Faculty & Research

Sumeet Rajput

Biography

Sumeet Rajput is an Assistant Professor in the Finance and Accounting Area at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), where he also previously served as an Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow. He holds a PhD in Finance from Deakin University and completed his Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) in Accounting at the Indian School of Business (ISB). As an empirical researcher in accounting, his primary focus centres on the role of accounting information in capital markets, the economic consequences of disclosure regulation, earnings management, corporate governance, and information intermediaries like credit rating agencies and equity analyst. His research is featured in leading international literature, including a publication in Contemporary Accounting Research (CAR). Sumeet teaches Financial Reporting and Analysis and allied subjects, bridging his empirical insights with fundamentals and practical market applications.

Area

Primary Area : Finance and Accounting

Contact

Email : sumeetr@iima.ac.in

Phone : +91-79-7152 4465

Secretary : Hena Nair

Phone : +91-79-7152 7914

Education

FPM, Accounting, Indian School of Business

PhD, Finance, Deakin University

MMS,Finance, University of Mumbai

B.E, Electronics, University of Mumbai

Teaching

  • Financial Reporting and Analysis (PGP)
  • Principles of Finance and Accounting (BAAI)
  • Seminar Course in Empirical Accounting Research (PhD)

Research Area

Role of accounting information in capital markets, economic consequences of disclosure regulation and corporate governance.

Academic Experience

Institute post-doctoral fellow, IIM Ahmedabad, 2025-2026

Professional Experience

Research analyst, Decimal point analytics, 2019-2020

Publication

Balachandran, Sudhakar V., Sudershan Kuntluru, Hariom Manchiraju, and Sumeet Rajput."The informativeness of consolidated and parent‐only earnings to investors: Evidence from India." Contemporary Accounting Research 43, no. 1 (2026): 236-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.70013

Agrawal, Sonakshi, Hariom Manchiraju, and Sumeet Rajput. "Credit rating agencies’ assessments of related party transactions." Accounting Theory and Practice 2 (2025): 100005. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949945324000059

Awards & Honors

2025 - Best Paper Award, Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics Annual Symposium 2025 Awarded for the job market paper titled & "Does Enhanced Board Oversight on Related Party Transactions Reduce the Cost of Debt?".

2019 - Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Management by University Grants Commission, Government of India, 2019

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