Kavita Sirichand

Kavita Sirichand is a Senior Lecturer in Financial Economics at Loughborough Business School, part of Loughborough University. She holds a PhD and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Previously, she served as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Leicester and a Visiting Lecturer at Brunel University. Her expertise spans applied financial economics, macroeconomics, time series econometrics, and forecasting. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Financial Markets and Derivatives Fundamentals, Financial Theory and Policy, and Global Investment Analysis.

Her research focuses on public-private partnerships, carbon market dynamics, international financial markets, and policy evaluation. Notable work includes analyzing project risks in PPPs, carbon market linkages with energy/financial sectors, and yield curve comovements during crises. Methodologically, she specializes in dimension reduction techniques and time series econometrics.

No academic awards or grants are explicitly mentioned. Her most recent publications (2021-2010) reflect sustained engagement with PPP frameworks, carbon market mechanisms, and macroeconomic forecasting. She contributes to the Accounting and Finance research group at Loughborough Business School.