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The flagship Research Symposium on Finance and Economics
(RSFE 2025) returns!

3 Days, 12 Keynote Speakers, 43 Technical Sessions 

June 11 -13, 2025 Virtual

RSFE 2025

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Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2025

The Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2025 organised by IFMR GSB (Graduate School of Business) (formerly IFMR) at Krea University aims to bring researchers, academicians, and practitioners in finance and economics across the globe to present, discuss and deliberate upon emerging issues in finance and economics in the contemporary world.

IFMR GSB has begun its new journey under the aegis of Krea University, pioneering Interwoven Learning to prepare scholars for the future, with a strong focus in research. This symposium is an important event in the academic calendar of IFMR GSB, Krea University. The three-day symposium will include keynote lectures, plenary sessions, and technical sessions among renowned academicians in the field of Finance and Economics.

The symposium solicits research papers both theoretical and empirical on various topics in the field of Finance and Economics.

Since its inception in 2019, the research symposium has experienced significant success in terms of participation of researchers from various reputed institutions both in India and in abroad. Every year the symposium had keynote lectures delivered by distinguished academicians and eminent researchers such as Professor Pranab Bardhan (University of California at Berkeley), Professor Nagpurnanand Prabhala (Johns Hopkins Carey Business School), Professor Paresh Kumar Narayan (Deakin University, Australia), Professor Bala Balachandran (La Trobe University, Australia), Professor Itay Goldstein (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, US), Professor Raghavendra Rau (Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK), Professor Uday Rajan (Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, US), Professor Campbell R. Harvey (Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, US), Professor Nishith Prakash (University of Connecticut, US), Professor Ashima Goyal (IGIDR, India), Professor Jeffrey M. Wooldridge (Michigan State University, US), Professor Tom Smith (Macquarie University, Australia), Professor Bart Lambrecht (University of Cambridge, UK), Professor Chandra Krishnamurti (University of South Australia, Australia), Professor Nadya Malenko (University of Michigan, US), Professor Robert Faff (Professorial Fellow at Bond University and Emeritus Professor at UQ, Australia), Professor Julian Franks (London Business School, UK), Professor Nandini Gupta (Indiana University, US), Professor Andrew Ellul  (Indiana University, US), Professor Ann Sardesai (CQ University Australia, Sydney), Professor Kenneth R. French (Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, US), and Professor Suresh Sundaresan (Columbia Business School, US), Professor Suraj Srinivasan (Harvard Business School, US), Professor Jonathan A. Batten (RMIT University College of Business and Law, Australia), Professor Henri Servaes (London Business School, UK), Professor Andrey Malenko (Carroll School of Management, US), Professor Martina Linnenluecke (University of Technology Sydney, Australia), Professor  Huu Nhan Duong (Monash University, Australia), Professor Rajkamal Iyer (Imperial College, UK), Professor Douglas Cumming (Florida Atlantic University, US), Professor Andrew Jackson (UNSW Sydney, Australia), Professor Shashwat Alok (Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India), Professor R.C. Liao (Rutgers University Newark Business School, US), and Professor Sheetal Sekhri (University of Virginia, US).

