Dr. Raghavan is a Professor of Finance, a Fulbright Scholar and an ISTAT U program coordinator in the David B. O'Maley College of Business at the Daytona Beach campus of Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He received his PhD from Washington State University and is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with an aircraft specialty designation. His research interests are in the area of Aircraft Finance and Leasing, International Aviation Finance, Fuel Price Hedging, Exchange Rate Modeling, Financial Distress and Bankruptcy, Functioning of Financial Markets in Developing Countries and Theoretical Application of Finance to the Airline Industry. Dr. Raghavan has been published in various journals including Elsevier’s Journal of Air Transportation Management. He has authored two case study books in Aviation Finance and has coauthored a textbook on Aircraft Financing and Leasing: Tools for Success in International Aircraft Acquisition and Management. He has served as a consultant to the Reserve Bank of India (India’s Central Bank) and his report on the Corporate Bond Market Developments in India has been published by the Reserve Bank of India. He has served as an external thesis examiner for doctoral dissertations in Finance and has reviewed textbooks in Finance. Dr. Raghavan has International teaching and research experience in the United States, Canada, China, India and the Middle East. Currently and as part of his Fulbright grant, Dr. Raghavan would be researching Innovative Aircraft Financing Methods used by Middle Eastern Airlines.
