Dr. Leena S

Associate Professor

With more than 20 years of experience in business, operations, and management, Dr. Leena. S has developed significant expertise in Investment Banking, IT operations, and academic teaching & research. She has successfully bridged the gap between corporate, teaching, and research settings as a certified Six Sigma Yellow Belt. She is deeply involved in the academic community, with over 14 years of postgraduate teaching experience, including mentoring doctoral scholars at VTU and JSS University. Her areas of specialization include Entrepreneurial Finance, Capital Markets, Supply Chain Financing, Financial Inclusion and Corporate Finance. She has contributed research publications to prestigious journals and authored case studies for publishing houses such as Ivey Business Publishing and Emerald Publishing. She earned the NIPM Scholastic Achievement Award in 2024. In addition, she received the Macro 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Award in 2023, where she contributed to a research project funded by the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance, Mumbai. She has also served as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at IIMB. She has held leadership roles in conferences and editorial boards and is currently a chairperson of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 & Publications at the National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), Karnataka Chapter. She is passionate about mentoring students, conducting impactful research, and bridging the gap between academia and industry.

Department of Commerce-Bengaluru

Qualification: MBA , Ph.D

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Associate Professor?

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Behavioural Finance, Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management, Derivatives

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Ph.D Finance Visvesvaraya Technological University 2017
MBA Finance Visvesvaraya Technological University 2003

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
HCL Technologies Business Analyst Derivatives Operations 2003-2006
Wipro Technologies Business Analyst Pre-sales, Requirement gathering, Client Servicing, Coordination throughout SDLC cycle 2006-2009
Christ University Asst Professor - Dept of Management Studies Teaching & 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 2009-2011
B.M.S. College of Engineering Asst Professor at Dept of Management Studies & 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 centre Teaching & 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 2012-2025
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore(IIMB) Post Doctoral 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Fellow (Part- time) Supply Chain Financing Feb?2023-Feb?2024.

Core research areas : Supply chain Financing, MSME financing, Entrepreneurial Finance, Financial Markets, Financial Services, Digital Financial Inclusion, Behavioural Finance, Initial Public Offerings, Trade Finance, corporate finance, Workplace spirituality & Employee wellness & Knowledge management.

The impact of supply chain financing on MSME performance in India: With special reference to recent regulatory(RBI) amendments to TReDS

Dec 2024 Supply Chain Financing, MSME Financing

Recipient of Macro 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Award-2023 from Indian Institute of Banking & Finance, Mumbai

Akshayakalpa Farms – A case of Rural Innovation

4/1/2023 Entrepreneurial Finance, Rural Innovation

Recipient of Emerald Publishing Case Award

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Banking & Financial services, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Security Analysis & Portfolio Management, Financial Accounting, Financial Reporting & Auditing, Business statistics, and Business 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Methods.

Area of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网

Entrepreneurial Finance, supply chain financing, Securities & Capital Markets, Financial Management, corporate finance, Financial Services, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), Family Business Management, Workplace Spirituality, Employee Wellness & Knowledge management.

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Life member at NIPM, Karnataka Chapter

Work Experience

Organisation Role Tenure
Investment Banking and Securities operations, Financial services, Pre-sales & Industry analysis, IT Operations

Nexus between digital financial inclusion and economic growth: a panel data investigation of Asian economies

3/1/2024 Financial Inclusion Pramath Ramesh Hegde, Leena S. Guruprasad

Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Emerald Publishing Ltd

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from Responsible Business Leaders

12/1/2023 Corporate social Responsibility & SDG S, Leena; BALAJI, K R A; Kumar R, Ganesh; Bhat, Prathima; A, Satya Nandini

Journal of Global Responsibility, Emerald Publishing Ltd

Akshayakalpa Farms : A case of Rural Innovation

4/1/2023 Rural Innovation, Entrepreneurial Finance Leena S Guruprasad, Ashwini T K, Prathima Bhat K

Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Emerald Publishing Ltd

Sapna Book House: Charting a Trajectory for Long-Term Growth

5/1/2020 Family Business, Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Finance Mathew J Manimala,Leena S Guruprasad, Minu Zachariah, Satya Nandini

Ivey Publishing & Listed in Harvard Business Review

Factoring & its Relationship with Selected Macroeconomic Factors: A Comparative analysis of India & China

4/1/2016 Factoring, Trade Finance Leena S Guruprasad & A Satya Nandini

Journal of Contemporary 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 in Management

The Pricing Performance Puzzle of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs): Evidence from Indian IPO market.

9/1/2014 Initial Public Offering in India Leena S Guruprasad & A Satya Nandini

亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Journal of Management “FOCUS”