Vishwanath S. R. is a Professor of Finance, MBA Programme Chair andnbsp;Faculty Director of Executive Education in the School of Management andnbsp;Entrepreneurship at Shiv Nadar University. He is the author of two volumes ofnbsp;80 case studies published by McGraw Hill (India) and four books published bynbsp;Springer Verlag, SAGE and PHI Learning (formerly Prentice Hall of India), andnbsp;several cases published by the Asian Case Research Journal, The CASE Journalnbsp;and Harvard Business Publishing.nbsp; He has held academic appointments at the S. P. Jain Institute of Managementnbsp;in Mumbai, Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies in Sharjah, T.nbsp;A. Pai Management… Institute in Manipal, Bharathidasan Institute of Managementnbsp;in Trichy, Tata Management Training Centre in Pune and Institute ofnbsp;Management Technology in Nagpur. He has two decades of experience in teaching graduate studentsnbsp;and executives from a variety of industries.nbsp; Vishwanath S. R. was the Regional Editor of Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, UK, duringnbsp;2012-2014. He received the Ruth Greene Memorial Award, the Best Workshop Case Award andnbsp;Jonathan Welch Case Award from North American Case Research Association (NACRA) in 2010, 2012nbsp;and 2014, respectively. He was nominated for the CMA of Alberta Governance Award at NACRA innbsp;2013 and Excellence in Case Writing Award in 2014 by the Case Association of the United States. Henbsp;received the Hindustan Unilever Dewang Mehta Best Professor in Finance award in 2013.nbsp; His research papers examine the role of certification and anchor investors in initial public offeringsnbsp;(IPOs), performance of family firms, valuation effects of changes in dividend taxes, IPO price stabilizationnbsp;through call auctions, the impact of stock market reforms on capital allocation to IPO firms andnbsp;economic growth, risk-taking in family firms, the value of executive directors, the impact of ownershipnbsp;of IPOs on liquidity and stock returns and offshore dollar-denominated convertibles issued by Indiannbsp;firms. He has presented his research at major global conferences such as American Economicnbsp;Association/ASSA meetings, Journal of Corporate Finance Special Emerging Markets Conference, Asiannbsp;Finance Association meetings, EFMA meetings, Financial Markets and Corporate Governancenbsp;Conference and North American Case Research Association meetings. He has been enlisted in the Marquis Who's Who in the World and Madison's Who's Who amongnbsp;executives and professionals throughout the world.nbsp;