Sanjay Kallapur is a Professor of Accounting at the Indian School of Business (ISB). He joined ISB in 2005 from the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, where he was a tenured Associate Professor.

Professor Kallapur conducts research on financial and managerial accounting, auditing, corporate governance, and risk management. He has published in each of the top three accounting journals, and his papers have been cited over 4,500 times (Google Scholar) and in regulatory policy documents in India and the UK. The American Accounting Association recently published his monograph on scientific inference in accounting research, beyond the use of p-values.

He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Accounting Theory and Practice, a research journal focusing on India, published by Elsevier. He has been an editor of The Accounting Review from 2008 to 2011, the first person from outside North America to be appointed to that position.

Professor Kallapur is a member of National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), the regulatory body overseeing the accounting and auditing of listed companies in India. He is an independent director on the Board of IDBI Bank, where he serves on the risk management and audit committees. He previously served on the Board of the Life Insurance Corporation of India.

Professor Kallapur has held positions as Associate Dean and Deputy Dean for almost a decade at ISB. He started the PhD-equivalent Fellow Programme in Management at ISB and has placed his students in faculty positions at the Rochester Institute of Technology, London School of Economics, IESEG Paris, Aalto University, University of Queensland, University of Western Australia, and IIM Udaipur.

Professor Kallapur has a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard Business School, and B.Com. and M.M.S. degrees from the University of Mumbai. He is professionally qualified as a Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (FCMA).

Prasanna Tantri is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Indian School of Business (ISB) and Executive Director of the Centre for Analytical Finance (CAF). He previously served as an Independent Director and Chair of the Audit and CSR Committees on the Board of Power Finance Corporation Limited, Government of India.

His research focuses on banking, financial inclusion, and the political economy of finance, with publications in leading journals including the Review of Financial Studies, Review of Finance, Journal of Accounting and Economics, Journal of Accounting Research, Management Science, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. He has presented his research at premier academic forums and has received several competitive research grants and teaching awards.

Prasanna’s work has been widely cited in policy and media, including The Economist, Bloomberg, Mint, and The Economic Times, and has been referenced in the Union Budget, the Economic Survey of India, and RBI reports. He has advised and presented his work to the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Finance, RBI, and several central and state government bodies. He also headed the group entrusted by the Government of Telangana with drafting the Telangana Vision 2047 document, contributing to the development of the state’s long-term vision and strategic roadmap. Over the years, he has also contributed to several high-level advisory and expert bodies, including the Technical Advisory Committee under DMEO, NITI Aayog, and expert groups constituted by the National Stock Exchange and SEBI. These engagements reflect his broader contribution to translating rigorous academic research into policy and regulatory practice.