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.
Hariom Manchiraju is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Indian School of Business (ISB). He holds a PhD and an MBA from the State University of New York – Buffalo, a Master of Financial Management (MFM) from Sri Satya Sai University, India, and Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Osmania University, India.
His research focuses on the usefulness of accounting information in capital markets, the characteristics and value of financial forecasts issued by managers and analysts, and topics related to executive compensation and corporate governance.
His teaching interests lie in financial accounting, particularly financial statement analysis for MBA students and advanced financial accounting for senior undergraduates. He is a member of the American Accounting Association.
