Functional Area -Finance and Accounting
Official e-mail ID placement.chairperson@isbmb.ac.in, Mithun.samanta@isbmb.ac.in
A brief profile
Asst. Prof. Mithun Samanta is in the final stage of his Ph.D. in Corporate Finance at the Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur. His expertise spans Corporate Finance, Capital Structure, Corporate Risk-Taking, ESG, and Corporate Governance. His research has been presented at leading conferences, including the Southern Finance Association, French Finance Association, and the World Finance and Banking Symposium. He has received multiple best paper awards, including First Prize at the 17th International Conference on Business and Finance (ICBF), 2025, and has served as a reviewer for the Academy of Management (AOM) 2025 Annual Meeting and as a session chair at the World Finance and Banking Symposium, 2024.
Ph. D, IIT Kharagpur (Thesis submitted)
M.Com- Utkal University
• Placement Chairperson at International School of Business and Media (ISB&M), Bangalore
• Reviewer, Academy of Management (AOM) 2025 Annual Meeting Formally recognized for contributions to scholarly review and academic rigor
• Session Chair: Contributed to the World Finance and Banking Symposium, 2024, by chairing sessions in the Corporate Finance track.
• Coordinated Management Development Programs for officers of the Employees State Insurance Corporation under the academic supervision of Dr. Aradhna Malik.
• Volunteered at the 7th, and 8th Management Doctoral Colloquium at VGSoM IIT Kharagpur.
• Member (Student), Financial Management Association, Management Association.
Publications
1. Publications Poornima, S., Gopalakrishna, B. V., & Samanta, M. (2025). Does ESG disclosure reduce corporate risk taking? Evidence from Indian firms. Managerial Finance, 1 20. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-06-2025-0421 (ABDC-B)
2. Poornima, S., Gopalakrishna, B. V., & Samanta, M. (2025). Impact of environmental, social, and governance disclosures on debt financing decisions: Evidence from India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-025-06728-w (SCOUPS- Q1)
• SCOPUS/ABDC – (SCOUPS- Q1), (ABDC-B)
Strategic Financial Management, Managerial Accounting, Financial Markets, and Financial Services.
• Best Paper Award (First Prize) – 17th International Conference on Business and Finance (ICBF), ICFAI Business School, India, April 2025 Paper Presented: “Debt Heterogeneity and Corporate Risk-Taking: Evidence from India” Authors: Mithun Samanta, Ajay Kumar Mishra, and Ahmed Elnahas
• Best Paper Award (Third Prize)– Research Symposium on Finance and Economics (RSFE) 2024, Krea University, India, June 12–14, 2024 Paper Presented: “The Monitoring Role of Debt Heterogeneity on Controller's Tunneling: Evidence from India”
• Qualified for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Assistant Professor/ Lectureship in Commerce in the National Eligibility Test by the University Grants Commission, India, 2020.
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