Sabin Bikram Panta

KU-staff
Associate Professor,
Department of Finance, Economics and Accounting, School of Management
Balkumari, Lalitpur, Nepal
+977-1-5186091 ext 530
sabin@kusom.edu.np
Bio
Honors and Awards
Research
Other Position
Publication
Biography

Sabin Bikram Panta is the Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Finance, Economics and Accounts. He has received Master's in Banking and Finance from Griffith University, Australia, and MPhil from Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM). He is also an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India. Currently, he is a PhD candidate at KUSOM. Over 10 years of corporate experience working in banks and financial institutions in Nepal. Visiting faculty member at LM Thapar School of Management, India from 2018 to 2023.

Honors and Awards

• Griffith Award for Academic Excellence -2007

• Research Grant: Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw -2023/24

Research

Corporate Governance, Banking, Access to Sustainable Finance

Other Position

External Engagement

• Fund Supervisor: Prabhu Balanced Mutual Fund, Prabhu       Capital Ltd

• Member of Board: Nepal Agribusiness Incubation Centre

• Member of Study Board: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal

• Member of Training Cooperation and Coordination Mechanism: Nepal Rastra Bank (Central Bank of Nepal)

Publication
  • Sabin Bikram Panta, Pradeep Kumar Gupta, Rajesh Sharma (2022). Complementing and Conflicting Views of Corporate Governance and Regulations in Banks and Financial Institutions: A Review’. International Journal of Business and Economics
  • Panta S. and Thapaliya, A (2021). The Effect of Interest Rate Spread on the Profitability of Commercial Banks in Nepal. Nepal Economic Review
  • Sabin Bikram Panta (2021). Theories and Practices of Corporate Governance: Evidence form Nepalese Banking Sectors. Annual Publication, Nepal Stock Exchange
  • Risal H and Panta S (2021). CAMELS Based Supervision and Risk Management: What Works and What Does Not. FIIB Business Review
  • Panta S. and Bedari D. (2016). Cost and Cost Efficiency of Nepali Commercial Bank in the Context of Regulatory Changes. Nepal Economic Review
  • Panta, S., Phuyal, N., Sharma, R. and Vora, G. (2016). The Cross-Section of Stock Returns: An Application of Fama-French Approach to Nepal. Modern Economy
  • Aryal, N. and Panta, S. (2015). Financial Literacy and Co-operatives Sustainability: A Study among the Executive Members of the Co-operatives. International Journal of Community and Cooperative Studies
  • Panta, S.B., Gupta, P.K. and Singh, S. (2014). Vinayak Securities Pvt. Ltd. A Case . Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad