Dr. Aggarwal specializes in global financial markets, securities market regulation, investment banking, initial public offerings, institutional investors, private equity, valuation, exchange demutualization, and corporate governance. She teaches courses in Corporate Finance, Alternative Investments, and Investment Banking. She has been named among the “Outstanding Faculty” in the Business Week Guide to the Best Business Schools, and has been voted an outstanding professor by Executive MBAs.
Dr. Aggarwal has consulted for governments, law firms, companies, and for organizations including the IMF, World Bank, United Nations, IFC, OPIC, IADB, and OECD. Dr. Aggarwal serves on the Board of FBR & Co., IndexIQ, and Brightwood Capital. Her research and analysis is regularly cited in Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and other leading business newspapers. She received a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Maryland, and a M.M.S. from BITS, India.