Meghana Vaidya

Meghana Vaidya serves as an Assistant Professor of Finance in the School of Management at Marist University, specializing in corporate finance with empirical research on coordination and monitoring mechanisms in public markets, debt ownership structures, CEO control dynamics, and their impacts on mergers and acquisitions, loan contracts, and corporate governance.

Her educational background includes:

• Ph.D. in Finance from Stevens Institute of Technology (2023)
• MBA from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2014)
• B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication from Nirma University, Ahmedabad (2012)

Dr. Vaidya's research spans Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Fixed Income, Behavioral Finance, and ESG investing, with particular focus on how coordination costs and monitoring mechanisms influence corporate decision-making in capital markets. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical analysis of real-world financial phenomena.

Prior to academia, she gained industry experience as a wealth manager at a leading Indian private sector bank, managing financial portfolios for high-net-worth clients—a practical foundation that informs her research on market behaviors and institutional dynamics.