Dr. Kavitha Pradeep

Assistant Professor

Ph.D in Management specialising in Finance and Accounting from Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode in 2022

Dr. Kavitha P., a native of Kerala, holds a Ph.D. in Finance and Accounting from the Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Kozhikode. She earned her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Commerce from Calicut University, graduating among the top three rank holders at the undergraduate level. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). Dr. Kavitha brings over five years of professional experience from the State Bank of India and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). Prior to joining TSLAS, Dr Kavitha worked as an Assistant Professor at IIM Rohtak. Her research interests lie in Accounting, Financial Intermediation and corporate finance.She has published research papers on Accounting and Banking in peer reviewed and ABDC/ABS journals and her thesis essays are under revision in reputed journals. She has co-authored a textbook and a book chapter. She has presented papers at various national and international conferences and has received accolades like Best paper award, Best doctoral paper Award for her work.

 
Papers Published

• Pradeep, K., & Baag, P. K. (2024). Monitoring by a single banker and accounting conservatism: evidence from India. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies.
• Kavitha, P., & Baag, P. K. (2017). Banks in India-Efficiency in financing entrepreneurs and small businesses under PMMY scheme: DEA approach. SMART Journal of Business Management Studies, 13(2), 73-83.
• Baag, P. K., Kavitha, P., & Sarkar, A. (2019). Application of lean tool for process improvement of bank branches. IIM Kozhikode Society & Management Review, 8(2), 131-142.
• Mukherjee, S., & Pradeep, K. (2018). Does internationalization of business-group-affiliated firms depend on their performance?. In Start-Up Enterprises and Contemporary Innovation Strategies in the Global Marketplace (pp. 153-165). IGI Global.
• Text book -“Management Accounting (Text and Cases)” along with Pankaj Baag, and Gauri Shankar in 2018; Publisher-Staredu Solutions;ISBN-10: 9386765519; ISBN-13: 978-9386765512-Revised Edition 2020; Publisher SYBGEN

 
Recent Conference presentations

• Monitoring by Bank appointed director and Investment Efficiency, presented at 13th Indian Finance Conference 2024 held from 19th to 21st December 2024 at IIM Raipur.
• Role of bank monitoring in fostering entrepreneurial self-efficacy of women micropreneurs and reducing delinquency: presented in World Finance & Banking Symposium, December, 16th-17th,2022 Miami, USA.

 
Paper Under Review:

• Fostering Success: The Influence of Loan Officer Relationships on Women Micropreneurs' Confidence and Financial Stability
• Monitoring by Bank Appointed Director and Investment Efficiency

 
Awards and Recognition

• Best Doctoral Paper Award- for the paper Bank Monitoring and Delinquency of Micro Business Borrowers- awarded by AIMS International
• Best Paper Award- for the paper Banks in India-Efficiency in financing entrepreneurs and small businesses under PMMY scheme: DEA approach-awarded by the SMART Journal of Business Management Studies
• Best Paper Award- for the paper - The case of a rural branch of an Indian Public Sector Bank: Innovation through learning and lean thinking. Awarded at International Conference of Research in Business held at New Delhi
• Best proposal Wipro Earthian Awards
• Member of American Economic Association
• NET and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) 2013