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Prasanna Tantri
Associate Professor, Finance
Executive Director - Centre for Analytical Finance
Email prasanna_tantri@isb.edu
Overview
I am an Associate Professor in the Finance area, Executive Director of the Centre for Analytical Finance at ISB, Independent Director and Chair, Audit Committee at Power Finance Corporation. Recently, I was appointed as a Member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the Evaluation of Schemes for the Promotion of Digital Payments in India, under the Development Monitoring & Evaluation Office (DMEO), NITI Aayog. I was part of the Expert Working Group at the National Stock Exchange and a Member of the Technical Group, Social Stock Exchange, constituted by the Securities and Exchange Board of India. My research areas include- banking, financial inclusion, financial contagion, regulation, and the relationship between politics and finance.
Experience
Academic
- 2021 - Present: Associate Professor, Indian School of Business
- 2019 - Present: Executive Director, Center for Analytical Finance, Indian School of Business
- 2019 - 2021: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
- 2018 - 2018: Senior Lecturer, Indian School of Business
- 2011 - 2018: Senior Associate Director, Center for Analytical Finance, Indian School of Business
Professional
- 2004 - 2009: Unit Manager - Sales, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance
In the Media
March 21, 2024: Launched “Finterpret” channel on youtube and other social media platforms to disseminate finance research findings, Finterpret.
January 27, 2024: Indian School Of Business Thinktank Upbeat On What Interim Budget Will Hold For Economy, NDTV.
October 21, 2023: Modi Sarkar should do this for 10% GDP Growth, Vaad, Vaad.
October 17, 2023: Government spending Explained | The Good, Bad & Ugly ft. Dr. Prasanna Tantri, Labour Law Advisor.
September 6, 2023: Meet Dr Prasanna Tantri- The man who Influences Govts. Policies | Jagruk Talks Bonus, Labour Law Advisor.
March 28, 2023: Flip side to bank transparency, The Hindu Business Line.
March 23, 2023: Credit cards outstanding up a record 29.6% in FY23 till end-Jan, The Hindu Business Line.
February 13, 2023: Budget Brainstorm, Business Today.
February 1, 2023: Budget with NDTV, NDTV.
February 1, 2023: SJM: Focus will be on Jobs, Deccan Chronicle.
January 10, 2023: Mudra loans see record increase in Q3 of FY23, The Hindu Business Line.
December 1, 2022: Money matters – RBI has grip on Inflation, The Hindu Business Line.
November 23, 2022: A Case for Cash Transfers in place of Food Grains, The Indian Express.
October 3, 2022: Higher appetite Mudra loans log a record 30% growth in H1 FY23, The Hindu Business Line.
October 1, 2022: Disciplining Effects of IBC: Equity Inflows, RPT Reduction, and Investments, Idea, Impressions, and Implementation, IBB India.
September 28, 2022: Money matters RBI has a grip on inflation, The Hindu Business Line.
September 27, 2022: संवाद # 67: Dr Prasanna Tantri explains why loan write offs are a good thing, Modi’s biggest reform, Vaad.
August 22, 2022: India central bank paper cautions against 'big bang' bank privatization, S & P Global Market Intelligence.
August 22, 2022: India central bank paper cautions against 'big bang' bank privatization, S & P Global Market Intelligence.
July 8, 2022: Why bank mergers are good for reducing NPAs, The Economic Times.
June 9, 2022: Govt’s proactive steps helped deal with pandemic blues: FM, Financial Express.
June 8, 2022: Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana helped poor live with dignity: Finance Minister, The HIndu.
June 3, 2022: संवाद # 51: Prasanna Tantri on Modinomics, UPA's biggest fraud & stock market investment strategy, Vaad.
May 1, 2022: Ayushman Bharat’s short-term impact is beneficial, The Hindu Business Line.
April 22, 2022: Effective and Efficient: The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, The Indian Express.
