Arun T C, PhD

Seasoned Assistant Professor with a robust background in MBA finance, notably at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), and a former Research Intern at SEBI. Excelled in financial analytics using EViews, R, and Bloomberg Terminal, and enhanced student critical thinking. Proven track record in organizing international conferences, showcasing exceptional coordination and communication skills.

• Bloomberg Market Concepts
• PGDCA
• PGDFT

• Session Chair International Conference On Navigating Uncertainty: Finance For Sustainable Growth held on 9th and 10th November 2023.
• Judge: Economics, finance and Business Analytics Track at the International Conference with the theme "Global Progress, Local Actions: Aligning Business and Management Practices with SDG Agendas" organized by the Department of Commerce of Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore Central Campus on 20 February 2024.
• Best paper award at the International Conference on Contemporary Issues in ESG conducted by GITAM University
• Invited Talk on Leverage Deviation and Dynamic Capital Structure Adjustments Evidenced by Indian Acquiring Companies, SBM, CHRIST University

• Coordinator - ICFAT 2025
• Coordinator - USHUS (National Level Management Fest) 2024
• Coordinator - CHRIZILLENZ (Management Fest) 2024
• Coordinator - Faculty Development Program on Advanced Portfolio and Crude Oil Market Analysis Using Bloomberg, 2024
• Coordinator - Equity Valuation using Fundamental Analysis" with Bloomberg, 2024
• Resource Person- Bloomberg Equity Module, 2024

• Propensity Score Matching and a Difference in Difference Approach to Assess ESG’s Influence on Indian Acquirer Performance, Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal 18 (3), 102-124 (ABDC - B, Scopus)
• Leverage Deviation and Dynamic Capital Structure Adjustments Evidenced by Indian Acquiring Companies, IUP Journal of Corporate Governance 21 (3), 22-38, 2022 (ABDC - C)
• Behavioural Perspective on Investor's Reaction to Mergers and Acquisitions Announcements, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), Volume-8 Issue-2S4, July 2019, ISSN: 2277-3878
• Industry-Adjusted Post-M&As Operating Performance of Indian Acquirers International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), Volume-8 Issue-2S4, July 2019, ISSN: 2277-3878
• Mergers and Acquisitions Waves in India. International Journal of Management Studies, August 2018, Volume – 17 Issue – 4, ISSN 2249- 0302
• Persistence of Volatility Spillovers in Indian Equity Exchange Traded Funds, International Journal of Management Studies, August 2018 Vol-5, Special Issue – 3, ISSN 2249-0302
• Default Risk Level Changes in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: Indian Scenario, SJCC Management Research Review, Vol - 7(2) Dec. 2017, ISSN-2249-4359
• Co- Movements of India's Stock Market with Bond Market and Select Global Stock Markets, International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics Invention (IJMSI), April. 2016, Volume-4 Issue-4, ISSN: 2321 – 4759
• Impact of Loan Cycle On Empowerment In Micro Finance, ICTACT Journal on Management Studies, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, February 2016, ISSN: 2395-1664

• Sustainable Investments and Corporate Outcomes: A Dual Approach Study on ESG's Role in Indian Acquirer Performance, International Conference on Contemporary issues in ESG, 16/02/2024, GITAM University
• Propensity Score Matching and Difference-in-Differences Approach to Assess ESG's Influence on Indian Acquirer Performance, The Fourth Annual International Capital Markets Conference 2023, 14/12/2023, Systemic Risk Centre, The London School ff Economics and Political Science
• Making Waves: The Complex Dynamics of Mergers and Acquisitions, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING CONFERENCE, 08/09/2023, IIM Jammu
• Capital Structure Deviation and its adjustments around Indian Mergers and Acquisitions, International Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Finance, 07/07/2022, IIT Bombay
• Leverage deviation and dynamic capital structure adjustments evidenced from Indian acquiring companies, 15th International Conference on Business and Finance, 2022, organized by IBS, Hyderabad
• The Impact of Leverage in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions - 6th PAN IIM World Management Conference, December 13-15, 2018, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
• Deviation from Target Capital Structure Indian Cross-Border Mergers and acquisitions - 54thAnnual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), 7-9 March 2018, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu & Kashmir.
• Post-M&As Probability of Distance to Default in Indian companies - First PAN IIT International Management Conference, 30 November – 2 December 2018, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
• Speed of Adjustment towards Leverage in Indian Mergers and Acquisitions - First PAN IIT International Management Conference, 30 November – 2 December 2018, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
• Default Risk Level Changes in Cross-Border Mergers and acquisitions: Indian Scenario - International Conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Finance, 7-8 July 2017, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal.
• Leverage Deficit and its Impact on Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions - 5thand 6th January 2017, Thunchan Memorial Govt. College, Tirur.
• Post-merger Default Risk of Acquiring Companies - 53rd Annual Conference of The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), 22-24 December 2016, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Khordha, Odisha.
• Stock Price Behaviour on Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions Announcement: Evidence from India - Twenty Five Years of Liberalisation and its impact on Indian Financial sector, 2 and 3 December 2016, XIME, Bangalore.
• Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: Impact on Financial Performance of Acquiring Companies - International Multidisciplinary Conference, International Association of Academicians and Researchers, 13 March 2016, India International Centre, New Delhi.
• The Interrelationship & Co-movement on India's Bond and Stock Market - National Seminar on sustaining a Competitive Edge in the Changing Global Scenario, 2 March 2016, Christ University, Bangalore
• Empowerment through Micro-Finance: Relationship between Loan Cycle and Level of Empowerment - Great Lakes - Union Bank Finance Conference, 27 January 2015, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.

• Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, School of Business and Management, Christ University, 2023
• Online FDP on "Fast-Evolving Indian Securities Markets", National Institute of Securities Market, 2023
• Bloomberg Equity Module, School of Business and Management, Christ University, 2022
• 6thPAN IIM World Management Conference Pre Conference Workshop held on 12 December 2018, at IIM, Bangalore
• National level workshop on Econometrics Tools for Business Research organised by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University during 19-23 June 2017
• National level workshop on Art of Writing Research Articles organised by the Department of Economics, Pondicherry University,on 27rd and 28 March 2017.
• National level workshop on Data Analysis Using R Software organised by Department of Management, Pondicherry University from 9th to 10th March 2017
• 1stWinter School Workshop on Time Series and Panel Data Modelling and Forecasting: Using E-Views and SPSS organised by GITAM School of International Business, GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, from 25th to 28 January 2017
• National level workshop on Introduction to Research, Parametric, and Non-parametric, Regression, Classification and SEM organised by Department of Commerce, Pondicherry University during 17-23, 2016
• National level workshop on Data Analysis for Model Building organised by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University during 27- 29 November 2015
• AICTE Sponsored Two Week Faculty Development Programme on Financial Econometrics – Theory and Applications, Madanappalle Institute of Technology & Science from 11th to 23rdDecember 2017
• MCX-IPF Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Commodity Derivatives Market organised by the Department of Commerce, Pondicherry University on 23rd and 24th March 2017.
• Global Initiative of Academic Networks GIAN Course on Emerging Market Finance Research: Future Directions, IIT Madras from 8th to 12th August 2016.