Jains P. Chacko

Dr. Jains P. Chacko is an Assistant Professor in the School of Management at Mahindra University. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from IFMR GSB, Krea University. Before joining Mahindra University, he served as an Assistant Professor at Rajagiri Business School, Kochi. Earlier, he worked as an Academic Associate at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. He also attended the Wharton Global Faculty Development Program organized by The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

His teaching interests include Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting, Financial Derivatives, Valuation, Financial Modeling, Portfolio Management, and Financial Markets. His research focuses on corporate finance, corporate governance, cost of capital, investment efficiency, ownership structure, and sustainability finance.

His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including IIMB Management Review, Journal of Emerging Market Finance, and Investment Management and Financial Innovations. He has presented his research at national and international conferences and serves as a reviewer for journals in the areas of finance and management. His current research examines issues related to corporate finance, financial markets, and corporate governance in emerging economies.

• Ph.D. in Finance, IFMR Graduate School of Business, Krea University, Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, India
• M.Com. (Business Finance), Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
• PGDBA, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
• B.Com. (Computer Applications), Kannur University, Kerala, India

• Chacko, J. P. and Padmakumari, L. (2024), Does investor base affect the firm-level ex-ante cost of equity capital? IIMB Management Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2024.04.003
• Chacko, J. P. and Padmakumari, L. (2023), The effect of investment inefficiency on expected returns. Journal of Emerging Market Finance. https://doi.org/10.1177/09726527231165365
• Chacko, J. P. and Padmakumari, L. (2023), Does ownership structure affect the ex-ante cost of capital? Investment Management and Financial Innovations, 20(1), 112-126. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.20(1).2023.11

Conference Proceedings

• Alex, S.S., Sisodia, G., Chacko, J.P. (2026). Board Characteristics, Carbon Accounting, and the Net Zero Transition. In: Vieito, J.P. (eds) Innovations in Finance. FIMM 2025. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-19314-8_14
• Alex, S.S., Chacko, J.P. (2026). Trends in Venture Capital: A Bibliometric Review. In: Iglesias, A., Shin, J., Bhatt, N., Joshi, A. (eds) Information Systems for Intelligent Systems. ISBM 2025. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1743. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-13006-8_13

• From May 2023 – To June 2026: Assistant Professor, Rajagiri Business School, Kochi, Kerala, India
• From July 2018 To August 2018: Academic Associate, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, Kerala, India

My research interests lie in corporate finance, corporate governance, financial markets, and sustainability finance. My current research focuses on cost of capital, investment efficiency, ownership structure, earnings management and carbon accounting in emerging markets.