N. R. Parasuraman

NRP

Research Interest / Consulting Area
Strategic Finance, Financial Derivatives, Cost Management

Courses Offered
Financial Derivatives

Positions Held / Associated With
Company Secretary, Federal Bank Ltd.
Vice President (Finance) Joindra Capital Services Ltd.
Finance Manager, KEK Group of Companies

Also teaches/taught at
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Dr. N.R. Parasuraman, LLB, FCS, FICWA, DBF, Ph.D.
Director & Professor - Finance
nrparasuraman@sdmimd.ac.in

He has been researching and teaching in the areas of Strategic Finance, Financial Derivatives, Cost Management, Portfolio Management and also International Finance.

He has published 30 papers in leading journals on various topics in finance and has also authored a book titled ‘Fundamentals of Financial Derivatives’, published by Wiley India, which features in the Business World's top 10 management bestsellers in August, 2008. The book has currently gone into a second edition. He is an Adjunct Faculty of Finance at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode.

Publications

Books

  1. Parasuraman, N.R. Fundamentals of financial derivatives. New Delhi: Wiley-India Edition, 2008. 1-252.

Edited Books

  1. Parasuraman, N. R., Sengupta, Nilanjan, Sengupta, Mousumi & Srilakshminarayana, G.[Editors].  (2013). Cases in Management Vol.1. Mysore: Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Research Centre for Management Studies (SDM RCMS), SDMIMD. [ISBN:978-81-922146-3-4]
  2. Parasuraman, N. R. & Rao, Ullas.[Editors]. (2012). International conference on Emerging Trends in Finance and Accounting. Mysore: Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD). [ISBN: 978-81-922146-2-7].

Book Chapters

  1. Parasuraman, N.R. (2013). Safeguarding a portfolio – how far do we go? Cases in Management Vol.1. N. R. Parasuraman, Nilanjan Sengupta, Mousumi Sengupta and G. Srilakshminarayana [Editors]. Mysore: Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD). [ISBN:978-81-922146-3-4]
  2. Parasuraman, N.R. (2012). Options Strategies in a volatile market with particular reference to selling volatility, an exploratory study with figures from NIFTY for a quarter. Contemporary research in management by Mousumi Sengupta and Nilanjan Sengupta [Compilers]. Mysore: SDM Institute for Management Development, 2012. [ISBN:978-81-922146-1-0]
  3. Parasuraman, N.R. Cross-border investments: imputing financial shape to uncertain business situations. Contemporary issues in Finance by Jagadeesha and Shivakumar Deene [Editors]. New Delhi: Excel Books, 2009; 157-166p.

Book Reviews

  1. Parasuraman, N.R. Alchemy of a leader. Review of Alchemy of a leader by John E. Redfield. The Economic Times (The Finanial Times), 17 Jan 2000.
  2. Parasuraman, N.R. Change and resistance. Review of Leading change by James O’Toole. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 26 Dec 1999.
  3. Parasuraman, N.R. Don’t just catch up, get ahead. Review of Competing for the future by Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 30 Jan 2000.
  4. Parasuraman, N.R. Incurring quasirents. Review of Managing business transactions by Paul H. Rubin. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 28 May 2000.
  5. Parasuraman, N.R. Leadership at all levels. Review of New strategies by Stephen J.Wall. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 11 June 2000.
  6. Parasuraman, N.R. Only the paranoid survive. Review of Only the paranoid survive by Andrew S. Grove. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 19 March 2000.
  7. Parasuraman, N.R. Quality leadership. Review of Vision values and Courage by Neil H. Snyder. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 16 April 2000.
  8. Parasuraman, N.R. Strategic persistence. Review of Commitment by Pankaj Ghemawat. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 20 Aug 2000.
  9. Parasuraman, N.R. The competitive organization. Review of The competitive organization by Gordon Pearson. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 15 Oct 2000.
  10. Parasuraman, N.R. The options are real. Review of Real options by Martha Amram. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 2 July 2000.
  11. Parasuraman, N.R. The strategy of managing costs. Review of Strategic cost management by John K. Shank and Vijay Govindarajan. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 15 Aug 1999.
  12. Parasuraman, N.R. Beyond certainty. Review of Beyond certainty by Charles Handy. The Economic Times (The Financial Times), 13 Feb 2000.

