Anurag Gupta

Anurag Gupta, PhD, is Professor of banking and finance. His primary research interests include risk management, banking, financial regulation, risk strategy, credit modeling and technology financing. His research work has been published in top finance journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance and the Journal of Monetary Economics. He has presented his research at numerous top institutions and conferences all over the world and is currently working on a large and prestigious research grant from the US Department of Energy for improving access to financing for energy start-up companies.

Dr. Gupta teaches corporate risk management, quantitative risk modeling, derivatives, banking, valuation and corporate finance at the Weatherhead School of Management. He is the Director of the Master of Finance program in Shanghai, China since 2011 - the first master degree in finance offered by a world-class U.S. university in mainland China. In prior years he has served as Department Chair, Banking and Finance, Associate Dean (Global Initiatives), Senior Associate Dean (Graduate Programs), and most recently as Vice Dean for WSOM.

In 2015, Dr. Gupta received the Theodore M. Alfred Distinguished Service Faculty Award, which recognizes the outstanding service contributions of a faculty member to Weatherhead, Case Western Reserve University, and the recipient’s profession.

Dr. Gupta received his PhD from the Stern School of Business, New York University, MBA from the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, and BS from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He began his faculty appointment at Case Western Reserve University in 1999.

Education

• PhD, New York University, Stern School of Business, 1999
• MBA, IIM Calcutta, 1992
• BS, IIT Delhi, 1990

Academic and Professional Activities

• Associate Dean, Associate Dean, Global Initiatives, 2013 - Present
• Committee Member, International Affairs Advisory Council, 2013 - Present
• Director, Director, MSM Finance Program, Shanghai, 2011 - Present
• Department Chair, 2011 - Present
• Committee Member, Appointments Committee, 2011 - 2015
• Director, Director, International Finance Programs, 2010 - 2013
• Committee Member, Weatherhead Mentoring Committee, 2010 - 2011
• Committee Member, Institutions Developing Excellence in Academic Leadership (IDEAL), 2010 - 2011
• Committee Member, MSM Finance (Cleveland) Committee, 2007 - Present
• Committee Member, Weatherhead Faculty Council, 2004 - 2006
• Regional Co-Director, Global Association of Risk Professionals, 2003 - 2012

Awards

• Theodore M. Alfred Distinguished Service Award, Weatherhead School of Management. (2015).

Research

• Financing Technology Startups
• Derivatives
• Quantitative Risk Modeling
• Corporate Risk Strategy
• Credit Risk
• Banking
• Financial Regulation
• Securitization and Syndicated Loans
• Energy Finance
• Private Equity

Teaching

• Corporate Risk Management
• Quantitative Risk Modeling
• FinTech
• Derivatives
• Banking & Regulation
• Valuation
• Corporate Finance
• Private Equity