S P Parashar

Sat Paul Parashar
Born	Punjab
Residence	Kingdom of Bahrain
Nationality	Indian
Other names	S P Parashar
Citizenship	India
Education	Faculty of Management Studies Delhi School of Economics University of Delhi
Employer	Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance
Known for	financial management business education administration
Title	Dr. S P Parashar, PhD
Partner	Renu Parashar, B.A., B.Ed.
Parents	Ram Chand and Agyawanti

Sat Paul Parashar, PhD, more commonly known as S P Parashar, is an Indian financial management expert and business education administrator. He sits on the Boards of a number of top Corporations and Management Institutions. He has contributed to many business and management schools, corporates and banks in Asia and the Middle East, notably in India, Singapore, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman and Qatar. He was appointed to the highest level academic post, directorship, at the Indian Institute of Management, one of the highest ranked business schools in India in 2004,^[1] and was also the director of the Indian Institute of Management in Indore, India from 2004 to 2008.

Dr S P Parashar is presently the Head, Banking Center at Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF), Manama Bahrain^[2]. Dr Parashar was the Head of Research and Studies Department, Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates during 1999-2004.

Dr Parashar was appointed Distinguished Professor i.e. IFCI Golden Jubilee Chair Professor of Finance at Management Development Institute a Highly Ranked Business School. Prior to this Dr Parashar was Associate Professor of Finance at Xavier Labor Relations Institute, Jamshedpur and Faculty at University of Delhi. His total research, administration, training, and consultancy experience spans over 37 years^[3].

He has published over 40 papers in academic journals and has authored or co-authored several books. He sits on the Boards of a number of top Corporations and Management Institutions, and high level expert committees of the Government of India, and Government of Madhya Pradesh ^[4]. He was appointed Editorial Board Member of Indian Journal of Finance and Research, biannual Journal of the Indian Financial Management Association ^[5] and International Journal of Business Competition and Growth.

Dr Parashar was rated ‘Academic Par Excellence' in 2003 at the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies, Sharjah, UAE. His Interview was published in The Times of India Daily National Newspaper on July 11, 2005 and it was titled, ‘A Jewel in the IIM Crown’ highlighting his transformation and turnaround of IIM Indore in a short time frame.

Dr Parashar holds M.Com from Delhi School of Economics (1971), and Ph D from Faculty of Management Studies (1981), University of Delhi. His doctoral thesis was titled “Liquidity Management in Selected Indian Companies”.^[6] Articles in Major Indian and Middle eastern newspapers have featured Dr Parashar’s biography and his research work.

Contents 1 Corporate positions 2 Publications 2.1 Journal articles 2.2 Books/Chapters/Published Case Studies 2.3 Newspapers 3 Journal Editorial Board Member 4 References 5 External links

Corporate positions

Dr Parashar has been appointed or nominated on the board of the many academic institutions and corporations for his expertise in the field of finance, management and education administration. Some of the appointments include:

• Member, Board of Directors, Power Finance Corporation Ltd., India ^[7][8][9]
• Member, Board of Directors, Bharat Electronics Ltd., India.^[10][11][12]
• Non-Executive Director, MP Power Transmission Company Ltd., India .
• Member, Board of Governors, School of Good Governance and Policy Analysis.^[13]
• Member, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management Indore.
• Member, Board of Governors, Institute of Finance and International Management, India.^[14]
• Member, Board of Governors, United States India Educational Foundation.
• Member, Advisory Group, Human Development Report Committee, Government of Madhya Pradesh, 2005.^[15]
• Special Invitee, National Council, National Institute of Personnel Management.
• Special Invitee, Board of Governors, Thapar University.
• Member, High Power Committee for Faculty Development in Technical Institutions 2006, All India Council for Technical Education.^[16][17]
• Special Invitee, Working Group, Oversight Committee, Planning Commission, Government of India.^[18]
• Member, Executive Board, Association of Indian Management Schools, 2006-2007.
• Advisory Board Member, Jaypee business school, NOIDA, India.^[19]
• Member Academic Council, Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management-Research, India.^[20]
• Member, Board of Directors, Pithampur Auto Cluster Ltd., New Delhi.
• International Advisory Board, Association of Indian Management Scholars.^[21]
• Academic advisory board, NIILM-Center for Management Studies.^[22]
• Member, National Advisory, Khandelwal College of Management Science and Technology.^[23]
• Member, Expert Visiting Committee, University Grants Commission.^[24]

Publications

Dr Parashar has consistently been publishing in well respected journals for over three decades.^[3]

