Dr. Anand Srinivasan is an Associate Professor and former Head of the Department of Finance at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. Prior to joining NUS, Dr. Srinivasan served as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Georgia.

His primary area of research is banking, although he has also published papers related to fixed income, default, bankruptcy, executive stock options, and real estate. His work has appeared in various prestigious journals, including the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Real Estate Economics. Notably, his applied research on the airline industry was instrumental in justifying an international treaty on secured debt financing for the airline sector. This treaty has since been signed and ratified by several developed and developing countries, including the United States, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, and India.

Dr. Srinivasan's research has garnered media attention, being highlighted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, as well as The Business Times and Straits Times in Singapore. He has also been interviewed by Bloomberg Television, Channel NewsAsia, and Asia Times Online, among others.

For his extensive contributions and academic excellence, Dr. Srinivasan has received numerous awards and honours. He was awarded the NUS Business School Outstanding Researcher Award in 2009 and has also received three international accolades, including two Best Paper awards at conferences and one from the Journal of Financial Economics.

In addition to his scholarly work, Dr. Srinivasan has provided consulting services for corporations and organisations such as JP Morgan Chase, the World Bank, and SITA (formerly known as Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques), a Switzerland-based organisation.

Dr. Srinivasan completed his Bachelor's in Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology and earned his Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University. He received his PhD in Finance from New York University.