Our Team

Dr. Vidhu Shekhar

Dr. Vidhu Shekhar holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from IIM Calcutta, an MBA from IIM Calcutta, and a B.Tech (Hons) from IIT Kharagpur. Before pursuing his Ph.D., Dr. Vidhu gained significant experience in financial services, working with global investment banks and multi-billion-dollar private equity/hedge funds. His research interests are in Financial Economics and FinTech, including Financial Macroeconomics, Capital Flows, AI, Blockchain, CBDCs, and others. He is a proficient coder in R, Python, and other programming languages and has authored a book titled Fintech for Managers: A Handbook.

 

Dr. Milan Kumar

Dr. Milan Kumar is an Assistant Professor in Production and Operations Management Area at Indian Institute of Management Vishakhapatnam. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Management area from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. His thesis deals with supply chain risk. In his thesis, he has studied the pricing and sourcing strategies of a retailer faced with disruption risk. Prior to his Ph.D., he worked in the area of Data Analytics for close to two years. His work has been presented at various national and international conferences.