Training of the next generation of researchers is an important CAF activity. CAF organises training programmes and workshops in finance for practitioners and researchers so that they are able use the existing knowledge pool and make some useful contribution to financial policy-making. Junior research staff at CAF is recruited to work on research projects with CAF for a couple of years, with the expectation that they will proceed to a top-tier PhD programme at the end of their research apprenticeship here. It is hoped that those who are initiated into research at CAF will help mitigate the current world-wide shortage of well-trained finance researchers, and perhaps continue to work with us on joint research projects.

CAF Researcher's Paper accepted for FIRS Conference
May 26-29, 2009.
Manpreet Singh, CAF Researcher's, paper was accepted in the programme of the upcoming annual conference of the Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS). It was a top international Finance Research Conference, and very competitive. The Conference took place in Prague during May 26-29, 2009.

CAF Researcher accepted in PhD Programme at Kellogg
March 25, 2009
Vidya Kamate, CAF Researcher, has been accepted in the Finance PhD programme at Kellogg, starting in September 2009, with full funding. It is one of the highest-ranked finance PhD programmes and, like other such programmes, very competitive.

Vidya will follow Vishal Mangla who was admitted from CAF to the Kellogg finance PhD programme last year. Junior research staff at CAF are recruited to work on research projects with CAF for a couple of years, with the expectation that they will proceed to a top-tier PhD programme at the end of their research apprenticeship here. The purpose of this scheme is training of next generation of researchers.

CAF Researcher Vishal Mangla is accepted in Finance PhD programme at Kellogg
February 29, 2008
Vishal Mangla, a Researcher at CAF, has recently been accepted in the PhD programme at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. One of the highest-ranked finance PhD programmes in the world, Kellogg typically receives several hundred applications each year from aspiring doctoral students across the world and accepts only a few. Congratulations to Vishal on his remarkable success!!

Each year, CAF recruits two or three bright and motivated recent graduates in Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, and Computational Sciences as Researchers. While at CAF, the selected candidates attend classes in finance, statistics, and econometrics, develop a solid grounding in theoretical and applied finance, and work on research projects under the direct supervision of the ISB faculty and their research partners. The education and skills gained during their tenure at CAF are designed to make them effective candidates for doctoral programmes at premier business schools in the world.