 
Speakers

at RSFE 2025 include the following distinguished academicians

Prof. S. Professor Amiyatosh PurnanandamGhon RheeMichael Stark Professor of Finance, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, US
Prof. S. Professor Amiyatosh PurnanandamGhon Rhee
Professor Prasanna TantriAssociate Professor, Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad, India
Professor Prasanna Tantri
Professor Edward I. AltmanMax L. Heine Professor of Finance Emeritus, Stern School of Business, New York University, US
Professor Edward I. Altman
Professor Partha Sarathy MohanramJohn H. Watson Chair in Value Investing, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada
Professor Partha Sarathy Mohanram
Professor Alexander K. ZentefisCampbell National Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, US
Professor Alexander K. Zentefis
Professor Claudia CustodioProfessor of Finance, Imperial College, UK
Professor Claudia Custodio
Professor Reena AgarwalRobert E. McDonough Professor of Finance, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Professor Reena Agarwal
Professor Michael WeberAssociate Professor of Finance, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, US
Professor Michael Weber
Professor Jonathan B. BerkThe A.P. Giannini Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business, US
Professor Jonathan B. Berk
Professor Anand SrinivasanAssociate Professor of Finance, National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School, Singapore
Professor Anand Srinivasan
Professor Ankit KaldaAssociate Professor of Finance, Indiana University, US
Professor Ankit Kalda
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Scientific Committee
  • Professor Abhijeet Chandra (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India)
  • Professor Ajay Kumar Mishra (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India)
  • Professor Ajay Pandey (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India)
  • Professor Arati Kale (Providence College, US)
  • Professor Archana Patro (Indian Institute of Management, Bodhgaya, India)
  • Professor Arun Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India)
  • Professor Arun Kumar Misra (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India)
  • Professor Athira A (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India)
  • Professor Badri Narayan Rath (Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India)
  • Professor Balagopal Gopalakrishnan (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India)
  • Professor Balasingham Balachandran (Monash University, Malayasia)
  • Professor Betty Simkins (Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Stillwater, Oklahoma, US)
  • Professor Bhavik Parikh (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada)
  • Professor Bheemeshwar Reddy A (Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad, India)
  • Professor Bibek Bhatta (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)
  • Professor Bipin Dixit (Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, India)
  • Professor Brian Blank (Mississippi State University, US)
  • Professor Brinda Viswanathan (Madras School of Economics, India)
  • Professor Chandrasekhar Krishnamurti (University of South Australia, Australia)
  • Professor Deepti Goel (Pitzer College, US)
  • Professor Devendra Kale (University of Rhode Island, US)
  • Professor Dilip Kumar (Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur, India)
  • Professor Gary Tian (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)
  • Professor Gaurav Dhamija (Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India)
  • Professor Gopal V (Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, India)
  • Professor Gordon Yuan (University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia)
  • Professor Huu Duong (Monash University, Australia)
  • Professor Jayadev M (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India)
  • Professor Jijo Lukose P J (Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India)
  • Professor Kannan Thuraisamy (Deakin University, Australia)
  • Professor Kartick Gupta (University of South Australia, Australia)
  • Professor Kaveri Krishnan (Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam, India)
  • Professor Kiran Kumar (Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India)
  • Professor Krishnan C N V (Case Western Reserve University, US)
  • Professor Krishna Prasanna (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India)
  • Professor Lakshmi Padmakumari (Institute of Rural Management, Anand, India)
  • Professor Madhu Kalimpalli (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)
  • Professor Manju Jaiswall (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India)
  • Professor Manpreet Singh (Georgia Tech, US)
  • Professor Marchionne Francesco (Indiana University, US)
  • Professor Mehul Raithatha (Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India)
  • Professor Neerav Nagar (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India)
  • Professor Nemiraja Jadiyappa ((Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India)
  • Professor Nilanjan Banik (Mahindra University, India)
  • Professor Palka Chhillar (Jindal Global Business School, India)
  • Professor Parthajit Kayal (Madras School of Economics, India)
  • Professor Preeti Roy (Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, Jharkhand)
  • Professor Priyesh V P (Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, India)
  • Professor Rakesh Nigam (Madras School of Economics, India)
  • Professor Ramana L V (Indian Institute of Managemen,t Indore, India)
  • Professor Raveendra Chittoor (University of Victoria, Canada)
  • Professor Saravanan P (Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappali, India)
  • Professor Shashank Bansal (Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, Jharkhand)
  • Professor Shashidhar Murthy (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India)
  • Professor Shreya Biswas (Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad, India)
  • Professor Shweta Srinivasan (Rutgers School of Business, Camden, US)
  • Professor Sobhesh Kumar Agarwalla (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India)
  • Professor Sony Thomas (Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India)
  • Professor Sowmya Dhanaraj (Madras School of Economics, India)
  • Professor Spiros Bougheas (University of Nottingham, UK)
  • Professor Srinivasan Rangan (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India)
  • Professor S S S Kumar (Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India)
  • Professor Steven Ongena (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
  • Professor Subash S (Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India)
  • Professor Sudershan Kuntluru (Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India)
  • Professor Sudhir Jaiswall (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India)
  • Professor Suman Banerjee (Stevens Institute of Technology, US)
  • Professor Suman Saurabh (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India)
  • Professor Surendra Rao Komera (Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar, India)
  • Professor S V D Nageswara Rao (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India)
  • Professor Thenmozhi (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India)
  • Professor Thomas J. Chemmanur (Carroll School of Management, US)
  • Professor Varun Jindal (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India)
  • Professor Vivek Rajvanshi (Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India)
Organising Committee
  • Professor Praveen Bhagawan (Chair and Associate Professor, Accounting, Finance, and Quantitative Finance Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)
  • Professor Balasubramanian Gopalswamy (Member and Senior Professor, Accounting, Finance, and Quantitative Finance Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)
  • Professor Govindapuram Suresh (Member and Assistant Professor, Economics Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)
  • Professor Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay (Member and Associate Professor, Economics Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)
  • Professor Soumya Pal (Member and Assistant Professor, Economics Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)
  • Professor Vinod Kumar (Associate Professor, Accounting, Finance, and Quantitative Finance Area, IFMR GSB, Krea University, India)

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The online portal for registration will open on 30 November, 2022

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Contact Details

Dr Praveen Bhagawan M

Area Chair (Accounting, Finance, and Quantitative Finance) Chair, Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2025
IFMR GSB, Krea University, India   
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