Prof (Dr) Shantanu Chakraborty

ACADEMIC PROFILE

Dr Shantanu Chakraborty did his master's and PhD from the University of Calcutta and is presently serving as Professor for the last four years, having more than 20 years of teaching and industry experience. Dr Chakraborty has been invited as a resource person in several State Level and National Seminars in the area of finance and research methods. Dr Chakraborty is a SPSS empanelled resource person of SPSS Inc. and has delivered on Research methods and SPSS in many Workshops / Seminars in different University or Institutions. He was also a resource person of several corporate training programmes for Sr. Officers of DVC, Coal India Ltd., Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers, Dept. of MSME, Govt. of West Bengal etc. Dr Chakraborty was an investigator of CAPART (under Ministry of Rural Development) and visited many NGOs in remote villages in West Bengal for assessment of their projects.

CURRENT POSITION

TEACHING AREA

Financial Management, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Financial Derivatives, Research Methodology etc.

Work Experience

Previously served:

St. Xavier's University, Kolkata as Professor and HoD at Commerce Dept.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Institute of Management Science, Kolkata as Associate Professor and Prof. -in-Charge: Examinations.

IISWBM, Kolkata as Assistant Professor and Coordinator - MBA (Evening) Programme

EDUCATION

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

RESEARCH WORK

Prominent Publications

"Behavioural Aspect of Investment Decisions: A Study with Structural Equation Modelling (SEM)", Leena Roy Mallick and Shantanu Chakraborty, International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research, (ISSN 2277-3630), Vol 9, Issue 12, December 2020, pp. 63-81.
"Wealth to happiness: A study among retired non-Government employees of Kolkata", Saurav Mukherjee & Shantanu Chakraborty, Foundry Journal (ISSN:1001-4977), [Impact Factor: 6.95] Scopus Indexed, Volume 27 Issue 3, 2023, p. 163-170.
"Financial Analysis Tools for Business Decisions using Excel", Shantanu Chakraborty, Application of Data Analytics in Modern Business Decisions (ISBN: 978-93-5980-076-9), Edited Volume published by Department of Business Management, Swami Vivekananda University in 2023, pp. 57-71
"Integration of artificial intelligence in digital financial inclusion: A conceptual study",
Dr Leena Roy Mallick and Dr Shantanu Chakraborty, International Journal of Computing and Artificial Intelligence (E-ISSN: 2707-658X), Vol. 5, Issue 1, 2024, [Impact Factor: RJIF-5.34], January- 2024, pp: 50-52
"Critical appraisal of vendor selection mechanism: A review in power sector companies of West Bengal", Milon Saha and Dr Shantanu Chakraborty, International Journal of Advanced Academic Studies (E-ISSN: 2706-8927), Vol. 6, Issue 4, 2024, pp. 100-104
"Women empowerment through Micro-finance assistance: A study on Paschim Medinipur District", Arpita Dhal and Dr Shantanu Chakraborty and Dr Prasanta Guha, International Journal of Research in Finance and Management, (E-ISSN:2617-5762), Vol.7, Issue: I, 2024, pp. 153-156,
"Associating Behavioural Patterns with Machine Learning to Understand Consumer Behaviour - A Jewellery Industry Case Study", Dipanwita Dey and Dr Shantanu Chakraborty and Amit Chakraborty, European Economic Letters [ISSN 2323-5233], Vol 14, Issue 2 (2024), pp. 2237- 2343, (Indexed in ABDC - Category: C), Simple Impact Factor: 0.278
"Optimum portfolio formation under CAPM beta diversification method, using equal and risk minimizing Xi weights: An Empirical study", Debabrata Chattopadhyay & Shantanu Chakraborty & Dr Kaushik Banerjee, Foundry Journal (ISSN:1001-4977), [Impact Factor: 6.95] Scopus Indexed, Volume 27 Issue 7, 2024, p. 228-233.
"Influence of Consumer Psychology on Mobile Reviews and their persuasive Impact", Dipanwita Dey & Shantanu Chakraborty & Amit Chakraborty, Journal of Informatics Education and Research (ISSN: 1526- 4726), Vol. 5 , Issue 1 (2025), (Indexed in ABDC - Category: C).

