Research Cluster Overview

Research Cluster: Entrepreneurship and Resource Sustainability
Topic: Accounting and Financial Control
Theme:
a) Role of technology and management science in accounting education and profession
b) Historical and contemporary studies of the accounting profession
c) Management accounting and control
d) Social and environmental accounting
e) Natural capital accounting
f) Sustainability accounting, reporting and investment
g) Corporate governance and forensic accounting

The cluster aims to support accounting professionals and PhD students through policy-relevant, interdisciplinary research. It focuses on financial reporting, public sector accounting, taxation, corporate governance, and sustainability. Researchers engage with regulatory bodies, industry, and academia to contribute to societal and economic discourse.

Research Focus Areas

– Corporate Governance and Forensic Accounting
– Sustainability and Environmental Accounting
– Natural Capital and Social Accountability
– Public Sector and Statutory Accounting
– Technology in Accounting Education and Practice
– Interdisciplinary Approaches to Financial Control

Expected Outcomes

• Analyze the role of technology and management science in accounting education and profession
• Evaluate existing literature on sustainability, natural capital, and social/environmental accounting
• Explore forensic accounting to identify new areas of investigation
• Interpret taxation and insolvency data to detect patterns and trends

Current Projects

• Nil

Faculty Details & CVs

Lead Faculty: Dr. K. Sree Kumar
Designation: Professor
Department: Commerce
Location: Kochi
Contact: 09847330213
Email: v.veena@jainuniversity.ac.in

Faculty Members:
Dr. Sreekumar K — CV
Dr. Bindu Achamma Koshy
Dr. Veena Varma
Mr. Lineesh P

Collaborating Opportunities

Internal: Nil
External: CMA Kochi Chapter, CII, UPL University of Sustainable Technology
Other Collaborations: Nil