P G APTE

P.G. Apte is a former Professor and Director of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. While at IIMB, he taught varied courses in International Corporate Finance, Macroeconomics, and Financial Derivatives both at Post graduate and Doctoral Level. Prof. Apte holds a PhD from Columbia University, New York, a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata, and a Bachelor?s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. His areas of academic interest include Currency Risk Management, Options & Futures, and International Capital Markets. While at IIMB, he was also the UTI Chair Professor in the Capital Markets area. Prof. Apte currently undertakes part-time teaching assignments at various institutions. Sanjeevan Kapshe was Professor (Management Studies) at Railway Staff College (now National Academy of Indian Railways) Vadodara. He served as Officer-on-Special-Duty (OSD) and Head of Derivatives and New Products Department (DNPD), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Mumbai, on deputation from Ministry of Railways, Government of India. He was a member of many committees of SEBI, RBI, and Ministry of Railways, Government of India. Over the years, he has taught courses on Corporate Finance, Financial Derivatives, Investment & Portfolio Management, Behavioral Finance, Project Appraisal and Financing, among others. His areas of interest include Financial Derivatives, International Financial Management, Investments & Portfolio Management, Behavioral Finance, Financial Econometrics, Infrastructure Project Financing, and so on.