Journal articles

• Adam J. Sulkowski, S P Parashar, and Lu Wei, Corporate Responsibility Reporting in China, India, Japan and the West: One Mantra Does Not Fit All, New England Law Review. Vol 42, 2008, pp 787–808.^[25][26]
• S P Parashar and S. Venkataramanaiah. Operationalisation of an auto cluster project: Indian experience International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, Vol. 1, No. 4, 2008, pp 475–485.^[26][27]
• S Venkataramanaiah and S P Parashar, Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs through industrial clusters: The Indian experience’, International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development 6: 3, 2007, pp. 227–243.^{[28][29][30][31]}

• S P Parashar, Winning over Equals: Insights from Bhagwad Geeta (Krishna-Arjuna Framework) International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, Vol. 1, No.3, 2008, pp. 354 – 359.^{[32][33][34][35]}

• S P Parashar, Financial Management Practices in Selected Indian Companies, ICWAI Research Bulletin, Bi-annual Number of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, July- December,1999, Volume No. XVIII, PP 11–28

• S P Parashar, Cost and Productivity of Capital in Indian Companies, Indian Management, Journal of the All India Management Association, May 1985,Volume 24, No.5, PP 30–34

• Madhu Tyagi, S P Parashar, Financial Performance of Public Sector Tourism Companies, Journal of Management Development Institute, Jan-June, 1996

• S P Parashar, Aftermath of Tondon Guidelines, Indian Management, Journal of the All India Management Association, December, 1984, Volume 23, No.12, PP 4–8 S P Parashar, Mehrotra Committee Report on Insurance Sector Reform in India - A Review, Indian Journal of Finance and Research, January 1994, Volume IV, No. 1, PP 81–88

• S P Parashar, Privatisation: The Berlin- Chemie Way – A Case Study, Vision The Journal of the Management Development Institute, July-December 2000, Volume 4, No.2, PP 63–66

• S P Parashar, Western Engineering Company Ltd. - When Two Worlds Collide-A Transfer Pricing Case, Chartered Accountant, Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, May, 1997

• S P Parashar, Evaluating Company Liquidity- A New framework, Chartered Accountant, Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, November, 1984, Volume XXXIII, No.5, PP 403–408

• S P Parashar, A New Look at Corporate Liquidity, Indian Management, Journal of the All India Management Association, May 1984, Volume 23, No. 5, PP 23–25

• S P Parashar, Liquidity Management in Indian Industries- Sectoral Trends, Indian Economic Almanac, Journal of the Indian Economic Association, June, 1982

• S P Parashar, Jackson Electric Company Ltd. -A Strategic Cost Management Case Analysis , Chartered Accountant, Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, March, 1997

• S P Parashar, “Operational Efficiency will be the Key Determinant of Success of Financial Institutions in the Next Century”, Vision Journal of Management Development Institute, January-June, 1998

• S P Parashar, Financial Reforms in India- Vision 2010, MAIMS Journal of Management, April 2006

• S P Parashar, What kind of Management Control System Does National Thermal Power Corporation Need? Journal of the Institute of Public Enterprises, 1992

Books/Chapters/Published Case Studies

A list of works he authored, co-authored, or in some way contributed to:

• Book: S.P.Parashar, Liquidity Management, Principles & Practices of Managing Cash Flow, Vision Books, New Delhi, 1986.
• Book: S P Parashar & Hassan Aboutahir, WTO Agreements on Financial Services- Implications for UAE Banks.
• Book: Qasrawi Sophia / S.P.Parashar, Foreign direct investment strategic options for the UAE.
• Book: S P Parashar, Indian Section in International Dictionary of Management by Hono Johannsen and G. Terry Page, Vision Books, New Delhi, 1983.
• Book Chapter: Teaching of Financial Management in India- Retrospect and Prospect.

In the Book: Abraham and Bhushan (Ed.) Management Strategies for the Changing Scenario, Association of Indian Management Schools, 1993.

• Book Chapter: Recent Developments in International Capital Markets- Implications for Corporate Financing In the Book: Gupta, et. al. (Ed.) Corporate Financing- Emerging Options, Anmol, Delhi, 1991.
• Case study: S P Parashar, Benchmarking for Quality in Distance Education- A Case Study of Management Programs of IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University), in Koul (Ed.), Structure and Management of Open Learning Systems, IGNOU, 1995
• S P Parashar, Nationals in Credit Head Positions in UAE Banks- A Survey.
• S P Parashar, Z Score of UAE Companies.

Newspapers

Dr Parashar's research has been a source of published secondary source material. His articles have been featured in many newspapers.

