Sobhesh Kumar Agarwalla is a professor in the Finance and Accounting area and the Hari Mundra Research Chair Professor in Applied Business Finance at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). He has a doctorate in management with a Finance and Accounting specialization from IIMA. He is also a qualified Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Company Secretary. Prof. Agarwalla has been recognized for his academic excellence. He has received the prestigious Chaudhary-Padmanabhan-Pant Award for academic excellence at IIMA, the Institute Gold Medal (AIR 1) in the ICMAI final examination, and a top rank in the ICAI examination.

His research interests include market microstructure, capital markets, corporate finance, financial reporting, and corporate governance. His scholarly work has been published in leading journals like the Journal of Futures Markets, Economics Letters, Accounting Horizons, Meditari Accountancy Research, World Development, and International Review of Financial Analysis. He has also authored numerous case studies on investments, market manipulation, capital markets, corporate finance, infrastructure investment trusts, managerial accounting, corporate governance, CSR initiatives, and financial reporting.

At IIM Ahmedabad, Prof. Agarwalla teaches courses on Mergers & Acquisitions, financial markets, investment and portfolio management, firm valuation and financial reporting, strategic cost management, and corporate finance.

Sobhesh has consulted for many prominent organizations, such as the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the oil marketing companies (IOC, BPCL and HPCL), the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, the Government of Gujarat, and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY). He co-led a review of the NSE’s surveillance systems and processes and has provided expert opinions on legal cases for top law firms. He also coordinated research projects and organized symposiums on financial literacy, financial inclusion, and chit-fund participation in India.

Sobhesh is an Independent Director on the Boards of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited, NSE-IX Limited, and Loxim Industries Limited. At IIMA, he has handled numerous administrative roles, such as Chairperson of the Finance and Accounting Area, the IIMA Case Centre and the IIMA-VSL Library Committee. Additionally, he has been a member of the Finance Committee of National Law University Odisha, the Accounting Standards Board of ICAI, the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, and the Appellate Tribunal of ICAI-RVO.