K Vaidya Nathan

K Vaidya Nathan is an Assistant Professor of Finance (Practice) at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Prior to joining ISB, he was a resident faculty member at the School of Business, University of Connecticut, where he continues to hold a Visiting Faculty position. Before becoming an academic, he worked as an investment banker with JPMorgan Chase Bank in Hong Kong, New York, and Singapore, and has advised financial institutions and corporates in the Asia-Pacific region on hedging and risk management. He specialises in credit derivative, foreign exchange, and fixed income products. He has also advised corporates in the telecom, media, and technology sectors on mergers and acquisitions, divestiture, acquisition financing, capital structure advisory, alternative investments, and debt restructuring. He is also a consultant with the World Bank.

He holds a BTech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), certified by the CFA Institute, Charlottesville, and a Financial Risk Manager (FRM), certified by the Global Association for Risk Professionals (GARP), New York. He earned a PhD in Finance and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University.

Professor Vaidya Nathan is a regular columnist with the Financial Express (http://archive.financialexpress.com/columnist/k/1). He is the author of two books: Credit Risk Management for Indian Banks (Sage Publications, London) and Credit Derivatives (McGrawHill Education, New York).

He received the Most Outstanding Faculty Award at the University of Connecticut School of Business in 2014 and the ISB Alumni Endowment Research Fellow in 2019. He has previously served as Associate Dean (RCI Programmes) at ISB and was appointed Chairman of the LOCF Committee for Economics by the University Grants Commission (UGC). He is currently Faculty Director-PGP Finance.

• Post-Doctoral Fellow in Finance, Santa Clara University, 2013
• PhD in Finance, EDHEC Risk Institute, 2012
• Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA Institute, 2006
• PGDM, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2001
• B.Tech, Electrical Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1996

Academic positions

• 2018 - Present: Assistant Professor of Finance (Practice), Indian School of Business
• 2015 - Present: Visiting Faculty, University of Connecticut
• 2018 - 2018: Associate Dean - RCI-AMP Programs, Indian School of Business
• 2017 - 2018: ISB Alumni Endowment Research Fellow, Indian School of Business
• 2015 - 2017: Lecturer, Indian School of Business
• 2013 - 2014: Assistant Professor in Residence, School of Business, University of Connecticut

Professional Positions

• 2019 - 2020: Faculty Director - PGP Finance, Indian School of Business
• 2006 - 2012: CEO, Quantum Phinance Consulting, Mumbai
• 2003 - 2006: Vice President, Global Capital Markets, JPMorgan, New York & Singapore
• 2001 - 2003: Associate, Investment Banking, JPMorgan, Hong Kong

• Vaidya Nathan, Krishnamurthy., Xavier, Catherine. (2018) "Air India: Maharaja in Debt Trap", Harvard Business Publishing, 17