International Journals

  1. Janaki Ramudu, P., Parasuraman, N.R. and Nusrathunnisa. What Drives Shareholders’ Return? Evidence from Indian Steel Sector. World Journal of Social Sciences, 2(7) November 2012 : 09-23.
  2. Parasuraman, N.R. and Janakiramudu, P. Historical and Implied Volatility: An investigation into NSE NIFTY Futures and Options. Australian Journal of Business and Management Research, 1(7), 2011: 112-120p. Online Access http://www.ajbmr.com/articlepdf/ajbmr_17_34i1n7a12.pdf
  3. Parasuraman, N.R. and Janakiramudu, P. Growth in sales compared with changes in profitability and in working capital : a study of Indian pharmaceutical industry. Journal of Accounting and Finance, 26(1), October 2011: 1-19. ISSN: 0970-9029

National Journals

  1. Parasuraman, N.R., Janaki Ramudu, P. & Nusrathunnisa. (2012). Does Lintner model of dividend payout hold good? An empirical evidence from BSE SENSEX firms. SDMIMD Journal of Management, Vol. 3, Issue 2, September. 63-76p. [ISSN 0976-0652].
  2. Parasuraman, N.R. and Ramudu Janaki P. Growth in sales compared with asset turnover, leverage and profitability : An analytical study of large Indian companies. Advance In Management , 4(11) November 2011 : 58-62.
  3. Parasuraman, N.R. Value at risk analysis: NIFTY index portfolio. SCMS Journal of Indian Management, 5(1) January-March 2011 : 67-72.
  4. Parasuraman, N.R. Microfinance: the paradigm shift. The Smart CEO, May 2010; 30-32.
  5. Parasuraman, N.R. Options trading strategies: some basic facets. Treasury Management, 10(11) November 2009: 39-42.
  6. Parasuraman, N.R. Portfolio protection and portfolio insurance: an overview. Portfolio Organizer 10(6) June 2009: 49-53.
  7. Parasuraman, N.R. Rise in NPAs - interview. Professional Banker 9(6) June 2009: 13.
  8. Charles, V. and Parasuraman, N.R. Pricing options: the volatile versus the actual. SCMS Journal of Indian Management. 4(1) January-March 2009: 18-25
  9. Parasuraman, N.R. Indian banking - truly global? Chartered Financial Analyst 14 (10) October 2008: 76-78.
  10. Parasuraman, N.R. Cross-border investments imputing financial shape to uncertain business situations: the use of real options and the lessard APV approach - a discussion. IMPACT (International Journal of Management Practices & Contemporary Thought) 2 (1) 2007: 28-34.
  11. Parasuraman, N.R. Working capital position in leading Indian companies: a comparison vis-à-vis profitabiliy. PES Business Review: a scholarly, peer reviewed journal of management 2 (2) June 2007:34-37.
  12. Parasuraman, N.R. Capital structuring of leading companies: a statistical analysis. PES Business Review: a scholarly, peer reviewed journal of management 1(1) 2006: 6-18.
  13. Parasuraman, N.R. Comparison on key financial parameters of players within an industry with similar parameters in Nifty: a study of cement companies. International Journal of Management Sciences 1(2) 2006: 161-169.
  14. Parasuraman, N.R. Credit derivatives: a great potential for Indian banking" Chartered Financial Analyst, 12(10) October 2006: 75-78.
  15. Parasuraman, N.R. Synchronous movement of key parameters with profitability: an exploratory study on the two-wheeler and three wheeler sectors. GIM Journal of Management 1(1) 2006: 26-29.
  16. Parasuraman, N.R. Reviews on Indian banking: challenges ahead. Chartered Financial Analyst 10(2) February 2004: 27-34.
  17. Parasuraman, N.R. The adjusted present value approaches to valuations – promises and perils - a discussion. The Management Accountant, 39(10) October 2004: 930-32.
  18. Parasuraman, N.R. Working capital practices in leading pharmaceutical companies - a view of the credit policy and profitability. The Management Accountant, 39(12), December 2004: 998-1005.
  19. Parasuraman, N.R. Reviews on Kelkar Report: The simplification agenda. Chartered Financial Analyst, 9(2) February 2003: 17-22.
  20. Parasuraman, N.R. Ascertaining the divisional beta for project evaluation - the Pure Play Method - a discussion. The Chartered Accountant, 51(5) November 2002: 546-49.
  21. Parasuraman, N.R. Index Based Futures - the cost of Carry Model - the Indian evidence. Journal of applied Finance, 7(11) November 2001.
  22. Parasuraman, N.R. Arbitrage opportunities between NSE and BSE - a preliminary study. Journal of Applied Finance, 6(4) April 2000.
  23. Parasuraman, N. R. The Economic value added – its computation and impact on select banking companies. Journal of Applied Finance, 6(4) October 2000: 14-30.
  24. Parasuraman, N.R. The modified internal rate of return - a discussion. The Management Accountant, 34(10) October 1999: 784-51.

