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Internal Faculty
Prof Sunil Kumar

Prof. (Dr.) Sunil Kumar

Fellow (Ph. D), IIM, Lucknow
PGDRM (IRMA),
CAIIB, Indian Institute of Banking and Finance
sunilkr@cimp.ac.in
Research Area
  • Commodity Futures Markets
  • Agriculture Marketing
  • Rural Banking/ Agriculture Credit
  • Microfinance
  • Financial Inclusion
  • Climate Change
Teaching Area
  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Business Environment and Policy
  • Money and Banking
  • Rural Banking and Finance
  • Climate Finance
  • Commodity Derivatives
Presentations/ Publications

(a) International Journals

  • “Efficiency of Agricultural Commodity Futures markets in Emerging Markets: A Case of India”, Journal of International Business and Economics, I (1), 2004, ISSN-8037.
  • “Announcement Impact of Bank Rate on Commercial Paper Rates: Evidence from Indian Markets”, (Coauthored with Prof. M. Jaydev), Journal of International Business and Economics I (1), 2004 ISSN-8037.
  • “Price Discovery and Efficiency of Agricultural Commodity Futures markets: Evidence from Indian Markets”, South Asian Journal of Management, 11(2), April - June, 2004.
  • “Variability of Exports and Imports in Indian Perspective: An Empirical Study”, (Coauthored with Prof. S. Nandi), Asia Pacific Business Review, July (2005).

(b) National Journals

  • “Role of Commodity Futures Markets in Boosting Agricultural Credit flow: A Conceptual Exposition”, Journal of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance, Jan- March 2004.
  • “Margin Computation in Agro Commodity Futures Markets: A Value-at-Risk Approach”, ICFAI Journal of Applied Finance, November 2004.
  • “Economic Liberalization and Changing Stance of Indian Monetary Policy”, ICFAI Journal of Monetary Economics, November 2004.
  • “Agriculture Marketing and Infrastructure Reforms- An Institutional Credit Purveyor’s Perspective”, Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing, Vol 20 (3), September- December 2007
  • “Producers Companies: A New Organizational Form for Agriculture Marketing”, Indian Journal of Agriculture Marketing, January – March 2009

(c) Other Publications

  • “Market Imperfections and Failure: A Study of Agricultural Futures Markets in India”, Dissertation, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, August 2003.
  • "Role of Commodity Futures Markets in Stabilization of Agricultural Prices”, Yojna, December 2003.
  • "Linking Commodity Derivatives with Farm Finance: A Win- Win Proposition”, Professional Banker, June2004.
  • “Indian Agriculture Commodity Futures Markets: Need for Regulatory Reforms”, Commodity Vision, MCX Academia for Economic Research 2007.
Conferences
  • “Price Discovery and Market Efficiency: Evidence from Indian Agro Commodities Futures Markets”, in Consortium of Scholars in Management Research (COSMAR) 2003 organized by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during 20-21 September 2003.
  • “Empirical Study of Indian Commodity Futures Markets” accepted and included in the proceedings of Association of Indian Management Scholars’ International Conference on Management held at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore during December 28-30, 2003.
  • “Margin Computation in Agro Commodities Futures Markets: A Value at Risk Approach”, in International Conference on Business and Finance, 2003 organized by Philadelphia University USA and ICFAI University at Hyderabad during January 15-17 2004.
  • “The Announcement Impact of Bank Rate on Commercial Paper Rates”, in Sixth Annual Money and Finance Conference organized by Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) during 25-27 March 2004.
  • “The Efficiency of Agricultural commodity Futures Markets in Emerging Markets: A Case of India”, in the third annual conference organized by International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE) during 17-20 October, 2004 at Las Vegas, USA. The paper won "Outstanding Research Paper" award during the conference.
  • “Indian Agriculture Commodity Futures Markets: Need for Regulatory Reforms” Conference on Agri – Commodity Futures in India: Impact on Production and Prices organized by Indian Society for Agriculture Economics and Mumbai University on 28 September 2007.
  • “Farmer Producer Organizations: An Emerging Opportunity for Transforming Agriculture Marketing in Bihar” in National Seminar on “Raising Agricultural Productivity and Farmers’ Incomes in Bihar” organized by Patliputra School of Economics (Aryabhatta Knowledge University) during 17-18 December 2021.
  • “Appropriate Technology for Rural India”, in National Conference on Appropriate Technology for Rural India organized by Chandragupta Institute of Management Patna on 6 December 2022.
Training Programmes (MDPs)
  • Appraisal of Projects for Bank Financing
  • Analysis of Financial Statement
  • Risk Management in Banks
  • Asset Liability Management in Bank
  • Investment and Treasury Management
  • Priority Sector Lending by Banks
  • Working Capital Assessment
  • Financing Producers Companies
  • NPA and Recovery management
  • Microfinance (SHG / JLG Bank Linkage Programme)

(All the above programmes were conducted at Banker Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow, during 2009-2014).

Consultancy/ Research Projects
  • “Organizational Restructuring and Strategic Planning for Agriculture Marketing Board in Mauritius” funded by World Bank and Govt. of Mauritius (jointly executed by DCDM, Mauritius and NABCONS), 2009
  • “SHG Federations : Challenges and Opportunities” supported by Centre for Microfinance Research, BIRD, Lucknow, 2010
  • “Study on Use of Agriculture Credit in India” supported by GiZ, Germany, 2014
  • “Technical Support for Consumer Financing for Solar Water Pumps - Identifying Bankers’ Training Need and Delivering Effective Trainings “ funded by GiZ, Germany, 2014
  • “Assessment of on-going projects in agriculture and water resources sector and Study of best practices and recent trends in agriculture and irrigation sector in India” funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), 2015
Membership
  • Life member of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance
  • Member of Association of Indian Management Scholars
  • Member of International Academy of Business and Economics