
Timeline
About me
Assistant Professor of Finance at IIM Bangalore
Education

Scholars home, dehradun
1999 - 2000X cbse first division
Indian institute of management, calcutta
2014 - 2020Doctor of philosophy - phd finance and control coursework cgpa of 7.57 on a scale of 9• Recipient of Satish K. Sehgal Doctoral Student Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Organizational Citizenship 2020 (including a cash award of Rs. 50,000)• PhD Dissertation Title: Corporate Financing Decisions and Their Implications: Evidence from Takeovers and Rights Offerings by Firms in India. One of the three essays of my dissertation has been published in the Journal of Corporate Finance.• Joined the doctoral programme of IIM Calcutta in June 2014 with Finance and… Show more • Recipient of Satish K. Sehgal Doctoral Student Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Organizational Citizenship 2020 (including a cash award of Rs. 50,000)• PhD Dissertation Title: Corporate Financing Decisions and Their Implications: Evidence from Takeovers and Rights Offerings by Firms in India. One of the three essays of my dissertation has been published in the Journal of Corporate Finance.• Joined the doctoral programme of IIM Calcutta in June 2014 with Finance and Control as the major area and Economics as the minor area.• Completed the two-year course work with an overall CGPA of 7.57 (on a scale of 9). Highest grade among all participants in every doctoral-level course opted for, across major area, minor area and all compulsory courses.• Served as a Teaching Assistant / Tutor for the courses: Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis, Corporate Finance, and Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management. Show less

Symbiosis international university
2008 - 2010Master of business administration - mba cgpa of 2.929 on a scale of 4Activities and Societies: Co-ordinator - Communications & Publicity Committee, Core Co-ordinator of Invitations & Publicity Committee of DRISHTI'09 - Annual Management-cum-Cultural Fest, Co-ordinator of Programme & Speakers Committee of TATTV'09 - Annual National Summit • Adjudged as the Best Student of MBA 2008-10 batch and conferred with Director's Gold Medal• Recipient of the APICS CPIM Exams Topper Award for scoring highest marks cumulatively amongst all students of the MBA 2008-10 batch.

General shivdev singh diwan gurbachan singh khalsa college, patiala
2001 - 2002Xii (non-medical) punjab school education board first division with distinction (80%), first in college
Panjab university
2002 - 2006Bachelor of engineering - be electronics & communication first division with honours (76.64%) & 4th rank in panjab universityActivities and Societies: Member of Training & Placement Committee • Worked on the project of Ministry of Communication & IT, Government of India, on developing IPR Protection Mechanism for E&IT products• Undertaken the project on PC-to-PC Communication via RS-232 Serial Port (The project was published in International Magazine 'Electronics World')• Successfully completed the project titled Design, Development and Implementation of Hamming Code on Field Programmable Gate Array (The project was published in South Asia’s Most Popular Electronics… Show more • Worked on the project of Ministry of Communication & IT, Government of India, on developing IPR Protection Mechanism for E&IT products• Undertaken the project on PC-to-PC Communication via RS-232 Serial Port (The project was published in International Magazine 'Electronics World')• Successfully completed the project titled Design, Development and Implementation of Hamming Code on Field Programmable Gate Array (The project was published in South Asia’s Most Popular Electronics Magazine ‘Electronics For You’) Show less
Experience

Council of scientific and industrial research
May 2004 - Jun 2004Summer traineeStudied Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) system in the Micro-electronics division of Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO), a constituent unit of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
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Defence research and development organisation (drdo)
May 2005 - Jun 2005Summer traineeDesigned, Developed & Implemented on FPGA the error-control functions (Galois Field Arithmetic) using Verilog HDL at Defence Electronics Applications Laboratory (DEAL), a constituent laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Infosys
Sept 2006 - May 2008Software engineerWorked as a Java Developer for Communications, Media & Entertainment Industry Business Unit of Infosys.

