Priti Biswas

Priti is an assistant professor in the Finance area. She earned her PhD in Finance and Accounting from the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, in 2026. Prior to her PhD, she has an MBA from the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Burdwan. She has previously worked as an assistant manager in branch banking with the Federal Bank. Her research work explores contemporary issues in corporate finance, banking, and political economy, and have been published in journals including the Journal of Commodity Markets and European Financial Management.

• Ph.D in Finance and Accounting, Indian Institute of Management, Indore (2021-2026)
• MBA (Finance), National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (2016-2018)
• B.Sc. (Honours) – Mathematics, The University of Burdwan (2013-2016)

• Biswas, P., Jain, P. and Maitra, D. (2024) Are shocks in the stock markets driven by commodity markets? Evidence from Russia-Ukraine war. Journal of Commodity Markets 34, p. 100387, ISSN: 2405-8513. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomm.2024.100387
• Biswas, P., Maitra, D. and Mukherjee, S. (2025) Bank Financial Distress and Stock Price Crashes: A Quasi-Experimental Approach. European Financial Management 31.3, pp. 1103-1123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.12529
• Biswas, P., Maitra, D. and Mukherjee, S. (2026) Does State-Level Economic Policy Uncertainty Affect Financial Distress Risk of Financial Institutions? European Financial Management 0: e70054. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.70054

• Assistant Manager, The Federal Bank Ltd. (June, 2018 – May, 2021)

• Empirical Corporate Finance
• Political Economy
• Banking and Financial Intermediation
• Public Policy