Dr. Rahul Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the area of Accounting and Finance at the Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from IIM Ranchi, an MBA in Financial Management from Banaras Hindu University, and a B.Com (Hons.) from the University of Delhi. He is a UGC-NET JRF qualified scholar in both Management and Commerce.

With strong academic credentials and over 3 years of research and teaching experience, Dr. Kumar’s interests lie at the intersection of financial markets, corporate finance, ESG, market microstructure, and corporate restructuring. His research has been published in reputed international journals indexed in ABDC, Scopus, Web of Science, including Finance Research Letters, Journal of Economic Asymmetries, Current Issues in Tourism, Vision, Investment Management and Financial Innovations, Accounting Research Journal, and others.

He has developed and taught a wide range of courses, including Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Options and Derivatives, Advanced Financial Statement Analysis, and doctoral-level seminar courses in investments and financial markets. He regularly contributes as a resource person for Management Development Programs (MDPs) and technical workshops.

Dr. Kumar has received several prestigious recognitions, including the NSE Best Thesis Award in Financial Economics (2024), Best Paper Award at the SEBI-NISM Research Conference (2023), and multiple case writing awards from AIMA, IIPA, and other institutions. He has also authored several teaching case studies and technical notes published by Ivey/Harvard Business Publishing and Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies.

He actively participates in leading international conferences and is a member of reputed academic bodies such as the British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA), British Academy of Management (BAM), Indian Accounting Association (IAA), and Society for Financial Econometrics (SoFiE).