Professor Subrahmanyam holds a
Ph.D. in finance and economics from the
MIT Sloan School of Management, an
MBA/PGDM from the
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and a
BTech in
Mechanical Engineering from
IIT Madras. Both IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad have recognised him with their Distinguished Alumnus Awards. He has been teaching at the
Stern School of Business since 1974 and has taught widely in executive programmes in more than twenty countries.
Research and editorial work Subrahmanyam's papers have been published in
Econometrica,
The Quarterly Journal of Economics,
Journal of Economic Theory, the
Journal of Finance, the
Journal of Financial Economics and the
Review of Financial Studies. Representative works include the survey “Credit Default Swaps: Past, Present, and Future” (2016) in the
Annual Review of Financial Economics and the monograph
Credit Default Swaps: A Survey (2014). He currently serves or has served on the editorial boards of
European Financial Management, the
Journal of Banking & Finance,
Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, the
Journal of Finance,
Management Science, the
Journal of Derivatives,
Journal of International Finance and Accounting, and
Japan and the World Economy. He was the founding editor of the
Review of Derivatives Research.
Honours and awards He has received several teaching honours, including
New York University’s Distinguished Teaching Medal. In 2016 he was awarded the
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Anneliese Maier Research Award; NYU notes that he was the first economist to be so honoured. He has served or is serving on the boards of AION India Investment Advisers (P) Ltd., Clayfin Technologies Ltd.,
ICICI Bank,
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Limited,
Infosys, Nomura Asset Management Inc., LIC Nomura Mutual Fund Asset Management Co. Ltd., Premier European Capital Ltd., and Vayana Enterprises (P) Ltd. Several of these entities are affiliates of global financial institutions including
Deutsche Bank,
JPMorgan Chase,
Nomura Holdings and
Apollo Global Management. Subrahmanyam has served on the boards of the
United Nations Foundation, the
Indian School of Business, the
Snow Leopard Trust and the
IIT Madras Foundation. ==Works==