Other publications -

"Social Cost-Benefit analysis and suggested models". A. Ghosh and Shantanu Chakraborty, Ravensh Journal of Business Studies Vol 5 No.1 2002 p. 64-70
"Environment Accounting: an attempt for sustainable development with methodological approach". A. Ghosh and Shantanu Chakraborty, The Management Accountant, ICWAI Journal Vol 40 No. 6 (June 2005) p. 448-453.
"Environmental Accounting: An Aid to Managerial Decision Making", Shantanu Chakraborty, Proceedings of National Seminar on Environmental Management (NSEM 2006) sponsored by AICTE edited by Shantanu Chakraborty and D. K. Banerjee in November, 2006.
"Forensic Accounting". A. Ghosh and Shantanu Chakraborty, Indian Journal of Accounting, Journal of the Indian Accounting Association, Vol. 37 No. 2 (June 2007), p. 35-40.
"Cost behaviour of power plants with respect to capacity utilization", Shantanu Chakraborty and Amar Nath Sanyal, Indian Journal of Power & River Valley Development, Vol 57, No. 1-2 (Jan-Feb 2007), p. 32-35.
"Indian Power sector: Installed capacity and capacity Utilisation". Shantanu Chakraborty, The Vision, Journal of School of Management Sciences, Bengal Engineering and Science University, Vol. III, No. 3 (July - Sept. 2007), page 9-23.
"Transformation of Banking Sector in India and its Impact", Shantanu Chakraborty, Perspectives in Management (ISSN 0974-7095), Vol. 2, No. 4 & 5 (August 2010), page 94-98.
"Acceptance of Exchange Traded Fund in Indian Financial Market " Shantanu Chakraborty & Nilanjan Sigha Roy "The Strategist: Journal of Business Management" (ISSN 0976-0393), Vol. 2, No. 1 & 2 (July - December 2011), page 92-100, published by Department of Business Administration, Assam University, Silchar, Assam.
"Regulatory Development in Financial Reporting: An Indian Perspective"; Shantanu Chakraborty; SURVEY (ISSN: 0586 - 0008), Vol 52, No.1 & 2, Jan.- June, 2012, p.62- 73.
Gold ETF: Pricing and Volatility"; Shantanu Chakraborty; published in Conference Proceedings of UGC sponsored National Seminar on 'Mutual Funds, Retail Investors and SEBI' (ISBN: 978-81-924140-9-6); page: 3-20.
Dynamics of Power Price in Indian Energy Market"; Shantanu Chakraborty; SURVEY (ISSN: 0586-0008), Vol 53, No.3 & 4, July-December, 2012, page (87 - 98).
Cost Management of Electricity in India"; Shantanu Chakraborty; Thesis published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany in 2013 (ISBN: 978-3-659-35443-4).
Art - An Emerging Alternative Asset"; Shantanu Chakraborty and Arpita Ghosh; Commerce Jyoti - Journal of Emerging Issues in Finance and Management, (ISSN: 2321-4481) Vol 1, No. 1, (June, 2013) p. 1-21.
"Asset Backed Securitization: An Indian Perspective", Shantanu Chakraborty, Perspectives in Management (ISSN 0974-7095), Vol. 6, No. 1 (June 2014) p.105-115.
"Role of Microfinance in Rural Women's Empowerment- An Empirical Study in West Bengal" ; Shantanu Chakraborty, Tapas Mridha, Nigamananda Biswas; "JIS Management Vista" (ISSN: 0974 - 0872) published from Centre for Management Studies, JIS College of Engineering Vol. VIII, No. 1 (January-June 2014).
Issues of Property Tax Collection for Municipalities of West Bengal", Sudip Dey & Shantanu Chakraborty, Perspectives in Management (ISSN 0974-7095), Vol. 6, No. 1 p.116-127.
A Study of Price Pattern and Volatility of Gold ETFs in India", Shantanu Chakraborty, JIS Management Vista (ISSN: 0974-0872), Vol. IX, No. 1, p.88-95.
Study Material for Workshop on Research Methodology organized by HMM College for Women in Association with IARA (ISBN: 978-81-928721-0-0), served in editorial team.
Regulatory Development in Financial Reporting and Emerging Challenges" Shantanu Chakraborty; "BIMS Journal of Management" (ISSN: 2456-222X); Vol-2, No. 1 & 2; p.41-50.

Notable Papers in International/ National conferences/ seminars

Presented a paper titled "Data Warehousing - the Upcoming Concept" in a State Level Seminar on E-Commerce sponsored by U.G.C. and held at Tarakeswar Degree College, Tarakeswar Dist Hooghly, W.B. on 2nd and 3rd March 2002.
Presented a paper titled "Cost behaviour of power plants with respect to capacity utilization" in an International Conference on 'Electricity - the energy carrier for the present and the future' being hosted by Indian Journal of Power & River Valley Development between 3-5 February 2006 at Oberoi Grand, Kolkata.
Presented a paper in a National Seminar on Environmental Management sponsored by AICTE entitled "Environmental Accounting: An Aid to Managerial Decision Making" held at DIATM, Durgapur W.B. on 24-26 March, 2006.
Presented a paper as invited speaker in an UGC sponsored Seminar on 'The Recent Development of Financial System and Information Technology in Indian Context' held on 21st August, 2008 at Vivekananda College, Kolkata.
Presented a paper in a National Seminar on "Glimpses of the New Regime under IFRS" organized by Dept. of Business Management, Calcutta University on 20th Feb., 2010.
Presented a paper in XXXV Indian Social Science Congress on "Regulatory Developments in Financial Reporting and Emerging Challenges" organized by Indian Academy of Social Sciences held at Wardha (Maharastra) during Dec. 27-31, 2011.
Presented a paper in International Finance Conference 2014 on "Price Behavior of Gold ETF in India" organised by Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta, and Indian Accounting Association, Kolkata Branch on January 17-18, 2014.
Presented a paper in National Management Conference (NMC-2018) on "Influence of Demographics on Investment Decisions: A case study of Hooghly District in West Bengal" organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Institute of Management Science, Kolkata during March 23-24, 2018.
Presented a paper in National Conference on "Demographic Influence and factors on investment decisions: Analysis with Structural Equation Modelling" organized by M P Birla Institute of Management (MPBIM), Bangalore on March 23, 2019.
Presented a paper in International Conference on "ESG- the advanced concept over CSR: It's Index building and Mutual Fund performance" jointly with Aditya Lala, organized by Aligarh Muslim University, Murshidabad Centre on 2nd June, 2022.

