Professor Sankarshan Basu is a Professor of Finance and Control at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), India, where he has also served as Chairperson of the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management and Chairperson of Career Development Services. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.
His research interests include financial markets, risk management, quantitative finance and insurance, interest rate modelling, bond pricing, and option pricing. His current research focuses on risk management in financial institutions, shadow banking and interconnectedness, investor behaviour, credit ratings, and quantitative applications in financial markets.
Professor Basu has made significant contributions to financial education and research through his academic publications and books. He has co-authored several editions of John C. Hull’s Options, Futures and Other Derivatives and is also the co-author of Fixed Income Securities – A Workbook (Wiley India, 2023). His work reflects a strong combination of academic research, quantitative finance, and practical applications in financial markets.