Dr Sanjaya Kuruppu

Dr. Sanjaya Kuruppu is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting teaching in subjects ranging from Management Accounting, Strategic Financial Analysis, Corporate Social Responsibility and International Business. He has extensive teaching experience working at the University of Canterbury and the University of Adelaide prior to joining the University of South Australia in 2015.

Sanjaya has worked in both private sector and not-for-profit settings. This context has been the focus of his research interest into sustainability, corporate social responsibility and the accountability of organisations to a wide range of stakeholder groups. Sanjaya's research has a practical emphasis with a number of consulting reports arising from his research shaping the organisations he has studied. His research has received external and internal university grant funding including from the Accounting Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

External contribution has also been a paramount concern. Sanjaya is the Partnership Manager for Wisdom Business Academy and CIMA. He also sits on the Editorial Board for strongly-regarded accounting discipline journal Accounting Forum. Sanjaya has provided longstanding mentorship of young achievers in AIESEC, an international student leadership organisation, and serves on Kathleen Lumley Residential College's Finance Committee.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia

• Master of Commerce The University of Canterbury

• Bachelor of Commerce with Honours The University of Canterbury

• Bachelor of Commerce The University of Canterbury