Hariom Manchiraju
Prof. Hariom Manchiraju is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Indian School of Business (ISB). His research examines the role of accounting information in capital markets, the economic consequences of regulation, ESG reporting, executive compensation, and corporate governance. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Review of Accounting Studies. He is also one of the founding editors of Accounting Theory and Practice, a research journal focused on India and published by Elsevier.
At ISB, he teaches core courses in Financial Accounting and the Financial Statement Analysis elective in the PGP program. In the FPM program (PhD equivalent), he teaches a course titled Capital Market Research in Accounting. His doctoral students have been placed at leading business schools, including the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
Prof. Manchiraju holds a PhD and MBA from the State University of New York at Buffalo, a Master of Financial Management (MFM) from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Osmania University.
- PhD in Accounting, State University of New York- Buffalo, 2011
- MBA, State University of New York- Buffalo, 2007
- Master of Financial Management, Sri Satya Sai University, Prasanthinilayam, 2002
- Bachelor in Commerce, Osmania University, 2000
Academic positions
- 2021 - Present: Associate Professor, Indian School of Business
- 2011 - 2021: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
Professional Positions
- 2006 - 2006: Intern, Sodexho Inc., Buffalo NY
- 2002 - 2005: Manager, JN Group, India
- Anantharaman, Divya., Manchiraju, Hariom., Misra, Shekhar. (2026) “Beyond disclosure: Can firms be forced to spend their way to social responsibility?”, Review of Accounting Studies.
- Balachandran, Sudhakar., Kuntluru, Sudershan., Manchiraju, Hariom., Rajput, Sumeet. (2025) The Informativeness of Consolidated and Parent-Only Earnings to Investors: Evidence from India. Contemporary Accounting Research, 43(1)
- Kallapur, Sanjay., Khizer, Abdul., Manchiraju, Hariom., Vijayraghavan, Rajesh. (2025) "Does Observability of Ratings Shopping Improve Ratings Quality?" Journal of Accounting and Economics, 80(1)
- Kopelle, Praveen., Manchiraju, Hariom., Suhag, Rahul., Swaminathan, Arun. (2025) Social Heart and Business Sense: Translating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into Gross Margin Premium per Mandatory CSR Law in India. Production and Operations Management, 34(10)
- Agarwal, Sonakshi., Manchiraju, Hariom., Rajput, Sumeet. (2025) The Credit Rating Agency's Assessment of Related Party Transactions. Accounting Theory and Practice (2)
- Jain, Ankit., Manchiraju, Hariom., Sunder, Shyam V. (2023) "Institutional ownership and the informativeness of disclosure tone", Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 50 (1-2), 61-90
- Anantharaman, Divya., Gao, Feng., Manchiraju, Hariom. (2022) "Does social responsibility begin at home? The relation between firms’ pension policies and corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities", Review of Accounting Studies, 27, 76-121
- Manchiraju, Hariom., Pandey, Vivek., Subramanyam, K.R. (2021) "Shareholder Litigation and Conservative Accounting: Evidence from Universal Demand Laws", The Accounting Review, 96 (2), 391–412
- Lobo, Gerald., Manchiraju, Hariom., Sridharan (Sri), Swaminathan. (2018) "Accounting and economic consequences of CEO paycuts", Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 37 (1), 1-20
- Manchiraju, Hariom., Rajagopal, Shivaram. (2017) "Does Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Create Shareholder Value? Evidence from the Indian Companies Act 2013", Journal of Accounting Research, 55 (5), 1257-1300
- Sandip Dhole., Manchiraju, Hariom., Inho Suk. (2016) "CEO inside debt and earnings management", Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 31 (4), 515-550
- Manchiraju, Hariom., Susan S. Hamlen., William J. Kross., Inho Suk. (2016) "Fair Value Gains and Losses in Derivatives and CEO Compensation", Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, 31 (3), 311-338