• September 23, 2020: Experts discuss: India labour laws reforms, CNBC.
• June 5, 2020: Experts discuss: Will diluting labour laws revamp the economy or create a labour crisis?, BBC.
• May 11, 2020: Experts discuss: Is this the right time to dilute labour laws, CNBC.
• July , 2019: An imprint of ISB on the Economic Survey, Hindu Business Line.
• June 17, 2019: What's wrong with Arvind Subramanian's GDP math, The Economic Times.
• July 12, 2018: Wilful defaults: the financial underbelly of the Indian banking system, Fortune India.
• February 06, 2018: Budget 2018: There is very little in terms of incentives for job creation, Financial Express.
• November 22, 2017: Moody's on Modi's structural reforms, Financial Express.
• October 11, 2017: Under Trump, jingoism trumps policy, Financial Express.
• April 11, 2017: How to value an NPA? In Deccan Chronicle case only 37 paise can be recovered per rupee of the loan, Financial Express.
• April 5, 2017: How to value bank NPAs? Regulator must come up with methodology and acknowledge it will not be perfect, Financial Express.
• January 27, 2017: Budget Expectations-2017 from ISB Hyderabad, Doordarshan.
• June 29, 2016: Here’s how to shape the future of higher education in India, Financial Express.
• February 24, 2015: Facing the bubble economy, Financial Express.
• November 28, 2014: Facing the bubble economy, Financial Express.
• June 11, 2014: Use the Ostrom design, Financial Express.
• May 28, 2014: Mapping Modinomics and the new Cabinet, Financial Express.
• April 02, 2014: Government must let go of its hold on PSBs, Financial Express.
• January 13, 2014: Leaving a legacy of jobless growth, Financial Express.
• December 16, 2013: Managing the too-big-to-fail, Financial Express.
• December 12, 2013: Wasting the crisis, Financial Express.
• November 23, 2013: The right moves, Financial Express.
• October 31, 2013: It’s quite uneasy doing business in India, Financial Express.
• October 12, 2013: UMP exit tremors not to rock India, Financial Express.
• October 08, 2013: A dollar ain’t a dollar anymore, Financial Express.
• May 02, 2013: Fiscal is the new fad, Financial Express.
• April 20, 2013: New bail-in template: Rubicon crossed, Financial Express.
• February 28, 2013: Austere Budget and ‘crowding out’ effect, Financial Express.
• February 19, 2013: High-speed aspirations on slow tracks, Financial Express.
• January 15, 2013: A bit too little, a bit too late, Financial Express.
• December 25, 2012: Political turmoil vs economic turmoil, Financial Express.
• December 22, 2012: The need for a fourth industrial revolution, Financial Express.
• November 30, 2012: Dangers of letting Government print money, Financial Express.
• November 01, 2012: US CEOs join the deficit debate, Financial Express.
• October 24, 2012: Drugging Punjab’s productivity, Financial Express.
• October 16, 2012: The truth behind Fedspeak, Financial Express.
• September 28, 2012: QE3 has made banking more dangerous, Financial Express.
• September 15, 2012: Let’s learn from China’s $157bn infra push, Financial Express.
• August 28, 2012: Innovation wins, Financial Express.
• August 03, 2012: Weill’s volte face is good business, Financial Express.
• July 25, 2012: Dealing with the fictitious rate, Financial Express.
• July 5, 2012: Living will of banks, Financial Express.
• June 24, 2012: Celebrating Montek, Financial Express.
• June 13, 2012: IIT Kanpur dares to defy, Financial Express.
• May 31, 2012: The Indian Left is directionless, Financial Express.
• May 17, 2012: More demons from Dimon, Financial Express.
• May 01, 2012: Say on pay, Financial Express.
• March 17, 2012: Bond markets fear worse is coming, Financial Express.
• March 14, 2012: Time to soak in grandiose promises, Financial Express.
• February 27, 2012: Investing in yourself, Financial Express.
• February 15, 2012: King of whimsical times, Financial Express.
• January 24, 2012: Fasten seatbelts, airpockets ahead, Financial Express.
• January 09, 2012: The market’s not always right, Financial Express.
• December 31, 2011: Rejecting retail-FDI smacks of mercantilism, Financial Express.
• December 13, 2011: The crisis in the crisis-summit, Financial Express.
• December 02, 2011: Ending the ‘safe havens’ myth, Financial Express.
• November 25, 2011: Not enough bad news, let’s exaggerate!, Financial Express.
• November 01, 2011: Adda with Friedman, Financial Express.
• September 30, 2011: The US is more dodgy than Europe, Financial Express.
• September 20, 2011: Dimon’s demons, Financial Express.
• September 03, 2011: Do the Tobin now, Financial Express.
• August 13, 2011: The long and short of markets, Financial Express.
• August 10, 2011: The big GAAP in US debt numbers, Financial Express.
• July 28, 2011: Soros makes his last bet, Financial Express.
• June 10, 2011: CDS versus credit ratings, Financial Express.
• May 12, 2011: Algorithms redeem themselves, and how!, Financial Express.
• April 27, 2011: Another black swan ahead?, Financial Express.
• April 06, 2011: The US’s expansionary monetary policy, Financial Express.
• February 22, 2011: Land of the rising debt, Financial Express.
• January 13, 2011: In your facebook, Financial Express.
• December 17, 2010: Beware the Streisand effect, Financial Express.
• November 23, 2010: More than just Goofy Math, Financial Express.
• October 04, 2010: The risk-averse society, Financial Express.
• September 17, 2010: You don’t win a trade war, Financial Express.
• September 04, 2010: Making derivatives legit again, Financial Express.
• August 21, 2010: Got a degree, but not an education, Financial Express.
• August 06, 2010: RBI makes a good move on CDS, Financial Express.
• July 14, 2010: Double-dip recession, Seinfeld style, Financial Express.
• June 24, 2010: China has made no more than a gesture, Financial Express.
• June 2, 2010: StanChart did not get it right, Financial Express.
• May 19, 2010: Why the ECB is in a tight spot, Financial Express.
• May 06, 2010: Who is this bailout really for, Financial Express.
• April 30, 2010: How wrong is Goldman Sachs?, Financial Express.
• March 25, 2010: The flaw in FM’s new bond plan, Financial Express.
• March 18, 2010: Truer tale of MBA compensation, Financial Express.
• March 17, 2010: IIM-A welcomes cohorts, Financial Express.
• March 06, 2010: Why the Pigs will not fly anytime soon, Financial Express.
• February 09, 2010: It’s Greek to the rating agencies, Financial Express.
• February 07, 2010: The power of choice, Financial Express.
• January 18, 2010: World leaders, take note of 2012, Financial Express.
• January 1, 2010: Economic resolutions for a new year, Financial Express.
• December 05, 2009: The real state of real estate leverage, Financial Express.
• November 20, 2009: The ingenuity of a business school CV, Financial Express.
• October 28, 2009: My dad couldn’t cut it, Financial Express.
• October 13, 2009: What Keynes would have told G-20, Financial Express.
• September 30, 2009: The rules vs regulation dilemma, Financial Express.
• September 24, 2009: G-20 should ramp up trade finance, Financial Express.
• August 26, 2009: Don’t give up yet on securitisation, Financial Express.
• August 17, 2009: They killed Bear but they ain’t deadly, Financial Express.