IIT Kharagpur Professor, Dr. Prabina Rajib, Assumes Role as New Director at BIMTECH

Bengaluru, January 4th, 2024: Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), a number one Business School in India, proudly pronounces the appointment of Professor Prabina Rajib as its Director, succeeding Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi.

Dr. Prabina Rajib, a distinguished Professor in Finance & Accounting, at IIT Kharagpur’s Vinod Gupta School of Management, brings a wealth of expertise together with her. Her intensive portfolio contains roles in instructing, analysis, and consultancy. Notably, Dr. Prabina Rajib has authored and co-authored two influential books, “Commodity Derivatives and Risk Management” (2014) and “Stock Exchanges Investment and Derivative”, respectively. Her promotions in 2007 and 2011 underscore her vital contributions to academia, emphasizing her unwavering dedication to excellence at IIT Kharagpur.

With over twenty years of expertise, Dr. Rajib has held a number of management roles, together with Dean VGSOM, and has demonstrated her experience by guiding quite a few PhD theses. She has introduced and printed extensively in nationwide and worldwide journals and conferences.

Dr. Rajib’s analysis pursuits span the Indian commodity spot and derivatives market, specializing in commodity hedging methods, as effectively as varied points of modeling and pricing of commodity derivatives. In the Indian capital market, she delves into IPO pricing, buybacks, delisting of corporations, and ADRs/GDRs issued by Indian corporations. Additionally, she explores varied points of FDI entry technique and overseas (technological & monetary) collaborations by multinational corporations.

Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi, the outgoing Director, will now assume the position of Chief Educational Advisor, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, the father or mother physique of BIMTECH and Birla Global University (BGU), and mentor them. Dr. Chaturvedi, the longest-serving Director of BIMTECH with 25 years of tenure, has been instrumental within the institute’s vital progress. During his tenure, he led the institution of two residential campuses at Greater Noida and Bhubaneswar. Dr. Chaturvedi will proceed to mentor BIMTECH and BGU, and serve as a member of the Board of the 2 establishments.