Faculty

Overview

Apoorva Javadekar is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Indian School of Business. He was a Research Director at Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL), a research outfit fully funded by RBI, from July 2016 till January 2019. His policy research is published in RBI Mint Street Memo. He has presented to the Monetary Policy Committee multiple times. His academic research areas include mutual funds, asset pricing, international economics and banking. He was a visiting faculty at ISB during 2018 and taught PhD and PGP courses. He also actively writes newspaper Opeds for Mint, Financial Express and Economic Times.

Education

• Ph D (Economics), Boston University 2016
• MS (Financial Engineering), Birkbeck College, University of London 2009
• MA (Economics), Delhi School of Economics 2008
• Chartered Financial Analyst (Passed All Three Levels) , CFA Institute 2008
• Chartered Accountant , Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 2005
• B.Com. , University of Pune 2004

Research

Working Papers

Javadekar, Apoorva. "Timing Skill in Mutual Funds and State-Dependent Fund Flows" Javadekar, Apoorva.,Chakraborty, Indraneel.,Ramcharan, Rodney. "Government Banks and Capital Misallocation" Javadekar, Apoorva.,Buffa, Andrea. "Decomposing Tracking Error To Identify Mutual Fund Strategies" Javadekar, Apoorva. "Mutual Fund Flows and Fund's Strategic Behavior When Investors Are Inattentive" Javadekar, Apoorva.,Tomar, Shekhar.,Udupa, Gautam. "Dollar Funding and Dollar Invoicing of International Trade" Javadekar, Apoorva.,Buffa, Andrea. "The Allocation of Talent Across Mutual Fund Strategies"