Key Seminars/ Conferences attended

Conference Session Chair:

Chaired one Technical Session in International Conference on "Recent Advances in the Field of Management, Law, Education and Technology: An Interdisciplinary Approach" organized by Aligarh Muslim University, Murshidabad Centre in collaboration with Esa Unggul University, Jakarta Indonesia on 2nd June, 2022.
Chaired one Technical Session in National Conference on "Emerging Technologies, Business, Sustainable Innovative Business Practices and Social Well-being" organized by Confab Academic Integration on 10th December, 2022 at Kolkata.
Chaired one Technical Session in International Conference on "Innovative Practices for Sustainable Business" organized by Sri Balaji University, Pune on 17th March, 2023.

10 key seminars/conference attended

1. Attended conference on issues in Economic Development held on 31 March 2001 at Department of Economic at Kalyani University.

2. Participated at National Accounting Conference organised by Indian Accounting Association Research Foundation jointly with Department of Commerce Serampore College on 9thFeb.2002.

3. Attended national seminar on marketing of services held at Ravens haw college, Cuttack on 24 March 2002.

4. Attended at UGC sponsored state level conference on "Emerging Issues in Accounting and Taxation" organised by Dumdum Matijheel College of Commerce on 12-13 March 2004.

5. Attended UGC sponsored state level seminar organised by Goenka College of Commerce & Business Administration on "Wealth Creation and Ethics" held on 15thMarch 2005.

6. Attended seminar on Investors Awareness organised by Department of Business Administration, Kalyani University in collaboration with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Eastern India Regional Office held on 26 Sept. 2008 at University of Kalyani.

7. Attended international seminar on "Contemporary Issues in Environmental Management" held at Alipore Campus, Calcutta University on 29thMarch 2009 organised by Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta.

8. Attended state level seminar on "Recent Tax Reforms in India: Challenges Ahead" at West Bengal State University, Barasat held 1stApril, 2010.

9. Participated at UGC sponsored national seminar on Indian Accounting Standard: Convergence with IFRSs organised Department of Commerce, P.N. Das College in Collaboration with Indian Accounting Association, Kolkata branch held on 17-18 Feb, 2012.

10. Attended One-Day State level Seminar on "GST and Investment Opportunities: Issues and Challenges" at Calcutta University on 24th September, 2016.

12. Attended One-Day National Seminar on "GST and Startups: India in the Making" organised by ICWAI and IAA, Kolkata Branch at CMA Bhawan Calcutta on 22nd October, 2016.

BOOK

1) Textbook on Advance Accountancy in Bengali language, for bachelor students published in 2001 by Oriental Book Company (P) Ltd. 56 Surya Sen Street Kolkata-700009.

2) Textbook on Information Technology & its Application in Business, for bachelor students published in February 2005 by BOOKS AND ALLIED (P) Ltd. 8/1 Chintamoni Das Lane, Kolkata-700009,

3) Textbook on Accounting and Finance for Engineers (ISBN978-93-80649-77-1) for B.Tech and MCA Students published in 2011 by Law Point Publications, 6C, R N Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700001.

4) Textbook on Fundamentals of Information Technology & Business Applications (ISBN 978-93-82472-05-6) for B.Com., BBA, MBA Students published in 2012 by Law Point Publications, 6 C, R N Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700001.

5) Book on "Cost Management of Electricity in India" (ISBN: 978-3-659-35443-4); Thesis published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany in 2013.

6) Textbook on Accounting and Finance for Managers (ISBN 978-93-82472-77-3) for BBA and MBA Students published in 2013 by Law Point Publications, 6C, R N Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700001.

7) Textbook on Economics for Engineers (for B.Tech.) (ISBN 978-93-84158-40-8) published in 2014 by Law Point Publications, 6C, R N Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-700001.

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