Raghuram Rajan as Academic Fellow at ISB to Work on a Policy Project of National Interest

Raghuram Rajan as Academic Fellow at ISB to Work on a Policy Project of National Interest

Prof. Raghuram Rajan is the Academic Fellow 2007 at the Centre for Analytical Finance (CAF) at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Every year the ISB invites a finance researcher of the highest scholarly standing as the Academic Fellow for the year at the CAF.

Prof. Raghuram Rajan has been associated with the ISB since its inception. He was the ‘Area Leader’ for two key areas of ISB’s Post Graduate Programme in Management, namely Finance and Economics & Public Policy. He was also keenly involved in the ISB’s Executive Education Programmes and led one on Financial Strategies for Creating Values. He was the force behind the creation of the CAF. Researchers at the CAF are currently working with him on a policy project of national importance. As the CAF Academic Fellow, he will be involved in the Research Conference to be held at the ISB in August 2007.

Welcoming him, Prof. Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, said, "I am proud that Prof. Raghuram Rajan has consented to be the Academic Fellow at CAF, ISB. He has been instrumental in setting up the Centre for Analytical Finance (CAF) at the ISB. As one of the leading research and consulting experts on global financial issues, we believe that his involvement will further strengthen the research focus at the ISB."

"I look forward to being at the ISB and participating in the vibrant intellectual environment that is emerging there," expressed Prof. Raghuram Rajan.

Prof. Rajan is currently Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. Until recently, he was the Economic Counselor and Director of Research, International Monetary Fund, the first finance researcher and the youngest person ever to hold this very influential research position. Among numerous honors and distinctions, he received the inaugural Fischer Black Prize awarded biannually by the American Finance Association for outstanding contributions to finance by a scholar under 40.

The CAF at the ISB has previously invited Prof. Franklin Allen, Nippon Life Professor of Finance, The Wharton School in 2005 and Prof. Richard Roll, Japan Alumni Chair in Finance at UCLA Anderson in 2006 as Academic Fellows. Both of them have been Presidents of the American Finance Association, besides sharing many other professional distinctions and honors.

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Contributed by -
Ms. Bhuvana Ramalingam,
Director - Communications,
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

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