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'''Madhav V. Rajan''' is an Indian-American professor and academic administrator. He is the dean of the [[Booth School of Business]] at the [[University of Chicago]].

==Early life==
Madhav V. Rajan graduated from the [[University of Madras]] in India in 1984.<ref name="stanfordbio">{{cite web|title=MadhavV.Rajan|url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/madhav-v-rajan|website=Stanford Graduate School of Business|publisher=Stanford University|accessdate=March 24, 2017}}</ref> Rajan earned a master of science in Accounting in 1987, followed by a master of science in Industrial Administration in 1989, and a PhD in Accounting in 1990, all from [[Carnegie Mellon University]]. In 1990, his dissertation won the Alexander Henderson Award for Excellence in Economic Theory.<ref name="stanfordbio"/>

==Career==
Rajan was an assistant professor at the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]] from 1990 to 1996, and tenured associate professor from 1996 to 2000. In 2000, Madhav won the David W. Hauck Award, the highest undergraduate teaching award at Wharton.<ref name="stanfordbio"/> He joined the [[Stanford Graduate School of Business]] in 2001.<ref name="stanfordbio"/> He subsequently became the Robert K. Jaedicke Professor of Accounting.<ref name="stanfordbio"/> He also served as its senior associate dean for academic affairs from 2010 to 2016. In 2017, Madhav won the Robert T. Davis Faculty Award for a lifetime of achievement and service to the Stanford GSB.<ref name="uchicagonewsappointeddean">{{cite web|title=Madhav Rajan appointed dean of University of Chicago Booth School of Business|url=https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/03/08/madhav-rajan-appointed-dean-university-chicago-booth-school-business?adbsc=social70632066&adbid=839512346032648194&adbpl=tw&adbpr=122445177|website=UChicagoNews|publisher=University of Chicago|accessdate=March 24, 2017|date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>

Rajan succeeded Sunil Kumar as the new dean of the [[Booth School of Business]] at the [[University of Chicago]] on July 1, 2017.<ref name="uchicagonewsappointeddean"/><ref name="chicagotribunenewdeanatu">{{cite news|last1=Shropshire|first1=Corilyn|title=New dean at U. of C.'s Booth School of Business: Stanford's Madhav Rajan|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-u-of-c-booth-dean-0309-biz-20170308-story.html|accessdate=March 24, 2017|work=The Chicago Tribune|date=March 8, 2017}}</ref>

Madhav is coauthor of Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis, whose 15th edition was published by Pearson Prentice Hall in January 2014. He is also coauthor of [[Managerial Accounting]], whose first edition was published by Pearson in January 2013. He has published academic articles in journals like the ''[[Review of Accounting Studies]]'', the ''[[Journal of Accounting and Economics]]'', ''[[Management Science (journal)|Management Science]]'', ''[[Journal of Accounting Research]]''.<ref name="stanfordbio"/>

Rajan has served on the board of directors of [[Cavium]] since March 2013.<ref name="caviumboardofdirectors">{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.cavium.com/directors.html|website=Cavium|accessdate=March 24, 2017}}</ref> He also serves on the board of [[iShares]]
and the Investment Advisory Board of CM Capital.<ref name="stanfordbio"/>

==Works==
*{{cite book|last1=Datar|first1=Srikant M.|authorlink1=Srikant Datar|last2=Rajan|first2=Madhav V.|title=Managerial Accounting: Making Decisions and Motivating Performance|date=2013|publisher=Pearson Prentice Hall|location=Upper Saddle River, New Jersey|isbn=9780137024872}}
*{{cite book|last1=Datar|first1=Srikant M.|authorlink1=Srikant Datar|last2=Horngren|first2=Charles T.|last3=Rajan|first3=Madhav V.|title=Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis|date=2014|publisher=Pearson Prentice Hall|location=Upper Saddle River, New Jersey|isbn=9781292018225|oclc=898294402}}

==References==
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[[Category:University of Chicago Booth School of Business faculty]]
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