Call for Papers
The India Finance Conference 2026 (IFC 2026), the annual event of the Indian
Finance Association (IFA), invites papers for its fifteenth edition to be
held at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore from
21 – 23 December
2026.
Academics, researchers, doctoral students, and
practitioners are invited and encouraged to submit research papers in all
areas of finance.
Conference
Themes
- Theoretical and empirical asset pricing
- Corporate finance, capital
structure and dividend policy
- Asset allocation and
investment management
- Financial crises, systemic
risk and macro-finance
- Quality of financial
reporting and adoption of IFRS
- Corporate governance,
executive compensation and ownership structure
- Computational finance and
financial econometrics
- Financial Econometrics
- Financial risk analytics and
management
- Market microstructure and
algorithmic trading
- Financial policy choice,
institutions and regulation
- Financial literacy and
financial education
- Financial Analytics
- ESG
- Climate Finance
- Blended Finance
- Insurance / Reinsurance /
Pension Funds
- Enhancing liquidity in
commodity derivatives markets
Submission
Deadline
The IFC 2026 invites full papers for conference presentations, CRISIL
Doctoral Symposium and CFA Investment Management sessions. The deadline for
submitting papers under all three categories through the conference website
is 16 August 2026.
Only full paper submissions would be considered.
Submission Guideline
PDF submissions are preferred. The document must be in double space format
using 12-point font size. The submission should contain: The title, name(s)
of the author(s), affiliation(s), JEL classification codes, and e-mail
address of corresponding author. For paper submission, please visit the
conference page
http://indiafa.org/event/india-finance-conference-ifc-2021/?about=submit-paper
Pre-Conference
Tutorials
Tutorial sessions will be conducted on 20 December 2026 by eminent
academicians from India and abroad. The tutorial will cover emerging areas
of Finance and Accounting. Tutorials will be particularly useful for
research scholars and academicians
Further Information
Contact the Conference secretariat:
indiafa.org@gmail.com
