Degrees:
Ph.D (Calcutta)
Ph.D (UBC)
M.B.A. (IIM-Bangalore)
B.Sc (Mathematics)
Previous Experience:
As Dr. Bhattacharyya
puts it-he is
currently on his 3rd
country, 3rd career,
5th job and 2nd
Ph.D. He started his
career as a
Mechanical Engineer
with the Indian
Railways, moved on
to the financial
services industry
and then to
academics. He thinks
that in life you may
have to kiss a few
frogs and he is
lucky that he found
his perfect career
after only three
tries. He has over
twelve years of
academic experience
in three different
countries-India,
Canada and the USA.
Areas of Expertise:
Accounting and
Finance
University,
Professional, Public
Service:
Dr. Bhattacharyya is
actively involved in
providing service to
the University and
to his profession.
He is a member of
the University
Senate and is a
Member of Academic
Computing, Distance
Learning and
Instructional
Technology
Committee. At the
College level he is
a member of the
Assessment
Committee. He has
reviewed a number of
papers for academic
journals. He has
organized academic
conferences.
Professional
Affiliations:
American Finance
Association
Financial Management
Association
Certified General
Accountants
Association of
Manitoba
Scholarship/Creative
Activity:
Dr. Bhattacharyya
has an eclectic
research interest.
Primarily he is a
theoretician who
likes to understand
the real world by
constructing models.
After developing his
theory he likes to
test the theoretical
implications with
real world data and
this is the
empirical strand of
his research. Dr.
Bhattacharyya is
also a strong
proponent of
interdisciplinary
research. He has
co-authored papers
with other
researchers from
other areas like
Accounting,
Operational Research
and Marketing. His
scholarly outputs
are as below:
Journal
Articles-Refereed
10. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha, Amin
Mawani, and Cameron
Morrill, 2008,
“Dividend Payout and
Executive
Compensation: Theory
and
Evidence”.Accounting
and Finance, Vol 48,
pp. 521-541.
9. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha, Amin
Mawani, and Cameron
Morrill, 2008,
“Dividend Payout and
Executive
Compensation: Theory
and Canadian
Evidence.”
Managerial Finance,
Volume 34, Number 8,
pp. 585-601.
8. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha , and
Thomas A. Garrett,
2008. “Why People
Choose Negative
Expected Return
Assets-An Empirical
Examination of a
Utility Theoretic
Explanation” Applied
Economics, Volume
40, Number 1, pp.
27-34.
7. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha, 2007.
“Good Managers
Invest More and Pay
Less Dividends-A
Model of Dividend
Policy.” Advances in
Financial Economics,
Volume 12, pp.
91-117.
6. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha, 2007,
"Dividend Policy-A
Review."
Managerial Finance,
Volume 33, Number 1,
pp. 4-13.
5. Huhmann, Bruce,
and Nalinaksha
Bhattacharyya, 2005,
“Does Mutual Fund
Advertising Provide
Necessary Investment
Information?”
International
Journal of Bank
Marketing, Volume
23, Number 4, pp.
296-316.
4. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha, 2004,
"Student Evaluations
and Moral Hazard"
Journal of Academic
Ethics, Volume 2,
Number 3, pp.
263-271.
3. Bagchi, Ansuman,
Nalinaksha
Bhattacharyya, and
Nilotpal Chakravarti,
1996, "LP Relaxation
of the Two
Dimensional Knapsack
Problem with Box and
GUB Constraints.",
European Journal of
Operational
Research, Volume 89,
pp. 609-617.
2. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha, 1992, "
Some Theoretical
Problems of
Investment Appraisal
- A Review",
Decision, Volume 19,
Number 1, pp.11-15.
1. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha, 1989, "
Hindustan Special
Tubes Limited
: A Case on
Turnaround
Management " IIMB
Management Review,
Volume 4, Number 2,
pp.89-105.
Journal
Articles-Non-Refereed.
2. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha, 1993,
"Life after Scam :
Some Guidelines for
Future Action",
Chartered Financial
Analyst, Volume 8,
Number 2 , pp. 3-6.
1. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha, 1990, "
Cost of Capital for
a Finance Company "
Chartered Financial
Analyst, Volume 5,
Number 1, pp.3-7.
Book Chapters
1. Bancel, Frank,
Nalinaksha
Bhattacharyya, and
Usha Mittoo, 2009,
“Cross-Country
Determinants of
Payout Policy:
European Firms”.
Book Chapter in
Dividends and
Dividend Policy
edited by H. Kent
Baker, John Wiley &
Sons Inc. New
Jersey.
Other
Publications-Book
Review
1. Bhattacharyya,
Nalinaksha. 1993
Book Review of
"Stock Exchange
Trading in India
Agenda for Reform"
by L. C. Gupta,
Decision, Volume 20
Number 4.
Honors, Awards,
Certificates,
Licenses:
Certified General
Accountant;
Associate Membership
Examination of The
Institution of
Engineers (India).
Commonwealth
Scholarship for
pursuing Doctoral
Studies.
5 Medals in Indian
Institute of
Management ,
Bangalore for Best
overall performance,
Best performance in
Financial Management
and Best Performance
in Production
Management.
Gold Medal in Part B
of The Institution
of Engineer (India)’s
Associate Membership
Examination.
1st Class 1st in B.
Sc. (Mathematics
Honours)by North
Eastern Hill
University, Shillong,
India. |
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