Somnath Das

Research Interests

• Analysts' and Management Earnings Forecasts
• Earnings Management
• Financial Reporting & Analysis
• Revenue Recognition
• Healthcare costs

Education

• Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
• MPhil Carnegie Mellon University
• Primary & Middle School Frank Anthony Public School
• MBA (PGDM) Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
• Kendriya Vidyalaya
• St Joseph's Convent, Chandannagore, West Bengal
• B.S (Honors) St. Stephen's College, Delhi
• State University of New York at Buffalo - School of Management

Companies

• Professor & Doctoral Program Coordinator University of Illinois at Chicago (2015)
• Professor University of Illinois at Chicago (1996)
• Professor and Department Head University of Illinois at Chicago (2010 — 2015)
• Professor & Director of Graduate Studies University of Illinois at Chicago (2000 — 2007)
• Assistant Professor University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (1988 — 1996)
• Instructor Carnegie Mellon University (1987 — 1988)

Notable Honors

• 2004, Best Paper Award for "Analysts' Selective Coverage and Subsequent Performance of Newly Public Firms", International Finance Conference, National Taiwan University
• 1998, Vernon K. Zimmerman Outstanding Paper Award, 10th Asian-Pacific Conference on International Accounting Issues, Hawaii
• L. H. Penney Faculty Fellowship, Professional Accounting Program, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
• Richard King Mellon, Doctoral Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University