 Prakash Singh is a Professor in the Finance and Accounting Area at the Indian Institute of
Management, Lucknow since January 2006. 

He teaches courses in Financial Reporting and Analysis, Corporate Finance, Corporate Valuation and Restructuring, Commercial Bank Management, Risk Management of Financial Institutions, Financing Start‐ups at the Post
Graduate level in the MBA Program. 

Primarily, a Mechanical Engineering graduate from HBTI, Kanpur (1993), Dr. Prakash has also done his Master’s in Business Administration (1997) with specialization in Finance from Department of Management Studies, Lucknow
University. Later, he did his PhD in Performance Evaluation of Indian Banking Sector Reforms
from BITS, Pilani in 2004. Besides academics, 

he has also worked with Escorts Yamaha Motors Ltd and Kotak Mahindra Primus Ltd. Put together; he has close to 18 years of work
experience in industry and teaching. During his stint at IIM, Lucknow, he has taken up
various training and consulting assignments with various organizations of repute; both
private and government and has advised them on financial restructuring, valuation etc. 

He is on the Board of various government committees (both central and state) and also servesas Independent Director on the Board of some Non‐Banking Finance Companies. At IIM,

Lucknow, he is also the Convener of SCIFI, (SIDBI Centre for Innovation in Financial
Inclusion), an IIM, Lucknow ‐ SIDBI/ DFID sponsored Incubation centre promoting Start‐ups
in the space of Fintech, Agritech, Rural livelihood and Women empowerment.