Dr. Sonik Mandal
Assistant Professor of Finance
“I want to help students become knowledgeable in their discipline.”
Assistant Professor of Finance
“I want to help students become knowledgeable in their discipline.”
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Career Highlights:
Dr. Sonik Mandal earned his Ph.D. in Finance from Old Dominion University and his MBA from Iowa State University. Dr. Mandal completed his undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, one of the premier engineering institutes in India. His corporate experience included stints as a software engineer in India and as a loan processor at Wells Fargo Financial. Dr. Mandal's research interests include corporate hedging, firms' research and development endeavors, and information asymmetry. Two of his papers have been published in the Journal of International Money and Finance, a top finance journal. Dr. Mandal joined USI in the Fall of 2023 and is looking forward to teaching in the MBA program.
In which online degree program do you teach?
Why did you start teaching?
To help students become knowledgeable in their discipline.
What advice would you give to those considering this degree program?
It’s the best affordable fast-track MBA program taught by great professors.
What is the one book you think everyone should read?
“One Up on Wall Street” by Peter Lynch
What qualities make someone particularly successful in the profession in which you teach?
Hard work, dedication, motivation, and desire to succeed
What do you think is the biggest challenge that people in the profession face today?
Incorporating real-world financial problems/scenarios in the classroom
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