Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

India Finance Conference 2011

Pre-Conference Tutorials: December 20, 2011

Conference: December 21 - 23, 2011

Venue: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore, India

Hosted by:
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
and
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

About the Conference:

The India Finance Conference 2011 (IFC 2011), jointly organized by Indian Institute of Management
Bangalore and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, invite academics, researchers, doctoral
students, and practitioners, to submit papers in all areas of finance.

The following is an indicative list of topics:

• Asset pricing
• Market volatility
• Financial institutions
• Financial innovation
• Financial risk management
• Operational risk and regulations
• Investment management
• High frequency finance
• Financial econometrics
• Capital structure and dividend policy
• IFRS and reporting trends
• Value creation and value based management
• Corporate Governance
• Financial crisis
• Finance and economic development
About the Institutes
Established in 1973, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) today offers a range of post-
graduate and doctoral level courses as well as executive education programs. IIMB has been
recognized as the No. 1 Business School in Central Asia by Eduniversal, a French Consultancy
Group, for the last three consecutive years. IIMB has also obtained the European Quality
Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation awarded by the European Foundation for Management
Education (EFMD). IIMB Centres of Excellence are engaged in adding value to their communities in
the areas of Public Policy, Capital Markets & Financial Management, Corporate Governance,
Entrepreneurship, Public Policy, Software and Supply Chain Management, to name a few. With a
faculty body from amongst the best universities worldwide, IIMB is fast emerging as a leader in the
area of management research, education and consulting.

More information on IIMB is available at www.iimb.ernet.in or www.iimb.ac.in.

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for
post-graduate studies and research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961
in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal,
The Ford Foundation and Indian industry. Over the years, IIMC has been imparting high quality
management education and has grown into a mature institution with a global reputation. It has
been playing a pioneering role in professionalizing Indian management through its post graduate
and doctoral level programs, executive training programs, research and consulting activities.

IIM Calcutta has set up a state-of-the-art Financial Research and Trading Lab (the Finance Lab) in
November 2008. The mission of the Finance Lab is to support advanced applied research in financial
markets and equip finance managers with the mathematical and conceptual theories and best
practices in financial markets that go into the creation and management of innovative financial
products. The Finance Lab is equipped with 48 flat screen workstations with data feed from
Bloomberg and Newswire 18. Information on the Finance Lab is available at
http://financelab.iimcal.ac.in/index.asp

More information on IIMC is available at www.iimcal.ac.in.

Submission Deadline
Deadline for abstracts: Abstracts, not exceeding 300 words, should reach us on or before 31 July
2011. The decision of the reviewers on the acceptability of the abstract will be intimated by 31
August 2011. A full paper in lieu of an abstract is also welcome.

Deadline for Full Paper: Authors whose abstracts are accepted are required to submit full papers
submitted online through the Conference website on or before 30 September, 2011.
Submission Guideline
Abstracts and full papers (either in Word or PDF formats) should be typed in double-space with
letter font size of 12 point. For online registration, abstract and paper submission, please visit
http://www.iimb.ernet.in/ifc2011.

Review process
The manuscripts will be subjected to a blind review process. The decision of the reviewers will be
final and binding.

Best Paper Award

The best three papers will be chosen by a panel of experts. The decision of the panel will be final
and binding. The awards for the best three papers will be announced on the second day of the
conference.

Publication
All papers accepted for presentation at the conference will be included in the proceedings that will
be available to all registered delegates at the conference.

Further, the Journal of Emerging Market Finance (JEMF) will have a special issue based on 4 to 5
papers from this conference. All authors whose papers are accepted for presentation at the
conference will be invited to submit the papers to JEMF and the acceptance for publication shall be
based on the usual double blind refereeing process followed by JEMF but the time to publication
will be shorter than average.

Pre-Conference Tutorials
Tutorial sessions will be conducted on 20 December, 2011 by eminent academicians from India and
abroad. Tutorials will be particularly useful for research scholars and academicians. Tutorial themes
will be announced along with the program schedule.

Registration
In order to register for the Conference you need to visit http://www.iimb.ernet.in/ifc2011 and
complete the online registration form. The registration fee is:
_ Pre Conference Tutorials, 20 December, 2011
_ Indian Participants INR 1500
_ Overseas Participants USD 50
_ Conference, 21 – 23 December, 2011
_ Indian Academics INR 4000
_ Overseas Academics USD 200
_ Industry Participants INR 15000

The deadline to register for the conference is December 3, 2011.

The registration fee for the event covers attendance, program kit, lunches, conference dinner and
light refreshments. Accommodation is not included.

In case of cancellation of registration up to 15 days before the event, a refund of the registration fee
net of 10% processing charges shall be made. No refunds can be made for cancellations less than 15
days prior to the event.

Payment Procedure
The registration fee for the conference and the tutorials (if applicable) needs to be paid via electronic
transfer. Participants are requested to send us an email at [email protected] after making the
transfer for us to track it better.

