CNV Krishnan, PhD, Professor of Banking and Finance, is currently Department Chair, Banking and Finance, and long-time Faculty Director of the Master of Finance program. As director of the Master of Finance program, Krishnan has successfully managed the expansion of the program, creation of tracks of specialization, and corporate involvement in the program. It is now one of the most successful programs of the school.
Krishnan’s research and teaching interests are in the area of corporate finance. His research is centered in empirical corporate finance and focuses on with how financial intermediaries/financial services providers (banks, bank regulators, investment bankers, venture capitalists, law firms, law courts, fund managers/investment advisors) help create or destroy value. His research has been published in leading academic journals including the Journal of Finance, and presented at top academic conferences including the American Finance Association, Western Finance Association, and Financial Management Association Meetings. He has published several papers in law and finance. His research has been discussed in the Wall Street Journal and Reuters.com and is cited by the U.S. SEC. He has more than 25 academic publications, and is among the top 10% of authors on Social Science Research Network (SSRN) by total downloads (as of April 2022). He is on the program committee of several academic conferences.
Krishnan was nominated for teaching excellence awards for graduate or undergraduate teaching in 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, and 2015. He received the Weatherhead School of Management Teaching Excellence Award in 2012 and Wolstein Society Amazing Mentor and Guide Award Winner in 2015. He trains masters' students in academic research. He has been involved in executive education abroad.
Krishnan holds a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad. He was initially appointed to Weatherhead School of Management in 2001.
Initially Appointed: 2001
Education
Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
Courses Taught
- Financial Decisions Modeling and Analytics
- Financial Orientation
- Financial Decisions, Contracting and Value
- Financial Modeling and Value
- Global Banking and Capital Markets II
Office Hours
By Appointment Only
Research Information
Research Interests
Krishnan's research has been published in leading academic journals including the Journal of Finance, and presented at top academic conferences including the American Finance Association meetings.
Awards and Honors
- Amazing Mentor and Guide Award Winner2015Wolstein Society
- Teaching Excellence Award2012Weatherhead School of Management
- Teaching Excellence Award (Nominee)2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013