Dr. (Prof.) Swechha Chada

Assistant Professor - Corporate Finance

Area of Expertise: Corporate Financing, Institutional Investors, Economic Policy Uncertainties

Email: [email protected]

Dr. Swechha Chada is a PhD (Finance & Accounting) from IIM Tiruchirappalli. She teaches Financial Management and Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring to PGPM and PGDM cohorts at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. Her teaching portfolio also includes Corporate Valuation and Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management.

Her research interests lie in the area of corporate finance and corporate governance, particularly, ownership structure, governance, firm transparency and their influence on firm’s behavior and outcomes. Swechha Chada has presented her research work at various national and international conferences and doctoral consortiums like International Corporate Governance Society conference, IFABS 2021 Oxford Conference, NACRA 2021 and Paper Development Workshops held by Corporate Governance: An International Review and British Academy of Management. She has also written newspaper articles in Financial Express related to her research.

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Select Conference Presentations

• ‘Earnings Quality, Institutional Investors and Corporate Cash Holdings: Evidence from India’ at CGIR Doctoral Consortium and Paper Development Workshop 2021
• ‘The Future of Retail – Reliance and Future Retail Deal’, NACRA 2021
• ‘Cash flow Sensitivity of Cash Holdings to Controlling Shareholders: Evidence from India’, IFABS 2021 Oxford Conference

Mainstream Press Articles

• Look out for cover-ups in financial reports, Financial Express (https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/look-out-for-cover-ups-in-financial-reports/1993690/)
• Survival tips for those living on reduced pay, COVID-19 series, Financial Express (https://www.financialexpress.com/money/taking-salary-cuts-here-are-some-survival-tips-in-these-difficult-times/2007873/)
• Should excess cash holdings worry shareholders, Financial Express (https://www.financialexpress.com/market/equity-market-should-excess-cash-holdings-worry-shareholders/2294398/)

Peer reviewed journal articles

• Chada, S., & Varadharajan, G. (2023). Earnings quality, institutional investors and corporate cash holdings: evidence from India. International Journal of Managerial Finance. (ABDC-A)
• Chada, S. (2023). Economic policy uncertainties and institutional ownership in India. The Journal of Economic Asymmetries, 27, e00293. (ABDC – B)
• Chada, S., & Banerjee, S. (2023). Stretch or Suppress: Role of Owners and Nominee Directors in Financial Distress. Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 22(4), 382-408. (ABDC – B)
• Chada, S., Saravanan, P., & Varadharajan, G. (2024). Socioemotional wealth and cash flow sensitivity of cash: Evidence from India. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 69, 102023. (ABDC – B)

Policy Publications

• Ownership, Bank Appointed Directors and Financial Distress: Evidence from India, Anusandhan: Exploring New Perspectives on Insolvency (2022).
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Book Chapters

• Chada, S., & Banerjee, S. (2022). Ownership, Bank Appointed Directors and Financial Distress: Evidence from India. Anusandhan: Exploring New Perspectives on Insolvency (pp. 372-385). Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
• Chada, S., Banerjee, S., & Sharma, R. (2023). Earnings Management, Stress and Auditor Change: Three Steps Towards Bankruptcy. Navdrishti: Emerging Ideas on IBC (2023) (pp. 491 - 504). Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs.