R.P. Rustagi is Associate Professor, Department of Commerce, Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi. He is M.Com., M.Phil. (Accounting and Finance) from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, besides being a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi. He obtained a Doctorate from Jiwaji University, Gwalior.

He has been teaching Accounting and Finance at Shri Ram College of Commerce (his alma mater) for more than three decades. He is also associated with Post-graduate teaching in the Department of Commerce, University of Delhi. He is a visiting faculty in Executive Development Programmes in Finance arranged by the ICAI, ICSI and other Management Institutes.As an academician, his areas of interest are Strategic Financial Management, Investment Management, Capital Market, etc. He is an established author in Accounting and Financial Management.