Research Fellow
Urooj Khan is the Class of 1967 Associate Professor of Business at Columbia Business School. He is also the Assistant Director of Program of Financial Studies’ initiative on the future of banking and insurance and a faculty advisor to the India Business Initiative. Between 2014 and 2015, he was a part-time researcher with the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Financial Research. Professor Khan’s research examines issues related to financial institutions, financial crises, debt contracting, regulatory enforcement and standard setting. His research has been published in leading accounting and economics journals. Khan’s research and opinions are frequently cited in popular press and he is the recipient of American Accounting Association’s 2012 Competitive Manuscript Award, 2018 Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award, and 2018 FARS Best Paper Award. Professor Khan has consulted for several financial institutions, asset managers, and Fortune 500 companies, and he actively advises startups. Professor Khan teaches the core financial accounting class, a doctoral level class on banking, and regularly participates in executive education and in-house corporate trainings. He holds an honors Bachelor of Commerce degree from Shri Ram College of Commerce of Delhi University, a Master of Science in Accounting from Syracuse University, and a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Washington.