Varun Jindal

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  • Timeline

    May 2004 - Jun 2004

    Summer Trainee

    Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    May 2005 - Jun 2005

    Summer Trainee

    Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
    Sept 2006 - May 2008

    Software Engineer

    Infosys
    Apr 2009 - Jun 2009

    Summer Intern

    Idea Cellular Ltd
    Feb 2010 - Mar 2010

    Six Sigma Project Intern

    Atlas Copco
    May 2010 - May 2014

    Manager (Executive Assistant to President)

    KPIT
    Current Company
    Apr 2020 - now

    Assistant Professor - Finance and Accounting Area

    Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • About me

    Assistant Professor of Finance at IIM Bangalore

  • Education

    • Scholars home, dehradun

      1999 - 2000
      X cbse first division
    • Indian institute of management, calcutta

      2014 - 2020
      Doctor 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 - 2010
      Master of business administration - mba cgpa of 2.929 on a scale of 4

      Activities 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 - 2002
      Xii (non-medical) punjab school education board first division with distinction (80%), first in college
    • Panjab university

      2002 - 2006
      Bachelor of engineering - be electronics & communication first division with honours (76.64%) & 4th rank in panjab university

      Activities 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 2004
      Summer trainee

      Studied 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)

    • Defence research and development organisation (drdo)

      May 2005 - Jun 2005
      Summer trainee

      Designed, 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 2008
      Software engineer

      Worked as a Java Developer for Communications, Media & Entertainment Industry Business Unit of Infosys.

    • Idea cellular ltd

      Apr 2009 - Jun 2009
      Summer intern

      Worked 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 2010
      Six sigma project intern

      Worked 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 2014
      Manager (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 - now

      Presently, 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 - now
      • IIMB Young Faculty Research Chair

        Apr 2020 - Mar 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified in production and inventory management (cpim)

      Apics
      Dec 2009
    • Certified six sigma green belt

      Kpmg
      Jan 2010
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Varun Jindal
      Invited 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 Jindal
      Distinguished Alumnus Award Panjab University Alumni Association 2022
    • Awarded to Varun Jindal
      Springer 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 Jindal
      Satish 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 Jindal
      Emerald 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 Jindal
      APICS 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 Jindal
      Best 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 Jindal
      Runner-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 Jindal
      Knowledge 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