Research Guidance for MBA Projects / Special Studies

2019

  • Green Mobility in IIT Kanpur Campus: Supplanting Conventionally Powered Buses with Electric Vehicles - Sbhubham Bhatnagar
  • Short-term Power Procurement: Regulatory Framework and Practices - Monu Singh & Vishwajit Ojha

2018

  • Analysis of solar power tariff bid to identify commercial risk - Pritish Kohli
  • MEASURING CARBON FOOTPRINT AND ENERGY SECURITY WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) ADOPTION IN INDIA - Aparna R. Nair
  • Business Model for EV Charging Infrastructure - Amit Kumar
  • Short-term Power Procurement Practices Across States - Sai Bharath Sundar
  • Role of Derivatives in Power Markets - Vijaya Mishra
  • Utility death spiral:Effect of solar rooftop PV Systems on the financial health of a Discom - Manpreet Singh

2017

  • Utility death spiral:Effect of solar rooftop PV Systems on the financial health of a Discom - Manpreet Singh
  • FINANCIAL MODELING OF A DISCOM VIS-À-VIS UDAY SCHEME - Utkarsh Maurya

2014

  • Evaluation of Wind Forecasting Models for Wind-Energy Generator - Rahul Kumar Sah
  • Indirect Cost of Renewable Energy - Pratik Mukherjee
  • UP Energy Security Scenario - Sanjoy Saha

2012

  • Pricing efficiency in Indian power exchanges - Abhishek Sahu
  • Valuation of a coal mine for Captive use by a Power Plant - Pankaj Kumar Rai
  • Power plant’s exposure to risk due to fuel shortage - Ankit Narula
  • Energy Efficiency in Cement Industry Using Data Envelopment Analysis - Nitin Jain
  • Risk Management for Coal Procurement by Power Plants - Ankit Kumar Nigam
  • Analysing Infrastructure Project Finance Portfolio of Institutions - Beauti Pangging

2011

  • Electricity demand forecasting on long-term basis up to XIIIth plan in India - Beauti Pangging
  • Solar based lighting options for hawkers in Kanpur mandi's - Sumit Rajpurohit
  • Designing Time of Day (TOD) tariff for a Electricity Distribution Utility - Prashant Jain
  • Developing new Business Models for Grid/Off-grid applications of Solar PV for Informal Markets - Dhiraj Kumar

2009

  • Comparing regulatory framework of Oil & Gas Sector and Power Sector in India - Arvind Jetwal

2008

  • A Real Options Approach for Valuing Merchant Power Plants - Animesh Kumar

2007

  • Analysis of Underpricing of IPO’s in Indian Capital Markets - Tanuja Manne – Y5125014

2006

  • Built Operate Transfer Framework in India - Nidhi - Y5125018
  • Country Risk Premium - Deepika Gupta – Y5125007
  • Cost of Capital for Energy and Infrastructure Sector - Tanuja Manne – Y5125014
  • Demand Estimation for Domestic Power Consumers - Jyoti Narang – Y4125019
  • Price Discovery in Indian Spot and Futures Commodities Market - Vardhman Kochar – Y4125046
  • Analysis of Relationship Between Futures Spread and the Underlying Spot Prices - Nishant Sharma – Y4125027
  • Arbitrage in American Depository Receipts - Arpit Jain – Y4125012

2005

  • Trends in Dividend Policy of Indian Corporate Firms
  • Management of Foreign Exchange Exposure Tools of Currency Hedging
  • Financing Behaviour of Indian Firms

2004

  • Risk Management in Oil and Gas Sector: A Proposal for Indian Companies
  • Study of Power Exchange Market in India
  • Issues in the Evaluation of the Current State Indian Banking Industry
  • Valuation of KESCO (an Electricity Distribution Utility)
  • Unified Licensing for Telecommunications in India

2003

  • Study of Customer Billing Cycle at KESCO (an Electricity Distribution Utility)
  • Real Options Analysis for Investment in Capacity Addition for Power Plants
  • A Test of Market Efficiency in Indian Stock Options Market

2002

  • Measuring Risk –VaR Approaches in Fixed Income Markets
  • Role of Municipal Bond Market in Urban Infrastructure Development
  • Risk and Return in Indian Power Sector
  • Assessing Progress of Power Sector Reforms: Impact on Cross Subsidy
  • Analysis of Process of Coal Procurement by PTPS: Problems and Prospects