International Conference

  1. Parasuraman, N.R., Janaki Ramudu, P. & Nusrathunnisa. (2012). Does Lintner model of dividend payout hold good? An empirical evidence from BSE SENSEX firms. International conference on emerging trends in finance and accounting, SDM Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysore. August 3-4. [ISBN: 978-81-922146-2-7].
  2. Parasuraman, N. R. and Charles, V. Australian School of Business, 20th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney; Dec 12-14, 2007. Imputing historical volatility to index option parameters: a comparison with the actual index call prices – an exploratory study.
  3. Parasuraman, N.R. Research Association of India (RAI), International conference of Research Association of India, Jaipur; January 2006. Strategic implications of the financial results of select companies from the paints sector: a DuPont analysis.
  4. Parasuraman, N.R. Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMT), New Delhi. International conference 2005 on “Banking and insurance in the emerging markets”, 2005, New Delhi. Creation of The Economic value in banking companies - a comparison with other parameters of bank performance.

National Conference

  1. Parasuraman, N.R. Research Development Association and Rajasthan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 9th International Conference on Emerging Issues in Accounting & Finance, Infrastructure Development, Information Technology, Business and Management, January 15 & 16, 2010, Jaipur. Growth in Sales Compared with Changes in Profitability and in Working Capital – A study of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry.
  2. Parasuraman, N.R. Institute of Cost and Works Accounts of India (ICWAI), All Kerala Cost Convention, 20-21 Nov 2009, Thrissur. Cost management - a brief look at the strategic imperatives. 41-43p.
  3. Parasuraman, N.R. Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI), National conference, Nov. 2006, Bangalore. Capital structuring of leading Indian companies - a statistical analysis.
  4. Parasuraman, N.R. 34th National convention of Company Secretaries on “reshaping the profession - creating new niches”, Sept. 2006. Corporate value creation: the finance angle. A91-97.
  5. Parasuraman, N.R. National Convention of Company Secretaries of India, Oct. 2005. Using Real Options Framework in Strategic Financial Management.

Seminar and Symposium

  1. Parasuraman, N. R. Paper before the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (Mysore Chapter), Seminar on international financial reporting standards and resource consumption accounting, Mysore, 23 Nov 2008. Cost management strategies and resources consumptions accounting.
  2. Parasuraman, N. R. Paper before the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (Mysore Chapter), Mysore, Dec. 2002. Considerations in working capital management - a discussion.

STUDY MATERIALS

  1. Parasuraman, N.R. Financial planning and financial leverage Courseware for Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA). Mysore: JSS Center for Management Studies, 2005.
  2. Parasuraman, N.R. Cost of Capital and Capital Structure (4 Units) Self Instructional Material (SIM) for Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) Final Semester. Mysore: Karnataka State Open University, 2005.
  3. Parasuraman, N.R. Cost-volume profit analysis Self Instructional Material (SIM) for Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) Final Semester. Mysore: Karnataka State Open University, 2005.

OTHERS

  1. Parasuraman, N.R. ICWAI Newsletter of Kottyam, Branch of ICWAI, Aug 2005, Beta Co-efficient and Corporate Cost of Capital