Full CV

Ph.D. University of Minnesota (Finance), 1986

Ph.D. Indian Inst. of Technology, Kharagpur, India (Mining Engineering), 1977

B Tech Indian Inst. of Technology, Kharagpur, India (Mining Engineering), 1970

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

Practice Associate Professor, Singapore Management University (2004– Present)

Previous Appointments:

Visiting Associate Professor, Singapore Management University (2001 - 04)

Senior Fellow, The National University of Singapore (1998 – 2001)

Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne, (1994 – 98)

Associate Professor, Union College, Schenectady, USA, (1993 – 94)

Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Albany, USA (1985 –1993)

Instructor, University of Minnesota (1981 – 85)

Instructor, Southern India Bank Staff Training College (1981)

Lecturer/Assistant. Professor, P.S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, India (1975 – 1980)

Honors & Awards

“The Pricing of Emerging Market Country Funds” was judged as the outstanding paper in the Global Finance Conference (2001)

"The Effects of Foreign Investment Activities on Firm Value" was judged as the outstanding paper in the Global Finance Conference (1999)

The paper “International Ownership Structure and Firm Value” was judged as the outstanding paper in the Global Finance Conference (1996)

“On the Design and Pricing of Country Funds Under Market Segmentation” was judged as the outstanding paper in Global Finance Association Meeting (1994)

The paper “International Ownership Structure and Firm Value” was judged as the outstanding paper in International Finance in Southern Finance Association Meeting, (1990)

Courses Taught in SMU

Statistics

Analysis of Equity Investments

Analysis of Alternative Instruments & Investments

Financial Markets, Instruments and Institutions

Business Study Mission

Selected Consulting Activities

Consultant for World Bank in Policy Formulation for Capital Markets in Developing Countries

Consultant to Spectrum technologies, USA in Preparation of Business Plan and Financing for a Power Plant in India.

Consultant to Countywide Financial Services, Australia in Asset Allocation.

Consultant to mutual funds in India in Portfolio Management

Consultant to Hamilton Forum in USA in Preparation of Business Plan for Newspaper.

Research Areas

Corporate Finance

International Financial Markets

Risk Management

Current Projects

Risk Management in Asia Pacific region – Principles, Instruments and Techniques

International Financial Integration - Theory and Policy (with Eun C.S.)

Capital Market Integration, Economic Vitality, and the Pricing of Closed-end Country Funds

Open-ending a Closed-end Country Fund - The Case of Japan Fund

Analysis of Multiple Country Funds

Growth Risk and Firm Size effect

Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications

Sundaram Janakiramanan, "Derivative Securities and Risk Management in Asia and Australia", Pearson/Prentice Hall, Singapore, 2007

Janakiramanan, S., A.S.Lamba and C.M. Seneviratne, “A Comparison of Shareholder Wealth Effects of Firms Announcing Domestic and International Joint Ventures”, Investment Management and Financial Innovation , 4/2005, 33 – 49.

Janakiramanan, S. and A.S. Lamba, “International Joint Ventures and Political Risk” Journal of Business Policy and Research June 2005.

“Substantial Market Movements and Linkages Among Stock Markets”, Journal of American Academy of Business Research Forum, Vol 1, Number 2, 2002, 139-145 (with A.S. Lamba)

”The Pricing of Emerging Market Country Funds” , Journal of International Money and Finance, 21, 2002, 833-55 (with Eun, C.S.& L.Senbet)

“Stock Market Linkages and the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis”, in The Current State of Business Disciplines, Volume 3 Finance, edited by Shri Bhagwan Dahiya, Spellbound Publications Limited, India, 2000 (with Asjeet S. Lamba)