April 18, 2022: A High Resolution Tool - The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has outperformed the earlier regime in terms of speed and efficiency, The Indian Express.
January 29, 2022: Corporate charity, mandating CSR spending and taxes, The New Indian Express.
January 26, 2022: Planning for retirement with Life Insurance, Moneycontrol.
January 24, 2022: corporate tax cuts do boost investments, The Hindu Business Line.
February , 2021: Have the budget proposals got your brains into a knot?, Business Insider India.
August 15, 2021: PMJDY turns 7; brings 43 crore under formal banking system, The Hindu Business Line.
July 15, 2021: Investors can lock in interest rates for long term with G-secs, Business Standard.
May 23, 2021: Why PMJDY must be scaled up to next level, The Hindu Business Line.
May 18, 2021: India’s m-cap hits all-time high, The New Indian Express.
May 10, 2021: Total balance in Jan Dhan accounts goes down by ₹2,787 crore in April, The Hindu Business Line.
March 18, 2021: Should West Bengal adopt Ayushman Bharat?, The New Indian Express.
February 17, 2021: An evergreening exercise that has gone unnoticed for too long, Livemint.
February 2, 2021: Budget Insider, Business Insider India.
January 9, 2021: What happens when firms have to stump up for good causes, The Economist.
May , 2020: Atmanirbhar Bharat analysis: FM's measures realistic and implementable, The New Indian Express.
March , 2020: Big Business on the cards for banks with customers on swiping spree, The Hindu Business Line.
July , 2020: Lessons from stock performance of IBC Resolved Firms, The New Indian Express.
October 23, 2020: Delayed Bank Recap Key to India’s Pre-Covid Slowdown, Shows New Research, Bloomberg Quint.
May 13, 2020: FM Nirmala Sitharaman's overall package a good one, says ISB Prof, The New Indian Express.
July , 2020: Telangana provided highest credit to SHGs, Times of India.
May , 2020: Boosting Demand with Cheap Credit to Consumers is not a Good Idea, Indian Express.
September 7, 2020: A loan waiver in whose interest?, The New Indian Express.
February , 2020: Have the budget proposals got your brains into a knot?, Business Insider India.
July , 2020: RBI Proposal on Capping Bank CEO Tenure Is Not Supported By Any Cogent Evidence, The Indian Express.
March , 2020: Global Markets may stay volatile in near term, it’s time to hoard good stocks, New Indian Express.
Research & Publications
Published Papers
Tantri, Prasanna., Vishen, Nitin. (Accepted) "Does Transparency about Banks’ Lending Costs Lower Firms’ Borrowing Costs? Evidence from India", Journal of Accounting and Economics Tantri, Prasanna., Agarwal, Sumit., Murlidharan, Aditya., Nishesh, Naman. (Accepted) "Familiarity Breeds Contagion", Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking Tantri, Prasanna. (Accepted) "How Does a Health Insurance Program Covering 500 Million Poor Impact Credit Market Outcomes?", Management Science Mannil, N., Nishesh, N., Tantri, Prasanna. (Accepted) "When Emergency Medicine Becomes A Staple Diet: Evidence From Indian Banking Crisis", Journal of Banking and Finance , 161 Bujunoori, R., Mannil, N., Tantri, Prasanna. (2024) "Does Labor Composition Impact the Transmission of Monetary Policy Shocks to Output", Journal of Development Economics , 167 Rajagopal, Shivaram., Tantri, Prasanna. (2023) "Does A Corporate Social Responsibility Mandate Crowd Out Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence from India", Journal of Accounting Research , 61 (1), 415-447 Tantri, Prasanna., Kashyap, Nishant., Mahapatro, Sriniwas. (2023) "Indirect Evergreening Using Related Parties: Evidence from India", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , 58 (5), 2131–2161 Tantri, Prasanna., Agarwal, Samanvaya., Kamath, Saipriya., Subramanian, Krishnamurthy. (2022) "Board Conduct in Banks", Journal of Banking and Finance , 138 