Financial Markets

• Efficient Market Hypothesis

• Asset pricing models

• Portfolio management & Mutual Funds

• Empirical evidence on IPO’s, & FPOs

• Event studies on shareholder wealth impact

• Islamic Finance

• Pension Funds

• Quantitative Modelling in Financial Markets

• Exchange Traded Funds

• Structured Finance

• Sovereign Wealth Funds

• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) | Hedge Funds

• Commodity, Debt, and Foreign Exchange Markets

• Money markets | Derivatives market | Market microstructure

Financial Management

• Theories of Capital Structure

• Capital Budgeting

• Dividend Decisions

• Working Capital Management

• International Financial Management

• Financial Management of enterprises in emerging market economies in Africa

• Financial Management of enterprises in emerging market economies in Asia

• Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructuring

• Economic Value Added (EVA)

• Financial Management practices of Commercial Banks

• Financial Management practices of Micro-Finance Institutions

• Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis

• Case Studies on Investment Banking practices

• Behavioural Finance

Financial Reporting

• Impact of Earnings performance on security prices

• Comparative Earnings Analysis of firms adopting multiple reporting standards: IGAAP, IFRS and US-GAAP

• Quality of Financial Reporting: Empirical evidence on earnings management by Indian Firms

• Quality of Financial Reporting: Empirical evidence on earnings management by firms in Emerging Market economies

• Financial Analytics including Cloud Accounting

• Sustainability reporting including Environmental Accounting

• Inflation Accounting | Responsibility Accounting

• Shadow accounting and Off-balance sheet financing

• Hedge Accounting | Forensic Accounting

• Human Resources Accounting (HRA)

• Auditing Standards including Internal Auditing

• Accounting disclosure practices in Commercial Banks

• Accounting disclosure practices in NBFCs

• Accounting disclosure practices in Micro-Finance Institutions

Managerial Accounting

• Activity Based Costing (ABC) & Activity Based Management (ABM)

• Quality Control techniques for achieving cost advantage

• Balanced Scorecard | Case Studies on Relevant Costing

• Case Studies on Budgetary Control & Variance Analysis

• Case Studies on Marginal Costing practices

• Case Studies on Strategic Cost Management

• Case Studies on Theory of Constraints

• Case Studies on Customer Profitability Analysis

• Case Studies on Transfer Pricing

• Management Accounting practices in Banks

• Management Accounting practices in NBFCs

• Management Accounting practices in Micro-Finance Institutions

• Empirical studies on Management Accounting practices in India

• Empirical studies on Management Accounting practices in market economies in Africa

• Empirical studies on Management Accounting practices in market economies in Asia

Banking

• ICore banking and future trends

• Technological Advancement in Banking

• Small Finance Banks (SFBs) and Payment Banks

• Green banking

• NPA Management/Stressed Asset Management

• Asset Securitisation/SARFAESI Act

• Risk Management in Banks

• Basel III Norms-Impact on the Banking Sector

• Financial Inclusion

• Social Banking, Microfinance Institutions

• Sustainability Issues in Banking

• Banking for Entrepreneurial Development

• Investment Banking