Bhagawan, Associate Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance​, IFMR GSB presented multiple papers in various institutions at Hyderabad.

Dr Bhagawan presented one of his papers (co-authored with my faculty colleague Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay and Navya J Muricken, a faculty member at ICFAI Business School, Bangalore) titled ‘Does Female Presence on Corporate Boards matter for Firm`s Cost of Equity? Evidence from Indian Firms’ at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.

He also presented another of his papers (co-authored with my Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, IFMR GSB and Soumyabrata Basu, PhD scholar, IFMR GSB) titled ‘Creditor Rights and Firm`s Cost of Debt: Empirical Evidence from Indian Firms’ at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus.

The third paper presented by him ( co-authored with my Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, IFMR GSB and Soumyabrata Basu, PhD scholar, IFMR GSB ) titled ‘Creditor Rights and Tax Avoidance: Empirical Evidence from Quasi-natural Experiment in India’ was at University of Hyderabad.

​Sathyanarayanan Ramachandran, Sundram Fasteners Associate Professor, Marketing, IFMR ​G​SB, was invited as an expert speaker to address the National Conference on emerging trends in AI and reverse logistics organised by the University of Madras in collaboration with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) on ​5 August​, 2025.

​Sathyanarayanan Ramachandran shared his practical insights on the marketing and sustainability perspective, the short and long-term impact of reverse logistics management on net promoter score and customer lifetime value and the artificial intelligence trends in the industry with several success case studies from Amazon, H&M and Apple during the panel discussion on reverse logistics. The session was well received with several sets of questions and requests for elaboration.

Dr Suresh Govindapuram, Assistant Professor of Economics, IFMR GSB presented a paper on Women’s Financial Inclusion and Economic Development: Evidence from India at the 23rd Annual Conference and 30th Anniversary of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies from 22-25 July 2025 at Luxembourg.

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Professor Chandrasekaran N was a speaker at Annual Regional Director’s Conclave 2025 organised by Institute of Directors. He spoke on the discussion topic, Impact Assessment: The Backbone of CSR Accountability.

Dr Praveen Bhagawan, Associate Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB presented one of his research papers (co-authored with Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, IFMR GSB and Navya Muricken, faculty member at ICFAI Business School, Bangalore) ‘Does Female Presence on Corporate Boards matter for Firm`s Cost of Equity? Evidence from Indian Firms’ at the 2025 Vietnam Symposium in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Innovation (VSEFI2025), which was held on 10 and 11 July 2025 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Dr Praveen Bhagawan, Associate Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB presented a research paper (co-authored with Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, IFMR GSB and PhD scholar Soumyabrata Basu ) titled ‘Creditor Rights and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from Quasi-natural Experiment in India’ at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC). After the presentation, he also interacted with PhD students of IIMC and provided feedback on their papers.

A team of second-year MBA students from IFMR GSB participated in a competition organised by the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), India Affiliate, Game of Enterprise Risk (GOER) hosted at SDA Bocconi Asia Center, Mumbai on 5 July 2025. The team – The Hedge Knights – competed against 60+ leading business schools, including IIMs across India, ultimately securing an impressive second place. After multiple rigorous rounds, only 10 institutes qualified for the final round held in Mumbai. The team comprised Mohit Acharya, Siddhi Arora, Kartik Gupta, Saurav Kumar Sonthaliya, Rahul Kumar, Harshavarthini C, Anju Elizabeth John, Harshit Singh, Anshul Mittal and Atharvraj Kharosekar. The team was guided and mentored by Dr Ankur Paliwal, Assistant Professor, Finance, IFMR GSB, whose support and expertise were invaluable throughout the competition.

In the final round, each team faced a series of multiple simulated risk and crisis events, which they were expected to respond to within just a 20-minute time frame. Each risk event tested the teams’ ability to think critically under pressure, prioritise actions effectively, and demonstrate cohesive teamwork and provide a feasible solution.

The final round was evaluated by an eminent panel of judges, including Ms Anjali Merchant Majithia, Mr Hitesh Sheth, Ms Kaveri Venkataraman, FCA, SIRM and Ms Prabha Thomas. The event was graced by Ms Kamala Kantharaj, Chief Regulatory Officer of BSE India, as the Chief Guest.

This achievement underscores the talent, dedication, and collaborative spirit of our students, as well as the commitment of IFMR GSB to fostering excellence in business education and risk management. We congratulate the entire team on this accomplishment and thank our faculty and mentors for their continuous guidance.

Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, IFMR GSB and PhD scholar Soumyabrata Basu presented their research paper (co-authored with Dr Praveen Bhagawan, Associate Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB) related to the impact of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code on Indian non-financial firms at the 7th International Conference on Financial Markets & Corporate Finance (ICFMCF 2025) held at IIT Kharagpur and the 34th European Financial Management Association 2025 Annual Meeting held at the American College of Greece, respectively.