Research Associate with Professor Tamanna Singh Dubey

Location: Hyderabad

Faculty Name: Professor Tamanna Singh Dubey

Academic Area: Finance

Research Summary of the Faculty

Professor Tamanna Singh Dubey:

Professor Tamanna obtained her Ph.D. in Finance from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor. Her research interests are in empirical Corporate Finance with a specific focus on financial technology, banking, household finance, and financial intermediation. Her current research agenda is to study the impact of innovation in financial intermediation, such as innovation in payments and lending, on households, firms, and the broader economy. Prior to her Ph.D., Professor Tamanna worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch to raise equity and dollar denominated debt capital for Indian firms. She holds a bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and an MA in Economics from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor.

About ISB

The Indian School of Business (ISB) evolved from the need for a world-class business school in Asia. The founders, some of the best minds from the corporate and academic worlds, anticipated the leadership needs of the emerging Asian economies. The ISB is committed to creating such leaders through its innovative programs, outstanding faculty, and thought leadership. The Indian School of Business (ISB) provides a robust environment that generates high-quality research that is both contemporary and rigorous.

Roles and Responsibilities:

You will provide assistance to the faculty in their ongoing research work which includes the following:

• Data - scrapping, compilation, cleaning and analysis.
• Synthesis - Literature search and review, summary, presentation, and analytical writing.
• Research Associate will get exposure in compiling and handling big data sets, learning new techniques and frontier techniques in Econometrics and Causality Regressions.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

This position is a good fit for a candidate looking to pursue a PhD in Finance or Economics.

Qualifications:

• B Tech (preferably in Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing or Computer Science) OR
• Master’s degree in a quantitative area such as Economics, Statistics, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Analytics.
• Individuals with 4-year bachelor’s degree may apply.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working with big data systems, concepts, and tools.
• Working knowledge of statistical software and/or coding proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Stata, R, MATLAB etc.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with attention to every detail.
• Knowledge of writing API queries and web-scraping algorithms, ML or textual analysis and ability to use data mining techniques to extract data from structured/unstructured tables in PDF files is an added advantage.
• Motivation to learn and a strong work ethic.

Our Commitment towards you

ISB is a research-focused business school. It offers a variety of opportunities to understand the current management phenomena in depth, through research brown-bag seminars, workshops, and PhD-level courses. It provides several options to hone a person’s analytical skills. This position is best suited for a candidate with an interest in pursuing a PhD down the line.

Along with the competitive salary and plethora of employee benefits, ISB hosts a world-class Learning Resource Centre in the entire Asia, Comprehensive Health and Personal Accident Cover for you and your family members. ISB believes in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion for everyone through our ideas and collaborations.

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