He is a recipient of Research Excellence Award at Telfer School of Management for his innovative research in the finance area. Previously, he taught at University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia and Assumption University, Bangkok as a full-time faculty member. Before his career in academe, he served as a Finance Manager and Project Controller at Lafarge – a world leader in construction materials. Shantanu Dutta’s research focuses on mergers and acquisitions, media coverage and financial decisions, corporate governance, market efficiency, dividend policy and technology management.