Dr. Hemant Kumar Manuj is an Associate Professor in the Finance Area at SPJIMR since 2017. He teaches courses in Finance including Corporate Finance, Securities & Portfolio Management, Derivatives, and Financial Risk Management. Prior to this he has worked in the industry for over two decades in leading financial institutions of India. He has worked in the areas of Securities Regulation, Fund Management, Risk Management, Loan Portfolio Management, and Stressed Assets Management. He is a B.Tech from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and an Associate of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India. He is a Fellow in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) from Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP). He was a part of the founding team at the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and was principally involved in setting up the desk for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in the early 1990’s. Subsequently, he had been the Head of Research and the Investment Strategist at a prominent Financial Institution and a Mutual Fund, managing domestic and offshore equity and debt assets. For over two decades he was engaged in leadership roles in Market Risk, Asset Liability Management (ALM), Loan Portfolio Management, Stressed Assets Management, and Early Warning Signals (EWS) for IDFC Ltd and IDFC Bank. Apart from his current teaching role, he also engages in consulting with prominent corporates. He researches and publishes frequently on the current topics in Securities Markets, Risk Management, and Corporate Finance.