Rajdeep Sharma is a final year Ph.D. candidate in Finance at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. His research interests are International Finance, Asset Pricing, and Systemic Risk. Prior to his doctoral studies, he obtained his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Trichy. He has an industry experience of around 8 years across the Oil and Gas exploration, automotive, and investment banking sectors.