Amrit Panda

Overview

Dr. Amrit Panda is an Assistant Professor in the Finance & Accounting area at Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya. His teaching interests are in courses like Financial Management, Security Analysis & portfolio Management, Financial Risk Management, and Financial Analytics. His research interest lies in the areas of Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Institutional investment, Public Offerings, and ESG.  He has published his research works in several tiered journals including Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, Journal of Economics and Finance, Applied Economics Letters, etc. He is a regular reviewer of research papers for journals like Finance Research Letters, International Review if Financial Analysis, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, etc. Before joining IIM Bodh Gaya, he was associated with Jindal Global Business School (JGBS), O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana. 

• Areas of Expertise: Corporate finance, Security Analysis, ESG

Academic Background

• Ph.D from Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur
• M.com from Banaras Hindu University

Affiliations:

• Assistant Professor (Finance & accounting), Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya, Jul 2025-Present
• Assistant Professor (Finance & accounting), Jindal Global Business School (JGBS)m O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, Dec 2024- Jul 24
• Lecturer (Finance & accounting), Jindal Global Business School (JGBS) O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana, Dec 2024- Jul 24

Teaching Interests:

• Financial Management
• Security Analysis & portfolio Management
• Financial Risk Management
• Financial Analytics

Research Interests:

• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance
• Institutional investment
• Public Offerings
• ESG

Publications (Journal Articles):

• IPO underpricing and short-term performance: a comparative analysis during the COVID-19 pandemic and tranquil periods in a cross-country setting. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (ABDC: B)
• Unveiling differential patterns in IPO and SEO underpricing: A comparative analysis of high-quality and low-quality firms. Applied Economics Letters (ABDC: B)
• Efficacy of popular Value-at-Risk (VaR) models to predict downside risk of alternative investment funds: A cross-country study. International Journal of Financial Engineering (ABDC: C)
• Strategic underpricing in public offerings: The role of firm quality. Journal of Economics and Finance (ABDC: B)

Conference Presentations:

• Unveiling Effective Monitors: Institutional Investors' Identity and its Impact on Firms' Earnings Management Practices. Presented at the 2023 Banking and Financial Stability Conference, University of Sydney Business School, Sydney, Australia (Dec 8-9 2023)
• Are PEVCs socially responsible? New insights from cross-country analyses. Presented at 2023 JCAE Annual Symposium and Doctoral Consortium, Journal of contemporary accounting & economics, University of Texas at Arlington, USA (Jan 03-05, 2023)
• PEVC investment and social engagement in investee firms: new evidence from cross-country analyses. Presented at India Finance Conference, India Finance Association, IIM Calcutta, India (Dec 19-21, 2022)
• Latent signal from PE/VC exits in IPOs: Do they discard lemons? Presented at ISDSI-Global Conference 2021, IIM Nagpur, India (Dec 27-30, 2021)
• Backtesting of popular VaR models: new insights from a cross-country study of alternative investment funds. Presented at India Finance Conference, India Finance Association, IIM Bangalore, India (Dec 16-18, 2021)
• Efficacy of popular VaR models to predict downside risk of alternative investment funds: A cross-country study. Accepted at World Finance Banking Symposium, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary (2021)
• Some insights into IPO underpricing and short-term performance: A cross-country study during two major crisis scenarios. 28th Annual Global Finance Conference, Global Finance Association, Fresno/California State University, USA (May 27, 2021)
• Do machines learn? Identifying winners within a value portfolio. Presented at 13th Annual ISDSI Conference, Bhubaneswar, India, (December 27-30,2019)