Alka Bramhandkar

Professor, Finance and International Business
School: School of Business
Phone: 607-274-3065
Office: Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise 414, Ithaca, NY 14850

Education

Ph.D.     1989, State University of New York, Binghamton (Economics & Finance)

M.A.       1984, State University of New York, Binghamton (Economics & Finance)

M.B.A.    1974, State University of New York, Binghamton (Finance)

B.Com.   1972, University of Mumbai, India (Commerce, Accounting & Economics)

Professional Qualifications

1999      Series 7                    Financial Certification (NASD) (not active)

1999      Series 63                  Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (not active)

1999      Series 65                  Uniform Adviser Law (not active)

1977      Associate Member    Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (AICWA) (active)

1992-96 Completed several courses offered by the Appraisal Institute of Chicago in the areas of Real Estate Finance & Appraisals

Employment History

2008—Present

Professor of Finance & International Business, Ithaca College, School of Business, Ithaca NY

2020—2022

Interim Dean, School of Business, Ithaca College, Ithaca NY

Fall 2022

Fulbright US Scholar, Facultad de Economia y Negocios, Universidad del Desarollo, Santiago, Chile

2015—2020

Chair, Department of Finance and International Business

March 2013

Burgundy School of Business, Dijon, France

2010—2011

Associate Dean, Ithaca College, School of Business, Ithaca NY

1984—2008

Assistant/Associate Professor of Finance and International Business, Ithaca College, School of Business, Ithaca NY

1999—20000

Financial Consultant, Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., Binghamton NY

12/94—01/95

Instructor, University of Dubuque, Iowa, MBA Program in Hong Kong

12/93—01/94

Instructor, University of Dubuque, Iowa, MBA Program in Singapore

Fall 1992

Instructor, State University of New York at Binghamton, NY

10/91—11/91

Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Summer 1990

Instructor, State University of New York at Binghamton, New York

1975—1981

Budget Executive, Richard Hindustan Ltd., Bombay, India
Manufacturer or world-known health care products, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals (subsidiary of Richardson-Vicks, Inc., Wilton, CT)

1972, 1975

Accounts Assistant, Rational Art and Pres Pvt. Ltd., Bombay, India

Courses Taught Since 2000

Business Finance (Also, online)                             

Boom, Bust & the American Economic Cycles

Case Studies in Finance/Cases in Financial Mgmt

Corporate Financial Management-Graduate

Financial Markets & Institutions

Fixed Income Analysis & Management

International Business Operations                       

International Finance

Introduction to Business

Managerial Economics

Personal Financial Planning & Wealth Mgmt

Real Estate Finance

Speculative Markets

Performance Management

Introduction to Personal Finance

Finance & Econ in the Ent. Industry-Graduate

Future is Today! Embracing Sustainability!

Sustainability Management Principles & Practice

Other (1998-2023)

Reviewer, Foundations of Financial Management, Block & Hirt, McGraw-Hill, Inc., (2002, 2009-2011, 2023)

Reviewer, Financial Markets & Institutions, 8th Edition, Jeff Madura, Thomson Publishing (2006-2015) and Saunders & Cornell, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Inc. (2006)

Reviewer, Introduction to Financial Markets & Institutions, 1st edition, Burton et al, Thompson/Southwestern

Reviewer, Money, Banking & Financial Markets, Ball, Worth Publishing

New Courses Developed and Taught

             Boom, Bust & the American Economic Cycles, Fixed Income Analysis & Management, Personal Financial Planning & Wealth Management, Corporate Financial Management (GR), Finance & Economics in the Entertainment Industry (GR), Seminar: Future is Today! Embracing Sustainability! Sustainability Principles and Practice.