Venkatesh Panchapagesan

[email protected]
+91 96323 95403
Dr. Venkatesh Panchapagesan is an accomplished finance professional and academic with over three decades of experience spanning research, policy, regulation, and capital markets. He is currently Professor of Finance at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore(IIMB), where he also heads the Real Estate Research Initiative, driving applied research on housing, land markets, and real estate finance in India. His expertise bridges academic rigor with practical insights, especially across real estate, capital markets, and financial regulation.   As an academic, Dr. Panchapagesan has published influential research in top-tier journals on real estate markets, market microstructure, and financial regulation.  His research has directly informed public policy and institutional practice, and his thought leadership is evident in widely read mainstream media articles on issues such as land reforms, real estate transparency, and regulatory effectiveness.

He has held senior executive roles at global hedge funds such as Bridgewater Associates and Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and academic roles at the Olin School of Business and the Nasdaq Stock Market in the US.

Currently, he is an independent director in several companies and a member of expert and technical committees at the SEBI, IBBI, IFSCA and the National Housing Bank.  He actively mentors and advises several startups and alternative funds, mostly on the fintech and proptech space.  

Dr. Panchapagesan holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Southern California and an MBA-equivalent Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Calcutta.  He is also qualified as a Chartered Accountant and a Cost and Works Accountant in India.