Debarati Basu

Debarati’s broad research interests include accounting, corporate governance, corporate finance, corporate social responsibility and organization structures. Her work largely focuses on financial reporting and governance within the context of business group like structures. Prior to joining IIMB, she completed her FPM from IIM Calcutta. Debarati has also worked briefly in banking and education. She has co-authoured publications in journals like Journal of Contemporary Accounting and Economics, Global Business Review and Finance India and has received several academic awards. She enjoys spending her spare time traveling, reading, playing multiple sports and working for social causes.

## Research

Publications

• 2015, 'Financial decisions by business groups in India: Is it “fair and square”?' (with Kaustav Sen), Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 121-137
• 2012, 'An Empirical Test of the Arbitrage Pricing Theory - The case of Indian Stock Market' (with Deepak Chawla), Global Business Review, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 421 – 432
• 2012, 'An Empirical Test of the Three Factor Model - The case of Indian Stock Market' (with Deepak Chawla), Finance India, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 457 – 469
• 2010, 'An Empirical Test of CAPM - The case of Indian Stock Market' (with Deepak Chawla), Global Business Review, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 209 – 220
• 2008, 'Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions in India: Discriminating between Bidders and Targets' (with Deepak Chawla and Somashree Ghosh Dastidar), Global Business Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 207 – 218

Teaching

Debarati’s teaching interests are core courses like financial accounting and cost and management accounting and proposed electives on problems with financial reporting, corporate governance and empirical accounting research.

Awards

• Ranked 1st in the Post Graduate Diploma in Management at IMI (2006-08), awarded the Gold Medal and Certificate of Merit for the same
• Awarded the Dr. Sunanda Sengupta Gold Medal for “Outstanding Performance among all Lady Participants across all Post Graduate Programmes” at IMI in 2008
• Secured first position in the Commerce stream in school and in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) at the Senior Secondary stage, awarded the K. S. Varkey Gold Medal for the same
• Awarded the Atlas Jewellery Gold Medal for “All-round Excellence” at the Senior Secondary stage

Education

• FPM, Finance & Control, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, 2016
• PGDM, Finance, International Management Institute Delhi, 2008
• B.Com (Honours), Accountancy, Calcutta University, 2005