Dr. Vikas Agarwal is Visiting Research Fellow at the BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre, London Business School. He is also Assistant Professor of Finance at the J.Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, where he teaches undergraduate and masters electives in finance. He has previously taught at the University of Cologne and the K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management. His research interests include asset pricing, portfolio management, hedge and mutual funds, performance evaluation and capital markets. Vikas has won an array of awards from various institutions, including the European Finance Association, and has written extensively on Hedge Funds. Vikas holds a B.Tech, and MBA and a Ph.D in Finance, from London Business School.