ISB to Co-Host Global
Conference with Wharton & Swedish Institute for Financial Research
Conference to Focus on Indian
Financial Markets
April 19-21, 2007
The Indian School of Business (ISB)
will be co-hosting a Global Research Conference on India's Financial Markets
at The Wharton School from April 19-21, 2007. The conference is a collaborative
venture of the Centre for Analytical Finance (CAF) at the Indian School of
Business, the Financial Institutions Centre (FIC) at The Wharton School,
USA, and the Swedish Institute for Financial Research (SIFR) at
Stockholm.
The conference has attracted
participation from well-known researchers from some of the renowned academic and
financial institutions such as MIT, Harvard, Chicago, Wharton, Duke, Kellogg,
Columbia, World Bank, IMF, Federal Reserve Board, etc.
Speaking about the conference,
Prof. Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, said, "The ISB has been actively promoting
India-focused research beyond India's borders, and co-hosting this prestigious
global conference is a moment of pride for us. The participation of some of the
best minds from across the world is a testimony to the importance of increasing
global interest in India."
Speaking on his participation,
Prof. Sankar De, Executive Director, CAF, ISB said, "The conference is a
truly global research event - a conference on India's financial markets, taking
place in the USA, and sponsored by three research centres located on three
different continents."
The conference will comprise four
sessions. Prof. Sankar De, Executive Director, CAF, ISB, will chair a session,
titled 'Corruption, Politics and Financial Policy'. He will also present a paper
on 'Financing, Credit Constraints and Investor Protection'. Prof. Mudit
Kapoor, Professor of Economics, will also represent ISB as a panel expert in
a session on 'Financial Markets: Recent Reforms and their Impact'. The other
session will deal with 'Banks and Financial Institutions' and 'Corporate
Financing, Credit Constraints and Investor Protection'.
Beginning with this event, CAF,
FIC and SIFR will hold joint research conferences annually during spring. The
conferences will be hosted on a rotational basis between Philadelphia,
Stockholm, and Hyderabad.
Please check the link below for
more details on the conference: -
http://www.isb.edu/caf/UsrSiteEventMgmt.aspx?ModuleID=14&TopicID=1
