Private Equity Financing in Infrastructure and Real Estate: Impact, Strategies, and Value Addition

Josephine Gemson is currently Associate Professor at the School of Management, Economics and Mathematics at King's University College at Western University, Canada. She received her graduate degree in Finance from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK and her PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India. Her research interests include corporate finance, private equity, and project and infrastructure finance, and she has published her work regularly in noteworthy journals including the Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Venture Capital, Utilities Policy, Journal of Private Equity, Journal of Structured Finance, and Public Works Management & Policy. She teaches finance, economics, and accounting, and has experience teaching at the undergraduate, MBA, and executive-MBA levels in various countries.

Thillai Rajan A. is Professor of Finance at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, and a Founder of YNOS Venture Engine. He also heads the Centre for Research on Start-ups and Risk Financing at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. A past Associate at the Mossavar-Rahmani Centre for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, his teaching and research areas include corporate finance, project and infrastructure finance, public private partnerships and venture capital. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and has received international research grants from organizations such as DFID, 3iE, and AusAID. His research has been published regularly in various journals, most notable among them being Utilities Policy, Venture Capital, Energy Policy, Journal of Private Equity, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Development Policy Review, and The Journal of Development Effectiveness. From 2009 to 2018 he edited the annual India Venture Capital and Private Equity Report series.