Aishwarrya (Ash) is currently a Deloitte Foundation Fellow. Prior to joining the PhD program in 2017, Ash got her masters in finance from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany where she also worked as a research assistant. Ash completed her undergraduate studies in accounting from Jain University in India, is an accounting technician and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. As part of her chartered accountancy studies Ash also worked with Deloitte Haskins and Sells in the statutory audit department. She is interested in management accounting research which focuses on control systems, governance and regulation and uses both, experimental and archival methodologies to study her research questions.
Scholarship for academic excellence (2012) Awarded by Jain University for admissions to undergraduate program
Scholarship for academic excellence (2015) Awarded by Frankfurt School of Finance and Management for admissions to masters program
Marlys and Jack Gray Endowed Scholarship (2017) Awarded by Michigan State University for the best student starting the accounting PhD program
PhD Student Excellence in Research (2020) Awarded by the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, Michigan State University to one doctoral student every year for excellence in research
Deloitte Foundation Doctoral Fellowship (2020) Awarded by Deloitte Foundation each year to 10 accounting doctoral students in USA