Rohan Chinchwadkar

Rohan Chinchwadkar teaches Finance at the School of Management, IIT Bombay. He holds a B.Tech. (Electronics) from VJTI Mumbai and PhD (Finance) from IIM Calcutta. He was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. His focus is on the practice of entrepreneurial finance and entrepreneurship (venture capital, private equity, angel investing, start-up fundraising, start-up incubation). His research has been published in international peer-reviewed journals and presented at prestigious international conferences. He regularly writes opinion pieces for Economic Times, Mint, Hindu Business Line, Financial Express and Bloomberg Quint.

Education

• PhD (Finance), Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta (2009-13)
• B. Tech. (Electronics), VJTI, Mumbai (2005-09)

Academic Experience

• Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (2019-Present)
  • Assistant Professor of Finance at the Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management
    • MBA Teaching: Start-up Financing, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Money: Past, present and future
    • BTech Teaching: Corporate Finance
  • Associate Faculty at the Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship
    • BTech Teaching: Business Fundamentals for Technopreneurs, Finance for Entrepreneurs
    • Start-up Mentor, IDEAS (Innovation, Development & Entrepreneurship with Alumni Support) Program
  • Professor In-Charge of HDFC ERGO – IIT Bombay Innovation Lab
    • Strategic partnership in innovation-entrepreneurship to transform financial services, including insurance
  • Member, Evaluation-Monitoring Committee at Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE)
    • Committee administers Grants and Entrepreneurship-in-Residence programs of DST and MeitY, GoI
• Assistant Professor of Finance, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Trichy (2016-19)
  • MBA Teaching: Private Equity & Venture Capital, International Finance, Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
  • PhD Teaching: Introduction to banking: Theory & History, Research Methods in Finance & Accounting
  • Administrative committees: PGP (Business Management), Learning Resource Centre, Five-year Strategic Plan
• Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur
  • Institute Elective: New Venture Financing (Sources of Startup Finance, Guide to Startup Fundraising)
  • Start-up Mentor, Technology Innovation and Startup Center, deep-tech incubation centre, IIT-J
• Visiting Professor of Finance, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta
  • MBA Elective: Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
  • Guest lecture: “Transformation of Public Sector Banks & Post-Merger Management in banking”