Ravi Shukla

Ravi Shukla is an associate professor of finance at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in finance and investments.

His teaching awards include the Dean's Citation for Excellence in Teaching (1998), MBA Student Association Outstanding Faculty (1998, 2002 and 2003), Beta Gamma Sigma Faculty Member of the Year (2001) and the Oberwager Prize (2002).

Shukla has been a consultant to Inficon Inc., The United States Mint, PaineWebber Inc. and the pension fund management firm of Balch, Hardy, Schienman and Winston.

Shukla's research interests are in the area of investments. Specifically, he has worked in the areas of asset pricing, portfolio selection and mutual fund performance evaluation. His work has been published in leading academic finance journals, including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Research and the Journal of Economics and Business. Shukla's work has been cited in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Economist, Money and numerous other newspapers and magazines. He has also made guest appearances on "Financial Fitness," a personal finance program on WCNY-TV. His recent work deals with attributes, composition and performance of mutual funds.

Shukla was an editor of the Journal of Economics and Business and serves on the editorial advisory board of International Journal of Managerial Finance.