Niraj Sinha, BTech, MBA, PhD

Niraj Sinha,
BTech, MBA, PhD
Professor/Coordinator

Biography

Dr. Sinha is a quantitative finance specialist with expertise in several areas of finance including financial engineering, equities, foreign exchange, interest rates, and derivatives, among others. His current area of research is in the field of computerized and algorithmic trading. Before getting back into academics, Dr. Sinha worked with several hedge funds, mostly in the United States.

Dr. Sinha has a passion for teaching. He has taught at undergraduate as well as graduate levels. He is able to bring his vast experience in the field of finance to the benefit of his students in the classroom. He focuses on helping students learn on their own so when they are no longer students in the classroom, they have the ability to critically analyze and arrive at a solution on their own. He encourages experiential learning by giving them research projects and case studies to work on.

Academic Credentials

PhD, Finance, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997

MBA, University of Alberta, 1991

BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, 1985

Areas of Specialization

Corporate Finance

Derivatives

Investment Management

Portfolio Management

Macroeconomics

Financial Mathematics

Advanced Managerial Accounting

Areas of Expertise

Financial derivatives

Algorithmic trading

Computerized trading

Foreign exchange

Interest rate products

Equities

Weather derivatives

Financial engineering

Numerical methods

Binomial/Trinomial trees

Neural network

Genetic algorithm

Monte Carlo simulation

Partial differential equations

Time series analysis

Statistical and mathematical software

Financial software and platforms

Career Highlights

2014-Present: Professor, George Brown College Centre for Business

2015-Present: Lecturer, Ryerson University Chang School

2005-2006: Vice President, West End Capital Management, India

2002-2005: Consultant, Elite Solutions Inc., USA

2000-2002: Vice President, XL Weather & Energy, USA

1997-2000: Quantitative Analyst, AIG Trading Corporation, USA

Other Activities

Coordinator, B.Com. and BAB Programs, School of Accounting and Finance