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KSU Associate Professor, Dr. Swagata Banerjee, provides guest lecture at Vilnius University in Vilnius, Lithuania

 Kentucky State University (KSU) Associate Professor of Economics and Finance and Acting Director of the Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy, Dr. Swagata "Ban" Banerjee, was recently invited to give a guest lecture in corporate finance at Vilnius University's School of Business, a public university located in Vilnius, Lithuania. 

Dr. Banerjee's lecture, "Navigating Funding Decision Making: From Startups to Mature Businesses," covered identifying funding sources and stages, implementing a decision-making framework, and contextualizing startups and mature businesses to better understand the challenges companies face in specific geographic contexts. 

“I was excited and honored to be invited to give this lecture. Even though this was not the first time I had been invited to an international university, it was my first time in Europe. Their business school is aligned in some ways with ours, especially because of their focus on entrepreneurship, which made it a professionally rewarding experience. It was recognition of my position and expertise and an opportunity to share my knowledge with a new audience, potentially opening doors to new collaborations and perspectives,” said Dr. Banerjee.

"We are very excited that the Business School at Vilnius University welcomed Dr. Banerjee to share his expertise with undergraduate students in corporate finance, and we look forward to continuing to build new partnerships with business departments within and outside of Kentucky," said Dr. Gary Stratton, Acting Chair of the School of Business. 

For more information on KSU's School of Business, Center for Economic Education and Financial Literacy, or the Certificate in Entrepreneurship, please contact Dr. Stratton at gary.stratton@kysu.edu.