• The Hindu National Daily Newspaper, August 1, 2005 - How to Rate a B School? – Newspaper Article features Dr Parashar’s method of rating Business schools.^[36]
• The Hindu National Daily Newspaper, August 29, 2005 - Rate B-Schools the ‘Matrix’ Way – Dr. Parashar’s 5 X 3 matrix approach to rate Business School featured^[37]- The Hindu National Daily Newspaper, June 25, 2007 - Study Favors Aggressive Cultivation of Soybean in Maharashtra – Dr. Parashar’s research study featured^[38]
• Hindustan Times, June 3, 2007 - Soya Maybe Way Out For Vidarbha Ryots - Dr. Parashar’s research study featured- The Tribune Newspaper, Chandigarh, India, May 20, 2005- From Village Boy to IIM Director – Article highlights Biography and Achievements of Dr. Parashar ^[39]
• Financial Times – June 8, 2009, Troubled banks swing spotlight on to Bahrain – Dr Parashar commented as expert that “Transparency is a very good concept in principle, but in reality it is driven by compliance” and “No bank is going to admit they have skeletons in their cupboard unless they are forced to”.
• The Tribune Newspaper, Chandigarh, India, May 20, 2005- From Village Boy to IIM Director – Article highlights Biography and Achievements of Dr. Parashar ^[39]
• The Economic Times, July 16, 2006 - Mital Steel, ‘Krissh’ Case Studies for IIM-Indore – Launch of case study by Dr. Parashar and Dr. Salwant featured
• Hindustan Times, July 16, 2006 - Krissh Makes it to IIM-I Classrooms – Launch of Dr. Parashar’s ‘Krissh’ (Krissh is a bollywood blockbuster movie of 2006) case study featured^[40]
• July 17, 2006 - International Case Study of ‘Krissh’ – Dr. Parashar and Dr. Salwant’s case study on ‘Krissh’ featured ^[41]
• Bahrain Tribune, December 6, 2008, Credit Crisis Strikes ‘Once-in-a-century’ .
• Economic Times, Sept 27, 2008, Towards Autonomy of IIMs.
• Gulf Daily News, Bahrain, May 17, 2009, Resolving Global Financial Crisis: Not by Liquidity Alone!.
• FINRISK I-I, BMR Advisors, Bahrain, April, 2009, Global Financial Crisis and Basel-II.
• Economic Times, December 22, 2008, Bengal Needs to Present itself as a New Brand.
• The Times of India, July 31, 2006, Building Excellence in Education.
• DNA Money, February 24, 2006, MP Budget 2006-7: All elements of a 3rd Year Itch here.
• Financial Express, October 10, 2005, Prepare well, prepare for the worst, stay cool.
• Times of India, July 11, 2005, A Jewel in the IIM Crown.
• Hindustan Times, November 1, 2005, Quantity is no substitute for Quality (50 Years of Higher Education in MP).
• Reflections - The Pioneer, August 2005, Economic Development in M.P. 10 years from Now.
• Hindustan Times, October 3, 2004, Winner will be one who does it best.
• Banker- Middle East, 2002, The Dud Cheques Menace.
• Banker- Middle East, November, 2000, Bank Olympics Need Doping Test.
• Financial Express, October 1, 1987, P 4, Flow of Bank Finance.
• Economic Times, January 6, 1986, Zero Base Budgeting- Problems and Prospects.

Journal Editorial Board Member

• International Journal of Business Competition and Growth^[42]
• International Journal of Business and Finance
• International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management ^[43]
• Journal of Venture Capital and Financial Servicesht ^[44]

References

External links

• "Parashar to be IIM Indore's new full time director - India - NEWS - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2004-03-28. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/587457.cms. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
• "Intellect Ltd". Intellectbooks.co.uk. http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Contributor,a=P/view-Contact-Page,id=18355. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
• "Management and Faculty". BIBF. 2005-07-11. http://www.bibf.com/website/satpaul.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
• Brief CV at Department of Public Enterprises Website
• "Education Plus Chennai : How to rate a B-school?". The Hindu. 2005-08-01. http://www.hindu.com/edu/2005/08/01/stories/2005080100390500.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
• "Education Plus Vijayawada : Rate B-schools the `matrix' way". The Hindu. 2005-08-22. http://www.hindu.com/edu/2005/08/22/stories/2005082200590300.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
• "The Hindu News Update Service". Thehindu.com. 2007-06-25. http://www.hindu.com/holnus/015200706250322.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
• "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - JALANDHAR PLUS". Tribuneindia.com. 1992-02-10. http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050520/jplus.htm#4. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
• "International case study on Krrish now :: Businessofcinema.com - India's No 1 Cinema Business News and Information Portal". Businessofcinema.com. 2006-07-17. http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=339. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
• "Towards autonomy of IIMs- Comments & Analysis-Opinion-The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. 2008-09-27. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-3532603,flstry-1.cms. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
• "Indian Journals". Indian Journals. http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijfr&type=eboard. Retrieved 2009-09-20.