The payment modalities are as follows:

For Domestic (Indian) Participants to do Wire Transfers:

Bank Name: HDFC Bank Ltd.
Bank Street Address: J. P. Nagar Branch, Bangalore
Branch Code: 0133
IFSC Code: HDFC 0000133
Account Name: Indian Institute of Management
Account Number: 01331450000019

For Overseas Participants to do Wire Transfers:

Bank Name: HDFC Bank Ltd.
Bank Street Address: J. P. Nagar Branch, Bangalore
Branch Code: 0133
Bank State / Province: Karnataka
HDFC Bank SWIFT Code: HDFCINBB
A D Code: 0510010 – 8400009
Account Name: Indian Institute of Management
Account Number: 1331450000019

Accommodation
Limited accommodation on first – come – first – served basis shall be available on IIMB campus at
the Management Development Centre. Accommodation shall be on a single occupancy basis and
shall be charged separately – the cost is going to be Rs. 3000/- per day and this shall include the
room tariff as well as breakfast, lunch and dinner.
There are a couple of other accommodation options near (within a 2 kilometres radius) IIMB
campus – they are:
• S Hotel – www.shotel.in
• CrossRoads Inn – www.crossroadsinn.in
• Emlion Hotel – www.emlionhotel.com
• Maple Suites Service Apartments – www.maplesuites.in

This apart, there are a host of other hotels in Bangalore that participants can choose from.

Placement Services
Placement services for will be available at the India Finance Conference 2011. All services and
career workshops are free to job seekers who have registered for the Conference. Job seekers
should send their resume to [email protected] quoting their Conference registration number.

Employers who want to post positions and participate as recruiters in the placement services
should contact [email protected] separately. Resumes of interested candidates will be sent to
registered recruiters in due course. Registration fee for employers for using placement services
facilities will be INR 10000 (per employer). The fee will cover one registration for the conference, a
space in the interview hall, lunch and light refreshment for one person. Accommodation is not
included in the registration fee.

Contact Address
Sankarshan Basu
Associate Professor (Finance & Control)
Chairperson, Centre for Financial Markets and Risk Management
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560 076, India
Email: [email protected]
Contact: +91 80 2699 3078
Mobile: +91 97422 21344 / +91 98440 68504

Ashok Banerjee
Professor (Finance & Control)
Faculty-in-charge, The Financial Research and Trading Lab
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Joka, Diamond Harbour Road
Kolkata-700 104, India
Email: [email protected]
Contact: +91 33 2467 8300 – 8306; 2467-8312 – 8313 (Extn. 502)
Mobile: +91 98311 07359
The City of Bangalore
Bangalore is the capital of the state of Karnataka – the “Silicon Valley” of India. It is in the southern
part of India and is one of the fast growing metropolises in the country. Bangalore not only houses
the maximum number of software companies in India, it also is a big base for other kinds of industry
as well. The population of Bangalore is quite cosmopolitan in nature with a very active nightlife.
Apart from this, Bangalore is famous as a shopping destination – for the handicrafts (including
sandalwood handicrafts) from the southern part of India as well as silk fabric and dress material.
Further, there are a lot of places of tourist interest in and around Bangalore that one can visit at
leisure. The city has numerous dining options serving various cuisines.

December to January is the best time to visit Bangalore. The weather is very pleasant with
temperatures around 20 C.

Getting to Bangalore:
Bangalore is very well connected both domestically as well as internationally. A number of international
airlines fly directly in to the Bangalore International Airport. Bangalore’s connectivity to other Indian
cities is very high – in most cases there is direct connection while in some cases one has to route
through New Delhi or Mumbai. Apart from air connections, Bangalore is well connected to most other
Indian cities by train or road network.

By Air:
On the domestic front, Bangalore is very well connected with all the cities in India with all domestic
airlines flying in to Bangalore from a number of airports all across the country. International airlines that
offer direct connection to Bangalore are British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France, Emirates, Singapore
Airlines, Silk Air, Dragon Air, Thai International Airlines, Malaysian Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines, Air India
and Kingfisher Airlines. Apart from these all other international flights will fly to Mumbai and / or New
Delhi and then one has to take a connecting flight to Bangalore.

By Train:
Bangalore is very well connected by train to all parts of the country – for further details about the train
connections as well as availability, please refer to the Indian Railways website (www.indianrail.gov.in).

Getting to IIM Bangalore Campus:

From both the airport as well as the train station, the best way to get to the IIM Bangalore campus is by
taxi or pre-paid auto (note that the pre-paid auto service is only available from the railway station). Taxis
are available just outside the airport terminal building and the companies taxi companies operating
services are Easy Cabs, Meru Cabs and KSTDC. Pre – paid autos are available from just outside the
platform complex on the side of platform 1 of the Bangalore City railway station.

IIM Bangalore is located on Bannerghatta Road, in the southern fringes of the city. Most taxi or auto
drivers will know where it is.

Rough estimates of the pre-paid charges are as follows:

Taxi from the airport: Rs. 700/- (approximately US $20)
Auto from the railway station: Rs. 160/- (approximately US $4)