Prof. Pratip Kar is a well known Finance specialist with an experience of over 30 years in the field, a major part of which was devoted to the securities market. An academically inclined professional, Prof. Kar’s interest areas are teaching and research in corporate governance, regulation and development of securities market, establishing regulatory architecture for securities market in emerging market. He has been a key contributor to the transformation of the Indian securities market and in the formulation and implementation of policy for developing, modernising and regulating Indian securities market in his capacity as Executive Director of SEBI.
An MBA from INSEAD, France, Prof. Kar has also served as the Dean of Finance and Corporate Governance at the Tata Management Training Centre (TMTC). He has worked with Stern Business School, Harvard Business School, and Ross School of Management of Michigan University in delivering programmes on leadership and strategy at TMTC.
Prof. Kar is associated with many organizations and forums like National Institute of Securities Market, IFC Global Corporate Governance Forum and the World Bank, CII’ s Council on Corporate Governance as an advisor. A prolific writer, Prof. Kar has a number of publications to his name and is a regular contributor to financial broadsheets such as Economic Times, Financial Express, Business Standard etc.
