Lata Chakravarthy
Adjunct Faculty, Finance
Background:
Dr. Lata Chakravarthy is an adjunct faculty in the area of finance. She has a rich blend of industry and academic experience spanning over four decades.
During her academic career she also steered a leading business school as Director & Campus Head.
Courses Taught at MYRA:
• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting
Education:
• Ph.D in Management from Bangalore University
• CFA (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India)
• CAIIB (Indian Institute of Bankers)
• MBA (Finance), Osmania University, Hyderabad
• B.Com., St. Francis College, Hyderabad
Academic Experience:
Full-time: 16 years in teaching, research, corporate training, consulting and academic leadership roles at ICFAI Business School, Bangalore from 1996-2012.
Adjunct: 13 years in teaching, 2012 onwards – Adjunct Faculty at IIM, Bangalore (over 12 years), IIM Indore (2015), IIM Visakhapatnam (2020), IIM Nagpur
(2022) and IIM Shillong (2018 onwards).
Industry Experience:
16 years in Banking & Financial Services industry including 10 years in IDBI (when it was a development financial institution).
Consulting Experience:
Have undertaken short term consulting assignment for the World Bank; also, a consulting project for IIT, Gandhinagar. Was a Finance Expert for NHAI Highway
projects undertaken by Secon P Ltd., a Geospacial and multidisciplinary engineering consulting firm.
Teaching Interests:
Financial Reporting & Analysis, Cost Management & Cost Leadership, Advanced Financial Statement Analysis.
Research Interests:
Financial Accounting, Infrastructure Financing.
Training & Consulting Interests:
Fundamental Analysis, Understanding Business Performance through Financial Reports, Finance for Non-Finance Executives, Cost Management & Cost Leadership.
Certifications:
Forensic Accounting & Fraud Investigation, Gujarat Forensic Sciences University, 2017.
Paper Publications:
Iyer, S. V., & Chakravarthy, L. (2022). Examination of the convergence route to IFRS reporting and disclosure. Corporate Governance and Sustainability Review,
6(1), 32–45. https://doi.org/10.22495/cgsrv6i1p4
Have published many more papers and presented papers in conferences as a full-time faculty member. Also edited two books of readings:
1. ‘Benchmarking: Concepts and Cases’, ICFAI Books, The ICFAI University Press, 2006.
2. ‘Foreign Direct Investment In India’ ICFAI Books, The ICFAI University Press, 2005.
Positions Held:
1. Member, Board of Studies at Dayanand Sagar University, Bangalore, 2018-2020
2. Member Board of Governors of ICFAI University, Jharkhand, 2010-12
3. Member, Board of Governors of IBS Alumni Federation, 2010-12
4. Member, Board of Governors, The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI), 1993-96
5. Member, Academic Council, ICFAI, 1996-99.