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Nandkumar (Nandu) Nayar
Perella Department of Finance
Professor of Finance and Hans Julius Bär Chair
Office: RBC 475
nan2@lehigh.edu
610-758-4161
Fax: 610-758-6429
Courses Taught
- Advanced Topics in Corp Finance (Graduate)
- Financial Management (Graduate)
- International Financial Management (Graduate)
- Ph.D. Seminar in Corporate Finance
- Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance
- Corporate Financial Policy
Nandkumar (Nandu) Nayar joined the faculty of the College of Business in the fall of 2001. Before his training in finance, Professor Nayar worked as a civil engineer, a field in which he holds bachelor's and master's degrees. He was previously an associate professor and the Nichols Faculty Fellow at the University of Oklahoma, where he received several teaching awards, including the Harold Hackler Outstanding MBA Professor, Regents Award for Superior Teaching, and awards voted on by students such as Student Business Association's Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year, and the Delta Sigma Pi Professor of the Year. He has lectured to a variety of audiences including executives from domestic corporations as well as from Hong Kong, Korea, Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia, and Georgia.
Professor Nayar's research has been published in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Futures Markets, and Financial Management, and quoted in the Wall Street Journal. In 2009, he received the Beidleman Research Award.
In the consulting arena, his research on behalf of an insurance company involved in residual value insurance for real estate assets helped the company save over $170 million in capital charges to maintain its insurance ratings. Professor Nayar has also worked with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an academic fellow in the area of litigation support and analysis and continues to serve as an expert witness for the SEC.
Education
- Indian Institute of Technology, IIT-Kharagpur, B.Tech. (Hons. in Civil Engg.)
- University of Iowa, M.S. (Civil and Environmental Engg.), Ph.D. (Finance)
Research Interests
- Corporate finance - including investment banking; and short term financing options; valuations; corporate governance
- Pricing of securities (fixed income derivative and equity)
- Residual value insurance and structured finance products
- Lending Relationships and Analysts' Forecasts (with Emre Ergungor, Leo Madureira, and Ajai Singh), Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2015.
- Municipal Credit Ratings and Unfunded Pension Liabilities: New Evidence (with Fahad Alshatri and Richie Aronson), Capital Markets Review, 2015.
- Information Content of Offer Date Revelations: A Fresh Look at Seasoned Equity Offerings (with Konan Chan, Ajai K. Singh, Wen Yu), Financial Management, 2018.