ANEESHA M A

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Area:

Accounting, Economics and Finance

Education:

B.Com, M.Com, PhD

Date of Joining:

2025-05-12

Aneesha M A is an Assistant Professor in the Accounting, Economics and Finance Area at T A Pai Management Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in Management with a specialization in Finance, Accounting, and Control from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. Her research interests span the fields of accounting, corporate finance, and corporate governance. Her doctoral thesis delved into the intricate relationship between investor behavior, corporate governance mechanisms, and market dynamics, particularly in the context of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs). Prior to her doctoral studies, she completed her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Commerce from the University of Calicut.

  • Aneesha, M. A., & Lukose, P. J. J. (2025). From frenzy to flip: Unpacking foreign investor behavior in the wake of regulatory change. Finance Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.106645 (ABDC-A)
  •  Aneesha, M. A., Athira, A., & Lukose, P. J. J. (2024). Underwriter Reputation, Retail Demand, and Performance of Newly Public Small and Medium Enterprises. Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09726527241276194 (ABDC- B)

Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance.

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Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), Investor behavior, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance.

Conferences
  • Presented the paper titled ‘Do regulatory changes affect ownership and flipping by foreign investors in emerging market IPOs’ at the 14 FMCG Conference and PhD symposium held at Monash University Malaysia on 2nd -4th April 2024.
  • Presented the paper titled ‘The impact of underwriter reputation on retail demand and IPO performance: Evidence from the Indian SME IPO Market’ at the 3rd International Conference on Management of MSMEs organized by the Indian Institute of Management Amritsar from 19th-21st January 2024.
  • Presented the paper titled ‘Underwriter reputation, retail demand and performance of SME IPOs in India’ at the Research Symposium on Finance and Economics 2023 held virtually by IFMR Graduate School of Business, on 14-16 June 2023.
  • Presented the paper titled ‘Ethicality of Earnings Management Practices’ at the Eighteenth AIMS International Conference on Management jointly organized by Jaipuria Institute of Management Indore during March 4-6, 2021 (online mode).

 

  • Presented a paper titled 'Readability of Letter to Shareholders and Corporate Performance'at the 3rd ICDE and 14th ISDSI conference 2020 held at IIM Raipur from 27th-29th (Online mode).

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  • Qualified Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship in Commerce by University Grants Commission (UGC), July 2018.
  • Secured fourth rank in B.com degree examination at the university level (University of Calicut) in 2017.
  • Secured the title ‘Best outgoing student in B.com’ from St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Devagiri in 2017.
  • Recipient of Higher Education Scholarship from Kerala State Higher Education Council from 2014 – 19.

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