Speaker Dr. Praveen Kumar
Professor and Chair
University of Houston
Dr. Praveen Kumar is the Texas Commerce Bank/Tenneco Professor and Chair, Department of Finance in the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. He is also the Co-founder and Executive Director of the Global Energy Management Institute at the University of Houston.
Professor …
Professor and Chair
University of Houston
Dr. Praveen Kumar is the Texas Commerce Bank/Tenneco Professor and Chair, Department of Finance in the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. He is also the Co-founder and Executive Director of the Global Energy Management Institute at the University of Houston.
Professor Kumar received the A.B. and M.P.A degrees from Princeton University and the Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University. Prior to joining the UH faculty in 1996, Professor Kumar served on the faculty of the Tepper School of Management at Carnegie Mellon University. Professor Kumar's teaching interests include corporate finance and risk-management, real options and project evaluation in the energy industry, security pricing, and trading and market microstructure. He is the recipient of the University of Houston Teaching Excellence Award and the Award for Excellence in the Classroom from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Dr. Kumar has published widely in top finance, economic, and management journals such as the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, American Economic Review, Management Science, and Strategic Management Journal. His research interests focus on the role of information in financial markets, organizations, and trading; executive compensation and corporate governance; payout policy; and, competitive strategy and industrial organization. His research has been discussed in major business publications like Business Week, Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times. He has received numerous awards for the research such as the Chicago Board of Trade Award for the Best Paper in Options and Futures at the Western Finance Association Meeting. He was also the runner-up for the Merton Miller Award for the best paper in the Journal of Business, and a nominee for the Smith-Breeden Award for the best paper in the Journal of Finance.
Professor Kumar has taken a leading academic role in the establishment of the Global Energy Management Institute at the Bauer College of Business. He has also consulted widely with major investment banks, energy corporations, and international lending institutions.
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