Idea cellular ltd
Apr 2009 - Jun 2009Summer internWorked on DMAIC Six Sigma Project on Improving Key Service Delivery & Quality Parameters Affecting Customer SatisfactionFacilitated the Kaizen Drive by imparting awareness & extending help to the employees in implementing the improvements

Atlas copco
Feb 2010 - Mar 2010Six sigma project internWorked on DMAIC Six Sigma Project on Improving Delivery Efficiency of CTO (Construction Tools Organisation) Products of Nashik Plant of Atlas Copco

Kpit
May 2010 - May 2014Manager (executive assistant to president)• Assisted the President and top management of the company in strategic initiatives and planning• Headed the MIS team for two of the four SBUs within the company• Carried out the business planning & analysis from time-to-time• Tracked the key business parameters and reported the deviation, if any• Made monthly Executive Council report, quarterly SBU Snapshot and Risk Management reports and other reports from time-to-time• Assisted the SBU head in partnerships, mergers & acquisitions and post-acquisition integrations from time-to-time• Understood and improved the operational processes keeping an eye on profitability• Observed the technology / market trends and presented the insights to the management Show less

Indian institute of management bangalore
Apr 2020 - nowPresently, I teach the following courses/topics in different programmes of the institute:- PhD Programme Core Course: Selected Topics in Empirical Corporate Finance Research- MBA (PGP/PGPBA) Programme Core Course: Corporate Finance- MBA (PGP/PGPBA/EPGP/PGPEM) Programme Elective Course: Advanced Corporate Finance- Executive Education Programmes: Financial Acumen, Corporate Finance and Investments- Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) Programmes: Lecture-Based Instructional ApproachProfile URL: https://www.iimb.ac.in/user/199/varun-jindal/ Show less
Assistant Professor - Finance and Accounting Area
Apr 2020 - nowIIMB Young Faculty Research Chair
Apr 2020 - Mar 2023
Licenses & Certifications

Certified in production and inventory management (cpim)
ApicsDec 2009
Certified six sigma green belt
KpmgJan 2010
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Varun JindalInvited by the outgoing PGP/PGPBA Class of 2023 at IIM Bangalore to deliver "The Last Lecture" PGP Students’ Academic Committee, IIM Bangalore Mar 2023
- Awarded to Varun JindalDistinguished Alumnus Award Panjab University Alumni Association 2022
- Awarded to Varun JindalSpringer Best Discussant Award at the Emerging Markets Conference 2021 12th Emerging Markets Conference Dec 2021 The award included a cash prize of USD 500 and an in-kind award worth EUR 250.
- Awarded to Varun JindalSatish K. Sehgal Doctoral Student Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Organizational Citizenship Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Apr 2020 The award is given to one amongst the convocating doctoral students during the Annual Convocation each year, and it carries a citation and prize money of Rs. 50,000.URL: https://www.iimcal.ac.in/2020-satish-k-sehgal-doctoral-student-award-winner
- Awarded to Varun JindalEmerald India Best Paper Award at 5th Pan IIM World Management Conference held at IIM Lucknow Emerald India Dec 2017 The paper titled "A New Order of Financing Investments: Evidence from Acquisitions by India's Listed Firms" and co-authored with Prof. Rama Seth received the Emerald India Best Paper Award at 5th Pan IIM World Management Conference held at IIM Lucknow, India.
- Awarded to Varun JindalAPICS CPIM Topper Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik Apr 2010 Declared as the APICS CPIM Topper for scoring highest marks cumulatively in the 5 certification modules amongst the entire MBA Class of 2010 and awarded with Director's Gold Medal
- Awarded to Varun JindalBest Outgoing Student of MBA Class of 2010 Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik Apr 2010 Adjudged as the Best Outgoing Student of MBA Class of 2010 by Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik and Conferred with the Director’s Gold Medal.
- Awarded to Varun JindalRunner-up (Nominee) of CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2009 CRISIL Dec 2009 Declared Runner-up (Nominee) of CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2009 for authoring dissertation on "What is the best approach to Executive Compensation?"
- Awarded to Varun JindalKnowledge Management (KM) Super Kruiser Infosys Ltd. Nov 2007 Rewarded & recognized at organizational level of Infosys Technologies Limited for excellence in Knowledge Management activities. Received the Certificate of Excellence from Mr. Srikantan Moorthy, then Vice President & Head – Education & Research, Infosys Technologies Limited
Languages
- enEnglish
- hiHindi
- puPunjabi
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