Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. He received a Ph.D. in Finance from the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago in 2015. Before that, he earned an MBA degree from Anderson School of Management, UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India. Kumar’s primary research interests are in corporate finance, financial intermediation, and political economy of firms and banks.

Education

• PhD The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2010 — 2015)
• MBA University of California, Los Angeles - The Anderson School of Management (2007 — 2009)
• B.Tech Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2000 — 2004)
• Delhi Public School, Bokaro Steel City

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Finance University of Florida (2015)
• PhD Student University of Chicago Booth School of Business (2010 — 2015)
• Associate Edelweiss Capital (2010 — 2010)
• Summer Associate Wachovia Securities (2008 — 2008)
• System Architect Reliance Communications (2004 — 2007)
• Summer Intern AirTight Networks, Pvt. Ltd. (2003 — 2003)