apoorv gogar
Apoorv Gogar is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Indian School of Business (ISB). His research utilises empirical archival methods to study economic questions about the interplay between a firm’s financial reporting environment and its vital stakeholders, particularly creditors, information intermediaries, and institutional investors. One of his primary research interest is in examining how private debtholders, such as bank lenders, shape borrowing firms’ financial reporting and corporate disclosure practices.
His teaching interest is in financial accounting, and he currently teaches the elective course ‘Financial Statement Analysis’ for MBA students. Professor Gogar has previously taught auditing and intermediate financial accounting to undergraduates. He is a member of the American Accounting Association and the European Accounting Association.
Prior to joining ISB, Professor Gogar was an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, in the Netherlands. He earned his PhD in Business Administration (Accounting) from Pennsylvania State University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi, and a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) from Hansraj College, University of Delhi. Prior to graduate school, he worked with Ernst & Young LLP as a management consultant in their India practice.
- PhD in Accounting, Pennsylvania State University, 2021
- MBA in Finance, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, 2012
- M.Sc in Accounting, Nyenrode Business Universiteit, 2011
- B.Com, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, 2010
Academic positions
- 2024 - Present: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
- 2021 - 2024: Assistant Professor, Maastricht University
- 2014 - 2016: Academic and Research Associate, Indian School of Business
Professional Positions
- 2012 - 2013: Management Consultant, Ernst & Young LLP