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Raghuram Rajan ISB Fellow

Professor Raghuram Rajan is the Academic Fellow 2007 at the Centre for Analytical Finance (CAF), Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. Every year, the ISB invites a finance researcher of the highest scholarly standing as the Academic Fellow for the year at the CAF.

Professor Raghuram Rajan has been associated with the ISB since its inception. He was the ‘Area Leader’ for two key areas of ISB’s Post Graduate Programme in Management, namely Finance and Economics and Public Policy. He was also keenly involved in the ISB’s Executive Education Programmes and led one on Financial Strategies for Creating Values. He was the force behind the creation of the CAF. Researchers at the CAF are currently working with him on a policy project of national importance. As the CAF Academic Fellow, he will be involved in the Research Conference to be held at the ISB in August 2007.

Welcoming him, Professor Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, said, “I am proud that Professor Raghuram Rajan has consented to be the Academic Fellow at CAF, ISB. He has been instrumental in setting up the Centre for Analytical Finance (CAF) at the ISB. As one of the leading research and consulting experts on global financial issues, we believe that his involvement will further strengthen the research focus at the ISB. ”

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