Soumya Sankar Chakraborty

Assistant Professor

Educational Qualification:

PhD (Pursuing from IIT Bombay)

MA (Economics) from University of Hyderabad

B.Sc. (Economics Hons) from University of Calcutta

Area of Specialization

Econometrics, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Microeconomics.

Scholarships and Awards

Gold medalist for scoring the highest marks in college in B.Sc. Economics (Hons) 2012-15.
Qualified the entrance exam for Institute of Actuaries, India in 2016
Qualified the UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) (January 2017 exam)
Best Paper Award for presenting "Impact of Trade Shock on Corporate Cash holdings of Indian listed firms” at the Sixth Annual Economics Conference on Macroeconomic Policy Making: Prospects and Challenges held at the SAMSOE, NMIMS, Mumbai in collaboration with The Indian Econometric Society, on 25^th March, 2023.

Working Paper

Under review: "Trade Shock and Corporate Cash holdings: Evidence from Indian Corporate Sector” in Thunderbird International Business Review with Tara Shankar Shaw and Mehul Raithatha
Under review: "Investment or Expropriation: Exploring the nexus between managerial ability and corporate cash holdings” in International Review of Economics and Finance with Tara Shankar Shaw and Mehul Raithatha
Working paper: "Do investors value the mandatory separation of the CEO and Chairperson positions? Evidence from India’s withdrawn regulation” with Tara Shankar Shaw and Mehul Raithatha
Working paper: "Does corporate cash holdings reduce default risk during Covid-19 shock: Lessons from Indian Corporate Sector” with Tara Shankar Shaw

Conference/Seminars

Presented "India’s position in the Impossible Trinity Conundrum” at Economics Department, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India 19-20 February, 2016.
Presented "Managerial Ability, Agency Conflict and Cash holdings: Evidence from Indian firms” in the 2022 International Society for the Advancement of Financial Economics conference at Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 5-6 December, 2022.
Presented "Impact of Trade Shock on Corporate Cash holdings of Indian listed firms” in the Eight IIFT International Conference on Empirical Issues in International Trade and Finance at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, India, 15-16 December, 2022.
Presented "Impact of Trade Shock on Corporate Cash holdings of Indian listed firms” at the Sixth Annual Economics Conference on Macroeconomic Policy Making: Prospects and Challenges held at the SAMSOE, NMIMS, Mumbai in collaboration with The Indian Econometric Society, on 25^th March, 2023.
Presented "Investment or Expropriation: Exploring the nexus between managerial ability and corporate cash holdings in India” in the World Finance Conference at University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway, 2-4 August, 2023.

Work Experience

Visiting Faculty at SAMSOE, NMIMS Mumbai (August 2023-December 2023)
- Taught Third Year B.Sc. Economics students (Course- Econometrics II)

Office Emai-id

Phone-no: 91-022-42355615