S.P. Kothari is the Gordon Y Billard Professor of Accounting and Finance at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.  He has consulted extensively on valuation and reporting, corporate governance, risk management, securities regulation, securities fraud, auditing, and management compensation.  He has served as the global head of equity research for Barclays Global Investors, Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Deputy Dean of MIT Sloan School of Management, director of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), and editor of Journal of Accounting & Economics. He currently serves on the boards of Velan Studios and EbixCash.  Professor Kothari is a recipient of numerous awards, including India’s Padma Shri award in 2020, American Accounting Association’s Distinguished Contributions to the Accounting Literature award, and Honorary Doctorates from London Business School, University of Cyprus, and University of Technology, Sydney.  

Professor Kothari received his MBA (PGDM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and he earned his PhD from the University of Iowa.