Dr. Harnesh Makhija is a faculty in the Finance area at K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management (KJSIM), Mumbai. He has a Ph.D. in financial performance evaluation criteria from Mumbai University. He has nearly a decade of teaching experience in corporate finance, project finance, project management, and financial modeling, with a keen understanding of capital markets and financial management. He did his MBA in Finance from Mumbai University, holds a NET certification from UGC, and has enrolled for PMP certification.

He conducted various trainings for companies like Wellness Forever, Mahindra & Mahindra (Auto Division), Arkema, Godavari Biorefineries Ltd., Sujan CooperStandard AVS Pvt. Ltd., NSE-SIMSR certified programs, INS Hamla in the area of project finance, project management, financial management and corporate finance. He did funded research project for IRDA research grant scheme titled as “Insurance awareness among millennials: with reference to purchase and policy holders’ protection”. He is actively involved in a funded research project from Somaiya Vidyavihar University titled “M-payment adoption among vendors in India: Barriers and drivers.”

His work has been published widely in various peer-reviewed international journals. He has presented research papers at various national and international conferences. He was the International Journal of Business and Globalisation and Sustainability's guest editor. He is a reviewer of several leading international journals. He is a Board of Studies member for VPM’s Joshi Bedekar College (Autonomous), Mumbai. 

His current role as Associate Professor at K J Somaiya Institute of Management includes teaching, research, training assignments, and various committee work. He is the division in charge of a full-time MBA (Finance) course and an active member of the academic excellence task force.