RESEARCH AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

• The Ig Nobel prize in management for the paper “What doesn’t kill you will only make you more risk-loving: Early life disasters and CEO behavior”, 2015
• FMA Best Paper in Corporate Finance award for the paper “Do compensation consultants enable higher CEO pay? New evidence from recent disclosure rule changes”, 2015
• The International Finance and Banking Society best paper in conference award for the paper “What doesn’t kill you will only make you more risk-loving: Early life disasters and CEO behavior”, 2015
• The Southern Finance Association Best Paper in Investments award for the paper “Past performance May be an Illusion: Performance, Flows, and Fees in Mutual Funds”, 2014
• The Chinese Finance Association Best Paper in Corporate Finance award for the paper “The helping hand, the lazy hand, or the grabbing hand? Central vs. local government shareholders in publicly listed firms in China”, 2008
• Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (Q Group) Grant, for the paper “Closing time? Mutual fund closures and the scalability of fund performance”, 2003
• Chicago Quantitative Alliance Award, for the paper “Investor Reaction to Corporate Event Announcements: Under-reaction or Over-reaction?”, Spring 2002
• John and Mary Willis Young Faculty Scholar Award, 2001
• EFA Barclays Global Investor Award for the best paper at the Symposium at the EFA Meetings, for the paper “A rose.com by any other name”, 2000
• Krannert Faculty Fellow Award, 1999
• FMA “Best of the Best” Award for the paper “Glamour, Value and the Post-Acquisition Performance of Acquiring Firms”, 1996
• FMA Competitive Award for Business Finance for the paper “Glamour, Value and the Post-Acquisition Performance of Acquiring Firms”, 1996
• Indian Institute of Management Merit Scholarship, 1988
• Delhi University Merit Scholarship, 1987
• National Talent Merit Scholar, India, 1982