Dr. Ranjan Chakravarty

Senior Professor, SBM, NMIMS

Phone - (022) 4235-5555
Email - Ranjan.Chakravarty@nmims.edu

Academic and Professional Qualification

• Post-Doctoral Fellow/Visiting Scholar, Department of Finance, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York, 1992-1993
• Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, 1986-1991 Fields: Finance and Management Science

Dissertation: "Non-Walrasian market microstructure: theory and tests."

• M.A. in Economics, Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse, NY, 1983 - 1986
• M.A. in Urban Studies – Urban Planning, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 1981-1983
• B.A. (Hons.) in Economics, St. Xavier's College, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 1977-1980

Honors and Awards

Omicron Delta Epsilon, International Honor society in Economics.

Ranked second in Bombay University in BA (Hons.) Examination and first in St. Xavier's College

Courses Taught

Corporate Finance, Commodity Markets

Teaching Experience - 8 years in U.S. Universities

Industry Experience - 22 years

Research Consultant, National University of Singapore Business School, Centre for Asset Management Research and Investments (CAMRI), Singapore, August 2015 - Present

CEO, Training and Big Data venture, Singapore, May 2014 – July 2015 Chief Risk Officer, Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) and Clearing Corporation (SMXCC), Singapore, Aug 2011 – April 2014

Head, Risk, Research and Product Development, Multi Commodities Exchange Stock Exchange (MCX-SX), Mumbai, India, June 2009 – June 2011

Head of Strategy and Products, Multi Commodities Exchange Credit Market Services Limited (CMSL), Mumbai, India, June 2007 – June 2009

Co-Founder and CEO, Orthien Consulting Pte Ltd, Singapore, Sept 2005 – May 2007

Managing Director and Head, Global Capital Markets Business Unit Control, Development Bank of Singapore (DBS Bank), Singapore, July 2004 – August 2005

Private Investor, Singapore, March 2002 – June 2004

Managing Director and Head of Risk Management, Asia Pacific, Hypovereinsbank Group, Singapore, May 1999 – March 2002

Senior Vice President - Risk Management, GE Capital - Capital Markets Services, Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., Nov1997 - April 1999

Vice President - Global Financial Risk Management, Bank of Boston, Boston, MA, U.S.A., Nov 1995 - Nov 1997

Associate, Global Risk Management, Bankers Trust, New York, NY, U.S.A., April 1994 –Oct 1995

FX Trader, Millennium Partners, New York, NY, U.S.A., Apr 1993 – March 1994

Ph.D. Topic

"Non-Walrasian market microstructure: theory and tests."

Research Interests

Capital Markets

Book Chapters

Chakravarty, R., D.G. Praveen (2012). Exchange traded currency derivatives markets in India: the road ahead. Macroeconomics and Markets in India: Good Luck or Good Policy? (vol. Chapter 9, pp. pp 110-117). New York: Routledge.

Chakravarty, R. (2011). Alternative Investment Market: An Indian Exchange Perspective. FICCI Banking and Finance Digest (Issue No. 5 ed., vol. Chapter 3, pp. pp.7-11.). Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Refereed Journal Articles

F.H.B. Harris, T.H. McInish and R.R. Chakravarty, (1995) "Bids and Asks in Disequilibrium Market Microstructure", Journal of Banking and Finance (Elsevier), Vol 19, no. 2, pp 323-345.

F. Huq, Z. Huq, R. R. Chakravarty, M. Z. Shariff, (1996) "The demand for public goods in India: an empirical test of Wagner's Law." Ciencia Ergo Sum (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México), vol 3, no. 1, pp. 19-24.

Chakravarty, R. R., and D.G. Praveen, (2010) "Exchange traded currency derivatives markets in India: the road ahead", Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies (Routledge), Vol. 3, no. 1, pp, 139-146.

Monographs

Chakravarty, R.R., Benefits of Trading in Exchange Traded Futures, MCX Stock Exchange, Mumbai, India, January 2011.

Chakravarty, R.R., et al, Indian Equity Investor Survey 2010, with A. C. Nielsen Company, MCX Stock Exchange, Mumbai, India, October 2010.

Periodicals

Chakravarty, R. (2016). S'pore as the global hub for infrastructure finance. The Business Times, Singapore, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd..

Press Articles

"The state of the asset management industry in Asia; seeking relevance in a shrinking sandbox II" (working title), Asia Asset Management, forthcoming.

Chakravarty, R.R., and J.C. Cherian, "Infrastructure finance: the case for Singapore," The EDGE Business Weekly, Singapore, forthcoming.

Chakravarty, R.R., and J.C. Cherian, "Asia’s Resilience Will See it Through Euro Crisis", June 5, 2012 in China Daily Weekly, Hong Kong, July 5, 2012, TODAY (Online and Print), Singapore, July 5, 2012, The Malaysian Insider, Kuala Lumpur.

Case Studies Published

"Project finance: the economics and finance of public private partnerships: The Malaysia north south highway project", Centre for Asset Management Research and Investments (CAMRI) Case Study, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore. Forthcoming.

"Project finance: the economics and finance of public private partnerships: The Malaysia north south highway project", Centre for Asset Management Research and Investments (CAMRI) Case Teaching Note, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore. Forthcoming.

"Corporate finance: Singapore International Airlines dividend policy", Centre for Asset Management Research and Investments (CAMRI) Case Teaching Note, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, forthcoming.