Mumbai: The Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) has announced the appointment of Professor Dr Prabina Rajib as its Director.
Dr Rajib, who succeeds Dr Harivansh Chaturvedi as Director, is a distinguished Professor in Finance & Accounting at IIT Kharagpur’s Vinod Gupta School of Management.
She has authored and co-authored two influential books – “Commodity Derivatives and Risk Management” (2014), and “Stock Exchanges Investment and Derivative” respectively.
Dr Rajib, with leadership roles including Dean VGSOM and her expertise in guiding numerous PhD theses’, has presented and published extensively in national and international journals and conferences.
The new Director’s research interests span the commodity spot and derivatives market, focusing on commodity hedging strategies, besides various aspects of modeling and pricing of derivatives.
In the Indian capital market, Dr Rajib delves into IPO pricing, buybacks, delisting of companies, and ADRs/GDRs issued by Indian companies, besides also exploring various aspects of FDI entry strategy and foreign (technological and financial) collaborations by multinational companies.
Meanwhile, the outgoing Director Harivansh Chaturvedi, who is the longest-serving Director of BIMTECH with 25 years tenure, will assume the role of Chief Educational Advisor, Birla Academy of Art & Culture – the parent body of BIMTECH and Birla Global University – and mentor them.
