Niranjan Chipalkatti, PhD

Associate Professor

PhD, University of Massachusetts
B.Comm., University of Bombay 

Phone:  206.296.5690

Office:  Pigott 515

Email:  chipalka@seattleu.edu 

Department: Accounting

Web Address: N/A

Teaching Areas: Accounting

Professional History

Dr. Niranjan Chipalkatti (Chips) is an Associate Professor of Accounting at Seattle University. Prior to this he was an Associate Professor at Ohio Northern University where he was on the faculty since 1991. At Seattle University, Dr. Chipalkatti will teach Intermediate Accounting 2 (ACCT 312) and Financial Accounting (MBA 503).

Dr. Chipalkatti received his Ph. D. in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in May 1993. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and obtained his undergraduate degree in Commerce from the University of Bombay. Dr. Chipalkatti is also an accredited member of the Institute of Business Appraisers. 

Dr. Chipalkatti is actively engaged in research involving equity valuation issues, the impact of earnings-based disclosures on the market microstructure, and related international accounting issues. He has presented his research at various academic conferences including those conducted by the American Accounting Association, the Financial Management Association and the American Economic Association. His articles have been published in various journals including the Journal of Accounting Research, Oxford Development Studies, CPA Journal, Ohio CPA Journal, and Business Valuation Review. As a business valuation consultant, Dr. Chipalkatti has conducted CPE seminars for the Lima Chapter of the Ohio Society of CPAs. While in India, Dr. Chipalkatti had worked for three years as an auditor at A.F. Fergusons, Chartered Accountants (associates of KPMG Peat Marwick) and as an accountant at Hindustan Lever Ltd., a subsidiary of Unilever, plc. 

Dr. Chipalkatti and his wife, (Dr. Meena Rishi) live in Issaquah with their son Aseem (11) and daughter Devika (5). His hobbies include playing racquetball, gardening, listening to jazz music and trying to locate reasonably priced housing in Seattle.

In the News:

Niranjan "Chips" Chipalkatti was quoted in an article on Lycos.com, "WatchGuard Technologies Selects Entomo Solution for Sell-Through Revenue Recognition and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance," published on June 2, 2005.

Chips Chipalkatti's article, "Do Investors Reward Bank Disclosure Transparency? Evidence from India,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of International Accounting and Research.

Chips Chipalkatti's article, co-authored with Meena Rishi, “Do Indian Banks Understate Their Bad Loans?,” was been accepted for publication in the Journal of Developing Areas.

Niranjan Chipalkatti had his paper, co-authored with Meena Rishi, "A Post-Reform Assessment of the Indian Banking Sector: Profitability, Risk and Transparency," accepted for publication in the International Journal of Financial Services Management.