Tantri, Prasanna., Subramanian, Krishnamurthy., Bhardwaj, Abhishek. (2022) "Relationship Banking and Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from India", Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking , 54 (8), 2341-2375 Tantri, Prasanna. (2021) "Fintech for the Poor: Financial Intermediation Without Discrimination", Review of Finance , 25 (2), 561–593 Bhowal, Subhendu., Subramanian, Krishnamurthy., Tantri, Prasanna. (2021) "Costs Of Job Rotation: Evidence From Mandatory Loan Officer Rotation", Management Science , 67 (4), 2075-2095 Agarwal, Sumit., Alok, Shashwat., Chopra, yakshup., Tantri, Prasanna. (2021) "Government Employment Guarantee, Labor Supply, and Firms' Reaction: Evidence from the Largest Public Workfare Program in the World", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , 56 (2), 409-442 Chopra, Yakshup., Subramanian, Krishnamurthy., Tantri, Prasanna. (2021) "Bank Cleanups, Capitalization, and Lending: Evidence from India", Review of Financial Studies , 34 (9), 4132-4176 Tantri, Prasanna. (2021) "Identifying Ever-greening of Loans: Evidence Using Loan Level Data", Journal of Banking and Finance , 122 Tantri, Prasanna. (2020) "Creditor Rights and Strategic Default: Evidence from India", Journal of Law and Economics , 63 (3), 411-447 Sarkar A.., Subramanian, Krishnamurthy., Tantri, Prasanna. (2019) "Effects of CEO Turnover in Banks: Evidence Using Exogenous Turnovers in Indian Banks", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , 54 (1), 183-214 Jain, Ankit., Tantri, Prasanna., Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. (2019) "Demand Curves For Stocks Do Not Slope Down: Evidence Using an Exogenous Supply Shock", Journal of Banking and Finance , 104, 19-30 Mukherjee, Saptarshi., Subramanian, Krishnamurthy., Tantri, Prasanna. (2018) "Borrower Distress and Debt Relief: Evidence from a Natural Experiment", Journal of Law and Economics , 61 (4), 607-635 Tantri, Prasanna. (2018) "Contagious Effects of a Political Intervention in Debt Contracts: Evidence Using Loan-Level Data", The Review of Financial Studies , 31 (11), 4556–4592
Conference Proceedings
Chakraborty, Bitan., Kallapur, Sanjay., Mahapatro, Sriniwas., Tantri, Prasanna. (2022) "Disciplining effects of IBC: Equity inflows, RPT reduction, and Investments", Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (2022) Tantri, Prasanna. "National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) on Household Finance", Tantri, Prasanna. "Asian Bureau for Financial and Economics Research Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "NEEMRANA Annual Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "RBI Seminar on Monetary Policy Transmission", Tantri, Prasanna. "European Finance Association", Tantri, Prasanna. "UNC Duke Conference on Corporate Finance", Tantri, Prasanna. "Financial Intermediation and Research Society (FIRS) Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "IIMC NYU Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "Summer Research Conference, ISB", Tantri, Prasanna. "Seminar on Agricultural Debt Waiver, Reserve Bank of India", Tantri, Prasanna. "American Finance Association Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "Asian Finance Association Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "Western Finance Association (WFA)", Tantri, Prasanna. "NSE-NYU Conference",
Working Papers
Chakraborty, Bitan., Kallapur, Sanjay., Mahapatro, Sriniwas., Tantri, Prasanna. "Bankruptcy Law And Equity Capital: Evidence From India" Tantri, Prasanna. "Understanding Loan Default Contagion Caused by Political Interventions In Debt Contracts: Evidence From India" Tantri, Prasanna. "The Impact of Bank CEO Turnovers During Crises on the Zombification of the Economy: Evidence from India" Tantri, Prasanna., Agarwal, Sumit., Vishen, N. "Does Social Capital Positively Influence Loan Performance Even During a Crisis?"