Introduction Rahul K. Bishnoi
Title: Associate Professor Department
of Finance
Degrees: PhD, 1984, Univ Mass
Amherst; MBA, 1977, Indian Institute of Management; BE, 1974,
Univ Roorkee
Dr. Bishnoi earned a B.Engg. from the
University of Roorkee, an M.B.A. from I.I.M., Ahmedabad, and a
Ph.D. in finance from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
For nearly four years he worked as an
export manager. Prior to joining the Hofstra faculty, he taught
at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and in the Division of
Continuing Education at the University of Massachusetts, where
students nominated him for the University Distinguished Teaching
Award in 1983. The Division also awarded him an honorary
membership in Alpha Sigma Lambda in recognition of his concern
for the nontraditional student.
Dr. Bishnoi serves as a referee for The
Global Business and Finance Review, The Financial Review (ad
hoc), IDEA-International, The Quarterly Review of Economics and
Finance, the Journal of Economics and Finance, the Journal of
Business and Economic Perspectives, and The Planning Review. His
current research interests include corporate finance and
international business, banking and investments. He has
published and presented more than 80 papers and organized
sessions on finance around the nation and abroad, including
Germany, Mexico, Nigeria and India.
Dr. Bishnoi serves on the board of Concepts
Europe (U.S.A.), Inc., and as a founder-member on the board of
RAAR Inc. He has served on the boards of the North American
Economics and Finance Association (NAEFA), the Bureau of
Business and Economic Research (BBER), and the Small Business
Development Center (SBDC), while actively involved with
consulting, including assignments with J.P. Morgan Chase and
G.E. Capital. He is a member of the Financial Management
Association, the Academy of Economics and Finance, and the
Eastern Finance Association.
A former Department Chair at Hofstra, Dr.
Bishnoi was selected as the 1992 Faculty Inductee to Beta Gamma
Sigma. In 1998 the second edition of his co-edited book on
multinationals was published. Dr. Bishnoi has taught
international finance in the Hofstra/Erasmus joint international
summer program in the Netherlands
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