• Current Position: Associate Professor, Finance & Accounting, IIM Visakhapatnam 

• Highest Qualification: PhD, Finance & Accounting, IIM Bangalore, 2018 

• Total Experience: 11 years (Academia: 8| Industry: 3) 

• Research Interests: Credit Rating; Corporate Finance; Investments 

• Teaching Areas: Corporate Finance; Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management; Financial Derivatives and Risk Management 

PGP/MBA (Graduate) 

• Corporate Finance | Role: Core | Year(s): 2018–20, 2019–21, 2020–22, 2022–24, 2023–25, 2024–26, 2025–27 

• Investments | Role: Elective | Year(s): 2017–19, 2018–20, 2021–23 

• Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management | Role: Elective | Year(s): 2022-24, 2023-25, 2024-26 

• Financial Derivatives | Role: Elective | Year(s): 2018–20, 2019–21, 2023–25, 2024–26 

• Risk Management | Role: Elective | Year(s): 2018–20 

• Financial Derivatives & Risk Management| Role: Elective | Year(s): 2021–23 

• Financial Risk Management | Role: Elective | Year(s): 2022–24 

PhD/Doctoral 

• Basic Corporate Finance Research | Year(s): 2020, 2022,2024 | Role: Instructor 

• Research in Corporate Finance & Governance | Year(s): 2025 | Role: Instructor 

Journal Articles 

• Musunuru, P., Jawed, M. S., & Krishnan, K. (2026). Board independence, promoter influence, and share pledging behavior. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 103059. (ABDC – A) 

• Chakrabarti, A., & Krishnan, K. (2024). Impact of Institutional Ownership Heterogeneity on Sustainability Spend of Portfolio Firms: The Moderating Role of Credit Rating. Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, 31(2), 257-281. (ABDC – B) 

• Krishnan K., & Basu, S (2022). The Determinants of Credit Rating and the Effect of Regulatory Disclosure requirements: Evidence from an Emerging Market. Asia Pacific Journal of Risk and Insurance, 17(1), 87-112 (ABDC – B) 

• Chakrabarti, A., & Krishnan, K. (2021). Change in Illiquidity of Family Firms with Institutional Pressure: Evidence from India. American Business Review, 24(2), 9. (ABDC – A) 

• Krishnan, K., Mukherji, A., & Basu, S. (2020). Market responses to increased transparency: An Indian narrative. International Review of Economics and Finance, 69, 663-677. (ABDC – A) 

• Krishnan, K., Basu, S., & Thampy, A. (2020). Has the Global Financial Crisis Changed the Market Response to Credit Ratings? Evidence from an Emerging Market. Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 19(1), 7-32. (ABDC - B) 

Conference Papers (Peer-reviewed) 

• Balasingham Balachandran, Praveen Bhagawan, and Kaveri Krishnan [2024] “Does the Introduction of Bank Loan Credit Ratings matter for Firm`s Leverage: Evidence from Indian Firms” Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE), IFMR Graduate School of Business. 

• Praveena Musunuru, Mohammad Shameem Jawed, and Kaveri Krishnan [ 2024] “Board Independence, Promoter Influence and Share Pledging Behaviour”. PAN IIM World Management Conference, IIM Sambalpur. 

• Rajesh Sinha and Kaveri Krishnan [2018] “Does Product Market Competition Affect Analysts’ Target Price Property?”. Midwest Region Meeting of the American Accounting Association (AAA), Indianapolis, Indiana. 

• Kaveri Krishnan, Sankarshan Basu, and Ashok Thampy [2018]. “Has the Global Financial Crisis changed the Market response to Credit Ratings? Evidence from an Emerging Market”. Annual Conference of the French Finance Association (AFFI), Paris. 

Executive Education / MDPs / FDPs 

• Executive Certificate Program in Financial Risk Management – Batches 1-5 | Audience: Financial Industry participants| Duration: November 2023 – Jan 2026 | Role: Lead 

• Executive Certificate Program in Business Finance & Financial Modelling – Batches 1-3 | Audience: Financial Industry participants| Duration: June 2024 – October 2025 | Role: Lead 

• Young Scientists Induction Program – Batches 1 - 3 | ICMR | August 2024 - November 2024 | Role: Lead 

• Mid-Career MDP – Batches 1 - 4 | ICMR | April 2025 - November 2025 | Role: Lead 

Institutional Administrative Roles 

• Dean Administration – July 2024 - Present 

• Chair – Student Matters Facilitation Committee - July 2024 – Present 

• Chair – Nasha Mukt Hostel Committee – April 2025 - Present 

• Chair – Admissions – August 2020 – February 2021 & September 2023 – June 2024 

• Chair – Finance & Accounting Area – August 2022 – December 2023 

• Coordinator – Admissions – December 2019 – July 2020 

• Coordinator – PGPDGM Programme – June 2019 – December 2019 

• Coordinator – PhD Programme – August 2018 – December 2019 

Committees / Academic Governance 

• Board of Governors, IIM Visakhapatnam- Faculty Nominee Member – July 2025 – Present 

• Anti Ragging Committee – Member & Alternative Chairperson – August 2025 – Present 

• Official Language lmplementation Committee - Member & Alternative Chairperson – August 2025 – Present 

• Academic Advisory Committee (Facilitation Committee) – Member – July 2025 – Present 

• AACSB Assurance of Learning Committee – Member – April 2025 – Present 

• Course Review Committee – Member – July 2024 – Present 

• PhD Programme Committee – Member - July 2018 – March 2021 

• Women’s Cell - Member - July 2019 – March 2021 

• PGCEP Committee – Member - July 2018 – December 2019 

Academic Service (External) 

• Reviewer: [Journals] (Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, American Business Review, Journal of Emerging Market Review, IIMB Management Review) 

• Reviewer: [Conferences] (India Finance Conference, Research Symposium on Finance and Economics) 

• Session Chair: [Research Symposium on Finance and Economics] [2025] 

• Asst Secretary, Executive Committee: [ Indian Finance Association] [ 2024, 2025]