Professor Chandra Thapa
Accounting and Finance
Personal statement
I joined Strathclyde Business School in 2012 as a Lecturer in Finance. Before joining the department I held two years of lectureship position at University of Stirling. Currently I assume the position Chair (Professor) in Finance. My area of research relates to environmental, social and governance corporate financial risks. My research outputs have featured in international journals like British Journal of Management, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money and more. My teachings are primarily focused on Corporate Finance, International Financial Management, and Derivatives & Treasury Management.
Prize And Awards
- Honorable Mention-Student Paper
- Recipient
- 28/2/2020
Qualifications
- PhD, Cranfield School of Management
- MRes, Cranfield School of Management
- MBA (International Banking and Finance, with Distinction), Birmingham Business School
Publications
- Do foreign institutional investors improve board monitoring?
- Neupane Biwesh, Thapa Chandra, Marshall Andrew, Neupane Suman, Shrestha Chaman
- Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money Vol 91 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2024.101962
- Context-specific experience and institutional investors' performance
- Neupane Suman, Thapa Chandra, Vithanage Kulunu
- Journal of Banking and Finance Vol 149 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2023.106786
- The disruptive market power of foreign portfolio investors in the face of tax threat
- Farag Hisham, Marshall Andrew, Neupane Biwesh, Neupane Suman, Thapa Chandra
- (2022)
- Mandatory corporate social responsibility and foreign institutional investor preferences
- Marshall Andrew, Rao Sandeep, Roy Partha P, Thapa Chandra
- Journal of Corporate Finance Vol 76 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102261
- Tax threat and the disruptive market power of foreign portfolio investors
- Marshall Andrew, Farag Hisham, Neupane Biwesh, Neupane Suman, Thapa Chandra
- British Journal of Management Vol 33, pp. 1468-1498 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12541
- Foreign ownership and the enforcement of corporate governance reforms
- Bhatta Bibek, Marshall Andrew, Neupane Suman, Thapa Chandra
- Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting Vol 58, pp. 541–580 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-021-01002-2
Teaching
Interests and Experience (2009 – 2022, undergraduate and postgraduate, including executive MBA):
- Finance and Financial Management
- Quantitative Methods for Finance
- International Financial Management
- Treasury Management and International Finance
- Derivatives and Treasury Management
- International Financial Economics
- Corporate Finance
Institutions (countries) Taught:
- University of Strathclyde, UK
- YMCA and Strathclyde EMBA, Singapore
- CDC Management Development Centre and Strathclyde EMBA, Malaysia
- Institution of Banking and Finance and Strathclyde EMBA, Oman
- University of Stirling, UK
- Skema Business School, France
- EM Strasbourg Business School, France
- Cranfield University, UK
Teaching Excellence Award, Short Listing and Nominations:
Awarded
1. University of Strathclyde 2022 Teaching Excellence Award – Best in Faculty.
One of the nominees stated:
Chandra helped students to work better and is a challenging, helpful, motivating, passionate and supportive teacher who makes a 3-hour lecture fun.
2. Stirling University 2011 RATE (Recognising Achievement in Teaching Excellence) Award.
One of the nominees stated:
“When Chandra teaches, he excites the class and shows enthusiasm in what he is teaching. Something I have never experienced with other lectures. His overall knowledge of finance is vast, and he always offers himself for any kind of support to the students and makes himself available. As well as these reasons, he is friendly and chats to students before and after lectures, asking how they like the course and how they are finding the workload. Lecture slides and examples are always detailed but concise.”
Short listed
2016 Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) – University of Strathclyde: Best in Faculty - Business
Nomitated
RATE 2011 (Stirling University): Most Inspiring Tutor
RATE 2012 (Stirling University): Excellence in Teaching in the School of Management
RATE 2012 (Stirling University): Most Inspiring Tutor
TEA 2015 (University of Strathclyde: Most Enthusiastic Teacher
TEA 2016 (University of Strathclyde): Most Enthusiastic Teacher
TEA 2017 (Universit of Strathclyde): Most Supporting Teacher
External Examiner:
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Abertay University
- Universit of Sunderland
Professional Activities
- PhD Speed Dating
- Invited speaker
- 13/10/2021
- Universite de Strasbourg
- Visiting researcher
- 4/10/2021
- International Finance and Accounting Doctoral Symposium
- Organiser
- 12/9/2021
- External International Referees Panel Member -The Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR).
- Examiner
- 2021
- External Approval Panel Member, Northumbria University, May 2020, Programme: BSc Finance and Investment Management Programme
- Examiner
- 2020
- University of Buckingham (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2020
Projects
- Secured JARA PhD funding [15% of tuition fee and maintenance (£14,851)]
- Thapa, Chandra (Principal Investigator)
- JARA PhD funding [15% of tuition fee and maintenance (£14,851)] of an outstanding student from Kathmandu University, Nepal. Student was ranked 1st in JARA application.
- 01-Oct-2021 - 31-Oct-2024
- PhD Studentship
- Thapa, Chandra (Principal Investigator)
- Kathmandu University £14851
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Dec-2024
- PhD Studentship
- Thapa, Chandra (Principal Investigator)
- UK Commonwealth Scholarship Programme - £78048
- 01-Jan-2018 - 31-Dec-2020
- Secured a full time 3-year PhD funding on Climate Finance project from UK Commonwealth Scholarship Programme (£78,048)
- Thapa, Chandra (Principal Investigator)
- Total funding: £78,048 (Tuition fee to the University: £42,000 + Stipend to the Student: £36,048), Student name: Sandeep Rao (2018- 2020).
- 01-Oct-2017 - 30-Sep-2020
- Secured a full time 5-year PhD funding on Geopolitical Risk project from the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (£163,600)
- Thapa, Chandra (Principal Investigator)
- Total funding: £163,600 (Tuition fee to the University: £56,000 + Stipend & other expenses to the Student: £107,600), Student name: Sulaiman Aldhawyan (2016- 2020).
- 03-Oct-2016 - 31-Oct-2019
- PhD Studentship
- Thapa, Chandra (Principal Investigator)
- Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - £163,600
- 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Dec-2020
Contact
Professor
Chandra
Thapa
Accounting and Finance
Email: chandra.thapa@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3891