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Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Professor Yadav has earlier served as Visiting Professor at NYU Stern School (2019, 2001-02) and UCLA Anderson School (2002-03, 2000), as Professor of Finance at Lancaster and Strathclyde Universities in the UK, and as CEO/Deputy CEO in public sector corporations and organizations. He has served as the Chairman of the European Finance Association for six years, elected initially for 2011-13, and then re-elected for 2014-16. He had earlier served as President of the European Finance Association in 2004, and as its Vice-President in 2003. He has also served on the CAF Board of Advisors at the Indian School of Business, and as a Director on the Board of Directors of about twenty companies. Professor Yadav has also been extensively engaged for consulting assignments, and as an “expert” in several major legal cases in U.S. Courts.
Professor Yadav was the Special Honoree of the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Finance Association in August 2017 for his “outstanding service to the finance profession. His research has been published in leading academic and professional journals, and has won several “best paper” awards: e.g., a New York Stock Exchange Prize for the best paper on Market Microstructure; the Robert J. Schwartz Memorial Prize of the Fisher Black Memorial Foundation and the International Association of Financial Engineers for the most original research paper on derivatives; a Chicago Board of Trade Prize for Best Paper on Futures; and an INQUIRE UK Best Paper Prize. Professor Yadav has also Chaired or Co-Chaired about two dozen major academic conferences, served on more than 100 scientific research committees, and has received several research grants: e.g., from the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.K. Economic and Social Research Council, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, the U.K. Q-Group (INQUIRE, U.K.), the Center for Study of Futures Markets at Columbia University, and the India Initiative of New York University Stern School and the National Stock Exchange of India.
The University of Oklahoma Michael F. Price College of Business has experienced significant growth over the past five years, becoming OU’s second-largest college with over 7,000 students. The college offers highly ranked undergraduate, master’s, executive and doctoral programs across six academic divisions. More information is available at price.ou.edu
