Savita Shankar

Savita Shankar is a Lecturer at the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her Ph.D. at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. She has taught at the Keio Business School, Japan; the Asian Institute of Management, Philippines; and the Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai, India. Prior to her academic career, she worked with financial institutions in India for ten years (Export Import Bank of India and ICICI Bank) focusing on project appraisals and stress asset management. Her research interests include issues related to micro, small and medium enterprises, financial inclusion, and social entrepreneurship. She has consulted for the Asian Development Bank as well as for Habitat for Humanity (Cambodia and Philippines). Her ongoing research includes a collaborative project on the potential for setting up a credit risk database for micro, small, and medium enterprises in India.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
• B.A. Delhi University
• MBA Full Time Faculty of Management Studies - University of Delhi

Companies

• Lecturer, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania (2021)
• Visiting Scholar Center for the Advanced Study of India (2020 — 2021)
• Associate Professor Keio University (2015 — 2019)
• Non Resident Research Fellow Asian Institute of Management (2013 — 2016)
• Independent Director NIIT Technologies Philippines Inc. (2012 — 2013)
• Associate Professor Asian Institute of Management (2011 — 2013)
• Research Scholar, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore (2007 — 2011)
• Adjunct Professor IFMR Graduate School of Business - Krea University (2003 — 2006)
• Chief Manager ICICI Bank (2000 — 2003)