Prior to joining UT Dallas, he taught at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration at Carnegie Mellon University. He has a PhD in accounting from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Janakiraman’s academic achievements include Dean’s Fellowship at the Wharton School, representing the Wharton School at the doctoral consortium and obtaining a dissertation fellowship award from Arthur Andersen. Janakiraman’s non-academic work experience includes production responsibilities in a major automobile manufacturing firm, project management and consulting.