Dr. Madhav V. Rajan is the Professor of Accounting at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. He is also a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School. From 2010 to 2016, he was Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and head of the MBA program at the Stanford GSB.

Dr. Rajan got his undergraduate degree in commerce from the University of Madras (India) and his MS, MBA, and Ph.D. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. His dissertation won the Alexander Henderson Award for Excellence in Economic Theory.

Madhav’s primary area of research interest is the economics-based analysis of management accounting issues, especially as they relate to capital budgeting, internal control, quality management, supply chain and performance systems in firms. He has published his research in a variety of leading journals, including Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Management Science, Journal of Accounting Research, and Review of Financial Studies. He is a coauthor of Managerial Accounting: Making Decisions and Motivating Performance.