
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 |
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Behavioural Finance, Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management, Derivatives |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
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Ph.D | Finance | Visvesvaraya Technological University | 2017 |
MBA | Finance | Visvesvaraya Technological University | 2003 |
Experience
Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
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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 |
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Investment Banking and Securities operations, Financial services, Pre-sales & Industry analysis, IT Operations |
Publications:
Google Scholar Link :?https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qwfGu7YAAAAJ&hl=en
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”