Dr. Aparna Bhat started her career as a Chartered Accountant and earned the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), USA.  In addition she holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Treasury and Forex Risk Management from ICFAI. Her doctoral research revolved around the pricing and hedging of exchange-traded currency options in India.  She is currently working with the K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Studies (K J SIM) as Associate Professor in the area of FInance and facilitates courses on Derivatives, Financial Risk Management and Financial Management. She has a total work experience of 29 years till date of which 14 were spent in the corporate sector in various areas such as audit, finance and accounts and risk management. Before joining K J SIM, Dr. Aparna Bhat led the Risk Management Team at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Head Office in Mumbai.

Her research interests are in the areas of stock markets, financial derivatives and financial risk management models. She is empanelled as a trainer with the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) and has conducted several Continuing Education Programmes on Equity and Currency derivatives and Capital Market Operations for the members of stock exchanges. She is a committed teacher and passionate about her teaching and research.