H K Pradhan

• M.A. (Utkal University)
• M.Phil (GIPE, Pune)
• Ph.D. (GIPE, Pune)
• Fulbright Post Doctoral Fellow(Columbia Univ. New York)

*Experience Detail *

• Professor of Finance and Economics XLRI Jamshedpur (since 1995)
• Advisor, Commonwealth Secretariat & Ministry of Finance, Fiji Islands (2005-07)
• Professor of Finance IFMR Chennai (1988-2005)
• Faculty NIBM Pune (1985-1988)

Academic Distinction (Awards and Scholarships)

• Best Research Paper Award, 6th Annual Capital Markets Conference, UTI Institute of Capital Markets, Mumbai
• USA Fulbright Post Doctoral Fellowship 1999
• UGC Research Fellowship for MPhil at GIPE Pune
• National Merit Scholarship at UG & PG studies

Area of RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Asset Pricing
• Debt Markets
• International Finance
• Financial Risk Management
• Development Finance, SME Finance
• Government Debt Management
• Exchange Rate Policy
• Commodity Risk Management
• Mutual Fund
• FX Risk Treasury

Journal Articles-Refereed

• A model of credit constraint for MSMEs in India, Small Business Economics, May 2019 (with Malcolm Athaide)
• Macroeconomic News Surprises, Volume and Volatility Relationship in Index Future Market , Applied Economics, 2019 (with Ameet Banerjee )
• Order Flows, Investor Sentiments and Feedback Trade in index Futures Market, Journal of Quantitative Economics, 2019 (with Ameet Banerjee)
• Mutual Fund Performance in Changing Economic Conditions: Evidence from an Emerging Economy, Cogent Economics and Finance, 7(1), 2019 (with Pankaj Agrawal )
• Mutual Fund Performance Using Unconditional Multi-Factor Models: Evidence from India”, Journal of Emerging Market Finance 17 (2S), 2018 (with Pankaj Agrawal )
• Competition, Multiple Borrowing and Over-Indebtedness in Microfinance,The Microfinance Review,Vol. VII(2),(2015) (with Sunil Puliakut )
• TimesVarying Market Integration as a Regime Switching Process, Issue in Macroeconomics: A Quantitative Approach, 2015, IUP Publications(with Lakshmi Narasimhan)
• Examining Overreaction in Indian Stock Market for Quarterly News,Emerging Markets journal, Vol 4, No 1 (2014) (with Sitangshu Khatua)
• Islamic Banking and Finance: Future of the Financial World Order(with Shakeel Ahmed), LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011 (with Shakeel Ahmed)
• Subnational Capital Market Development for Municipal Financing, in Economic Development, Human Welfare and Sustainability, B. K. Mohanty (ed), New Century Publications, 2011
• Local Government Finance and Bond Market: India, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 2004
• Conditional CAPM and Cross Sectional Returns: A Study of Indian Securities Markets, National Stock Exchange of India Monograph April 2003 (with Lakshmi Narasimhan)
• Asymmetric Volatility and Risk in Indian Securities Markets, Capital Markets Conference Volume of the UTI Institute of Capital Markets, Mumbai, 2002 (with Lakshmi Narasimhan)
• Stock Price Behaviour in India, Asia-Pacific Development Journal, December 2002. (with Lakshmi Narasimhan )

Paper Presentations-Refereed

• Hedging in Indian Agricultural Commodity Markets under Different Risk Measures, paper presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of the Eastern Economic Association; Washington DC, 25-28 February, 2016
• Model of Access to Finance - SBLP / MBLP ? A field study from Hazaribagh (Jharkhand). Presented at 2nd International Workshop on Inclusive Finance : Making Finance and Insurance Markets Work for the Poor, XLRI Jamshedpur, September 13-15, 2013
• Empirical Analysis of Government of India Bond Market Liquidity. Presented at the India Finance Conference (IFC), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, December 18-20 ,2013
• Index based weather insurance presented at the International workshop on Inclusive Financial inNovation Mar 1-3 2012 XLRI ( Jointly with Navroz Singh Dhillon
• Micro enterprise financing , presented at the international workshop on inclusive financial inNovation , Mar 1-3 2012 . XLRI with Malcolm Athaide
• Presented a paper on Financial Inclusion in India at the Orissa Economic Association Annual Conference at Bhubaneswar during February 21-22, 2015.
• Risk Management in Government Debt; lead the Workshop on Risk Management for the DMO Nigeria, Abuja, January 14-18, 2008.
• Lead the Workshop on Effective Domestic Debt Workshop held at Kampala, Uganda, September 10-14, 2007.
• A Primer on Government Onlending: Conceptual, Regulatory and Institutional Issues, paper presented at the Workshop on Onlending at the Commonwealth Secretariat London, June 18-20, 2007
• Domestic and External Debt Management in Pacific Islands Countries, presented the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Suva, April 12, 2007.
• Domestic Debt Management presented at the Meeting of the Commonwealth Secretariat London during June 28-30, 2006, and participated by the 59 member countries of the Commonwealth
• Subnational Capital Market Development in India, paper presented at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) International Conference on Emerging Securities Markets, Mumbai January 10-12, 2005
• Indias Economic Reform and Lessons for South Asia, paper presented at the National Economic Outlook Conference organized by the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, Kuala Lumpur, December 7-8, 2004
• Bond Market Financing by Sub-national Governments: Indian Experience, paper presented at the International Association of Development Funds, Washington D.C. September 30-October 1, 2004
• External Debt Management: Some Reflections from India, presented at the Workshop on External Debt Management at the UN-ESCAP Bangkok, 6-7 July 2004