Formerly, a Risk Management Professional with focused experience in Market risk, Credit risk, Liquidity risk, Operational risk, Credit derivatives, and Basel - Dr Sankaran worked in her own Risk Consulting Firm, in an Investment bank, a private client services group, a Consulting company, and in ...more

Formerly, a Risk Management Professional with focused experience in Market risk, Credit risk, Liquidity risk, Operational risk, Credit derivatives, and Basel - Dr Sankaran worked in her own Risk Consulting Firm, in an Investment bank, a private client services group, a Consulting company, and in Academia in New York. She conducted Executive Training Programmes and Consulting in Financial Risk Management. While in the US, Dr Sankaran conducted seminars in Market risk (RiskMetrics), Credit risk (CreditMetrics) and Credit Derivatives for Banks and Educational institutions. While in India, she vetted the Credit risk and Market risk modules for FLIP in Mysore. She also conducted a two-day workshop in Financial Risk Management for the Indian operations of one of the largest US banks in Hyderabad, India. After her Full-time Finance Faculty position at Hofstra University in Long Island - New York, Dr Sankaran worked as an Assistant Vice-President in implementing RiskMetrics for JP Morgan, Private Client Services and computing VAR for pension fund portfolios at the Bankers Trust RAROC 2020 Group, New York. She also worked for Price Waterhouse, Risk Management - New York where she reviewed the implementation of RiskMetrics for RiskTool set, a third party proprietary software. She has presented research papers at Paine Webber Equity Derivatives Group - New York, Cooper Neff and Associates - Philadelphia, IAFE, RISK, NYIF, NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, FISC, GARP and CMU Computational Finance program. She holds a PhD in Finance from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. She also holds an MBA (Finance) from FMS, Delhi University and BSc (Chemistry) from Ethiraj College, University of Madras. Freelance Writer Dr. Sankaran also obtained her Diploma in Freelance and Features Writing from The London School of Journalism. She has written Short Stories, and Travelogues.less