Avinash Ghalke
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Avinash Ghalke

Associate Professor, Finance and Accounting

Deputy Programme Chairperson, Post Graduate Programme in
General Management

Avinash Ghalke has over 20 years of experience in academia and industry. He holds a Ph.D. from SJMSoM, IIT Bombay, and a PGDBM in Finance and Systems from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He is also a CFA Charterholder from the CFA Institute, USA.

His career spans diverse sectors including investment research, information technology, entrepreneurship, and academia. He has mentored students in finance and accounting, and conducted executive training programmes on capital markets, corporate finance, and Excel modelling for working professionals.

Prof. Ghalke’s research interests focus on capital markets, particularly their interfaces with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), political influences, and mutual funds. His work has been published in numerous international journals.

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Education

SJMSOM, IIT Bombay

Ph.D., 2019

Focus: Finance

XLRI Jamshedpur

PGDBM, 2006

Major: Finance and Systems

Mumbai University

BE, 2001

Major: Computer Engineering

  • Courses

    Core Course: Corporate Finance

    Elective Courses: Financial Planning and Wealth Management, Corporate Valuation, Financial Modelling

  • Teaching interest

    Corporate Finance

    Corporate Valuation

    Financial Modelling

  • Work experience

    Academic faculty

    Associate Professor, S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research. (October 2023 – present)

    Associate Professor, Goa Institute of Management. (March 2022 – September 2023)

    Associate Professor, Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur. (March 2020 – March 2022)

    Associate Professor, Xavier Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. (October 2016 – February 2020)

    Administrative assignments

    Chair, Management Development Programs and Consultancy, Goa Institute of Management (July 22 – September 23)

    Controller of Examinations, IMT Nagpur and XIMR (March 17 – March 22)

  • Professional positions

    Kuliza Technologies (October 15 – October 16)

    Designation : Finance Controller

    Sampurna Agro Ventures (April 13 – September 15)

    Designation : Director & Promoter

    Nomura Financial Services (August 10 – March 13)

    Designation : Senior Project Manager

    Nomura Structured Finance (October 08 – August 10)

    Designation : Senior Associate

    Lehman Brothers (April 07 – September 08)

    Designation : Associate, European Oil and Gas Team

    Goldman Sachs (April 06 – March 07)

    Designation : Team Member, US Small Cap Stock Research

    Wipro Technologies (May 02 – May 04)

    Designation : Systems Engineer

    IIT Bombay (September 01-May 02)

    Designation : Research Associate

  • MDPS/FDPS

    Management/Executive Development, HPCL (June – September, 2023)

    Management/Executive Development, HPCL (August – September, 2022)

    Management/Executive Development, HPCL (July – August, 2022)

    Management/Executive Development, GIPARD (July 2022)

  • Reviewer experience

    Reviewer for International Review of Financial Analysis (ABDC-A), and International Journal of Managerial Finance (ABDC-A)

  • Professional memberships

    Member of the CFA Society

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