Suresh Govindaraj

Professor Suresh Govindaraj is a two-time Paul Nadler Teaching Excellence award winner and was named one of the top 15 Forensic Accounting Professors in the U.S. by ForensicsCollege.com.

Dr. Govindaraj has also been a faculty member at the Stern School of Business, New York University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University and the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. He is also an invited speaker on financial analysis at the Columbia University School of Journalism.

Executive MBA Experience

Known in the Executive MBA program as the Grandmaster of Forensic Accounting, Professor Suresh Govindaraj teaches Financial Accounting, as well as Financial Statement Analysis in the EMBA program. The latter course now includes a module on Forensic Accounting.

Professor Govindaraj has published research papers in leading accounting, finance and economics journals. He is also a reviewer for several prestigious academic journals. In addition, he has contributed to business articles published in leading newspapers and business magazines.

During the course of his academic career, Dr. Govindaraj has been the recipient of many research and teaching awards and he is the unprecedented two-time recipient of the Paul Nadler Award presented at Rutgers Business School. In the evening part-time MBA classes, his courses are so packed that students are literally sitting in the aisles. Many of his former students revisit his classes because he is constantly updating his course content to match contemporaneously unfurling developments in the world of financial statement analysis and accounting..

Dr. Govindaraj received his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. He received a Masters degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has an MBA and Bachelors Degree in Engineering from IIT, India.

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Academic degrees

Ph.D., Columbia University

M.Phil., Columbia University

M.A., Wharton School of Business

M.B.A., IIT

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Media Mentions

Yahoo! Finance, IIM Udaipur Hosts 8th JAAF - ATP India Symposium, Miklos Vasarhelyi, Suresh Govindaraj

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

The Standard Journal, Suslava examines reactions to Supreme Court decisions, Suresh Govindaraj

Thursday, March 07, 2024

IR Magazine, Can markets predict Supreme Court rulings for corporate cases?, Suresh Govindaraj

Wednesday, January 05, 2022

The Newark Times, Rutgers Doctorate of Business Administration Offers a Unique Credential For Life-long Learners, Suresh Govindaraj

Wednesday, February 05, 2020

ROI, Rutgers launches doctoral program in business administration, Suresh Govindaraj

Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Publications

Some of his publications can be found at the Social Science Electronic Publishing website.

Dissertations Supervised

Name: Tejas, Tavish

Graduation Date: 2022/May

Name: Davis, Yehuda

Graduation Date: 2020/May

Name: Zhu, Zhangyao

Graduation Date: 2018/October

Thesis Title: Accounting Conservatism and Effectiveness of Accounting Information for Market Valuation under Adaptive Market Hypothesis

Name: Suslava, Katsiaryna

Graduation Date: 2018/May

Thesis Title: Three Essays on Equity Valuation and Predictive Ability of Quantitative and Qualitative Corporate Disclosures

Name: Varzgani, Nilofar

Graduation Date: 2017/October

Thesis Title: New Dynamic Optimization Models for Tax Loss Valuation and Sourcing Problems

Name: Al Abbad, Amal

Graduation Date: 2014/October

Thesis Title: Essays on the Performance, Disclosure, and Corporate Governance of Islamic Banks

Name: Li, Yubin

Graduation Date: 2015/October

Thesis Title: Three Essays about Accounting Information ...

Awards & Honors

Paul Nadler Teaching Excellence Award, Rutgers Business School
Top 15 Forensic Accounting Professors in the U.S., ForensicColleges.com

Student Testimonials

I will never view a financial statement in the same way again. His courses changed all that. His approach is totally case-based, with cases (all financial statements from actual companies) sometimes just a few weeks old! Suresh is totally brilliant, his courses are tough, he packs in the material, he is intense, and he has an amazing sense of humor. In fact we have a list of ‘Sureshisms!’ A 3-hour class zips by leaving you exhausted and exhilarated at the same time.