Teaching

 

Area of Research:

• Corporate Finance and Risk Management 
• Restructuring and Regulation of telecommunications 
• Power sectors in India

Current Research:

• Corporate Finance and Risk Management 
• Restructuring and Regulation of telecommunications 
• Power sectors in India

Publications/Articles/Cases:

• "Agriculture Insurance in India: Scope for Particpation by Private Insurers", Economic and Political Weekly, June 19, 2004
• "Appropriate Return to Equity in Private Power Projects: Case of the Enron Project", Vikalpa, Vol. 22, no. 2, April-June, 1997.
• "The Risks of Financing Telecom Projects in India", Vikalpa, vol. 22, No. 3, July-September 1997, pp 55-63.
• "BIFFEX Freight Futures: Analysis of a contract on a service", Research Symposium Proceedings, Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Asia-Pacific Futures Research Symposium, Singapore-February 1996, Chicago Board of Trade.
• "Return to equity, Financial Structure, and Risk Contracting in Infrastructure Projects". Vikalpa, vol. 20, no. 4, October-December 1995.
• "High Price Earnings Ratio of the Indian Stock Market and Investment by Foreign Financial Institutions". Economic and Political Weekly, May 28 1994.
• "Financial Structure of Foreign Controlled Companies in India", Indian Journal Of Finance and Research, January 1994.
• "The Badla Market and Futures and Options" The Review of Futures Markets, vol. 13, no. 4, 1994. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Asia-Pacific Futures Research Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, February 1994, Chicago Board of Trade.
• "Management Resistance to Takeover Bids and Shareholders Response". The Financial Review, August 1992.
• "Share Repurchase as a Takeover Defense", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, June 1991.

• "Arvind Mills: Financial restructuring"
• "BHP Limited: Risk Management Strategy" (Risk Management)
• "BPL Cellular Holdings: American Depositary Shares". (Financing Telecom Project)
• "Dabhol Power Company". (Financing Power project)
• "MP Tolls Limited: Rao-Pithampur project". (Financing Toll Road project)
• "Foresight Limited, London". (Project finance)
• "Great Eastern Shipping Company". (Dividend Policy)
• "Essar Gujarat Limited". (Euroconvertible offering)
• "India Auto Finance Limited". (Hire-purchase pricing)

• "Spectrum Allocations in India", in India Infrastructure Report 2002, 3iNetwork.
• "Regulation of Tariffs and Interconnection: case studies", in India Infrastructure Report 2001, 3iNetwork.
• "TP Case Study: fixed-mobile interconnection in India", Telecommunication Policy, vol. 25 (2001), pp. 21-38. (Jointly with Lara Srivastava, ITU, Geneva)
• "Price Regulation of Telecommunication services: TRAI's First Tariff Order", Vikalpa, January–March 2000

• "Response on TRAI Consultation Paper On Growth of Telecom Services in Rural India October 27, 2004"
• "Local Loop Unbundling for Broadband competition: Response to the TRAI Consultation Paper on Accelerating Growth of Internet and Broadband Penetration, November 28, 2003"
• "Strengthening Participation by Developing Countries in International ICT Decision-Making: India Case Study", CTO Panos study
• "Competition Policy in Telecommunications: Case study of India", prepared for the ITU, Geneva
• "Fixed Mobile interconnection: Case study of India", Prepared jointly with Lara Srivastava for ITU, Geneva
• "The Changing International telecommunications environment: Case study of India", prepared jointly with Phillips Tarifica, London for ITU, Geneva.
• "The implications of FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on International Settlement Rates for India", prepared for the Telecom Commission, India.

• "Management of Power Supply to Agriculture", India Infrastructure Report, 2004, 3iNetwork
• "Transition Plans for Power Sector Privatization: The Case of Delhi and Karnataka", India Infrastructure Report, 2003, 3iNetwork
• "Orissa Power Sector Reforms: Getting Back on Track", India Infrastructure Report, 2002, 3iNetwork

 

Reports:

• "Orissa power sector reform: analysis and recommendations" Prepared for Power Finance Corporation.
• "Review of Orissa Power Sector Reforms", member of committee set up by the government of Orissa.

 

Consulting

 

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