Narayanan Venkatraman

Narayanan Venkatraman

Ph.D. Candidate

Education

  • 2013-2016: Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata, India, Bachelors of Commerce (Honors), Concentration: Accountancy & Finance
    • Relevant Coursework: Financial Accounting, Management and Cost Accounting, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Financial Management and Auditing
  • 2018-2020: Belk College of Business, UNC Charlotte, M.S. in Economics
    • Relevant Coursework : Graduate Econometrics, Advanced Micro-Economics, Advanced Macroeconomics, Advanced Business & Economic Forecasting, Economic Research Methods I & II, Financial Management, Financial Elements of Derivatives, Financial Econometrics.
  • 2025 (expected) Ph.D, Business Administration (Finance), Belk College of Business, UNC Charlotte
    • Relevant Coursework : Microeconomic Theory I, Microeconomic Theory II, Econometrics I, Econometrics II, Econometrics III, Financial Economic Theory I, Investments & Portfolio Theory, Financial Economic Theory II, Theory of Corporate Finance Derivatives.

Research interests

Corporate Finance

Licenses & Certifications

  • Google Data Analytics Professional Certification
  • Google Business Intelligence Certification
  • Certificate course on C programming
  • Certificate on Solar Energy Theory and Practice, hosted by Joint Environmental Protection Program by Nirvana Foundation

EMPLOYMENT

  • African Investment Corporation, Project Finance Analyst (2019):
    • Provided project specific support around financial modeling, market research and business analysis on specific projects that the AiC is currently working on in Africa
    • Helped with financial modeling for setting up renewable energy systems for COBIL gas stations in Ghana
    • Helped with research on setting up a Private Equity Fund for generating cash flows to invest in various projects in Africa
  • UNC Charlotte, Teaching Assistant (2018 – Present)
    • Taught section of Managerial Economics & Econometrics to 160 undergraduate students
    • Collected, prepared, processed and analyzed data
    • Reported results of performed research on various topics
  • GDB Share & Stock Broking Services Ltd, Junior Equity Trader (2018)
    • Oversaw and executed trade orders on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange terminals for clients
    • Managed office documentation and compliance related services
  • India Ozone, Kolkata, Content Developer (2017)
    • Wrote quality content for client’s websites and blog pages
    • Hosted websites to allow clients to make their websites accessible
    • Maintained daily order books and was involved in budget allocation decisions.
  • N Venkatachalam & Co (Chartered Accountants), Kolkata, Assistant Accountant (2016 – 2017)
    • Involved in finalization of accounts of a few companies requiring bank reconciliations, inventory reconciliations, verification of commercial and statutory liabilities and receivables verification
    • Assisted in preparation of the annual report of a limited liability company